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Take Control of Your Life
Chances are, you’ve already had run-ins with your Outer Child — the self-sabotaging, bungling, and impulsive part of your personality. This misguided, hidden nemesis blows your diet, overspends, and ruins your love life. Your Outer Child acts out and fulfills your legitimate childlike needs and wants in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in counterproductive ways: It goes for immediate gratification and the quick fix in spite of your best-laid plans.
Now, in a revolutionary rethinking of the link between emotion and behavior, veteran psychotherapist Susan Anderson offers a three-step program to tame your Outer Child’s destructive behavior. This dynamic, transformational set of strategies — action steps that act like physical therapy for the brain — calms your Inner Child, strengthens your Adult Self, releases you from the self-blame and shame at the root of Outer Child issues, and paves new neural pathways that can lead to more productive behavior. The result is happiness, fulfillment, self-mastery, and self-love.
Chances are, you’ve already had run-ins with your Outer Child — the self-sabotaging, bungling, and impulsive part of your personality. This misguided, hidden nemesis blows your diet, overspends, and ruins your love life. Your Outer Child acts out and fulfills your legitimate childlike needs and wants in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in counterproductive ways: It goes for immediate gratification and the quick fix in spite of your best-laid plans.
Now, in a revolutionary rethinking of the link between emotion and behavior, veteran psychotherapist Susan Anderson offers a three-step program to tame your Outer Child’s destructive behavior. This dynamic, transformational set of strategies — action steps that act like physical therapy for the brain — calms your Inner Child, strengthens your Adult Self, releases you from the self-blame and shame at the root of Outer Child issues, and paves new neural pathways that can lead to more productive behavior. The result is happiness, fulfillment, self-mastery, and self-love.
Details
- Price: $18.95
- Pages: 296
- Carton Quantity: 36
- Publisher: New World Library
- Imprint: New World Library
- Publication Date: 17th February 2015
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9781608683147
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / General
SELF-HELP / Compulsive Behavior / General
SELF-HELP / Emotions
SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General
Reviews
“An enormous help to anyone looking to let go of past disappointments and self-recrimination and get on with the essential work of healing, building boundaries, and acquiring the skill to reach your goals.”
— John Bradshaw, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Homecoming
“With a program designed to undo primal fears, [Anderson] tackles such topics as lowered self-esteem, lovesick feelings, food urges, diet, chronic depression, procrastination, heartache, and a primary source of conflict with relationships, ‘enormous emotional suction cups.’ She also examines brain activity and factors preventing the body's production of such ‘yummy neurochemicals’ as oxytocin and vasopressin....[R]eaders under stress who are desperate for help will view this book as a valuable tool for healing.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Groundbreaking.”
— PsychologyToday.com
“Shows that self-defeating behavior can be changed without in-depth examination and resolution....A helpful scenario, requiring determination and commitment, for dealing with difficult issues. This will appeal to readers seeking change.”
— Library Journal
“The outer child is a bratty, angry drama queen who is responsible for unhealthful and unwanted behavior, according to the book. Anderson's three-prong outer child recovery program consists of dialoguing, guided visualization and action steps. The second half of the book addresses special applications for the program, such as dieting, procrastination, debt and depression.”
— The Washington Post
Author Bio
Table of Contents
Contents
Author’s Note
Part One: Getting to Know Your Outer Child
1. Welcome to Your Outer Child
2. Three Parts of the Personality
3. Exposing Your Outer Child
Part Two: The Outer Child Program
4. Outer Child and Your Abandonment Issues
5. Outer Child and Your Self-Esteem
6. Outer Child and Your Future
7. Outer Child and Your Past
8. Outer Child, Your Stress, and Trauma
Part Three: Special Applications
9. Outer Child and Diet
10. Outer Child and Procrastination
11. Outer Child and Love Relationships
12. Outer Child and Losing Passion
13. Outer Child and Feeling Unloved
14. Outer Child and Debt
15. Outer Child and Depression
16. Living a Conscious Life
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Author’s Note
Part One: Getting to Know Your Outer Child
1. Welcome to Your Outer Child
2. Three Parts of the Personality
3. Exposing Your Outer Child
Part Two: The Outer Child Program
4. Outer Child and Your Abandonment Issues
5. Outer Child and Your Self-Esteem
6. Outer Child and Your Future
7. Outer Child and Your Past
8. Outer Child, Your Stress, and Trauma
Part Three: Special Applications
9. Outer Child and Diet
10. Outer Child and Procrastination
11. Outer Child and Love Relationships
12. Outer Child and Losing Passion
13. Outer Child and Feeling Unloved
14. Outer Child and Debt
15. Outer Child and Depression
16. Living a Conscious Life
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Take Control of Your Life
Chances are, you’ve already had run-ins with your Outer Child — the self-sabotaging, bungling, and impulsive part of your personality. This misguided, hidden nemesis blows your diet, overspends, and ruins your love life. Your Outer Child acts out and fulfills your legitimate childlike needs and wants in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in counterproductive ways: It goes for immediate gratification and the quick fix in spite of your best-laid plans.
Now, in a revolutionary rethinking of the link between emotion and behavior, veteran psychotherapist Susan Anderson offers a three-step program to tame your Outer Child’s destructive behavior. This dynamic, transformational set of strategies — action steps that act like physical therapy for the brain — calms your Inner Child, strengthens your Adult Self, releases you from the self-blame and shame at the root of Outer Child issues, and paves new neural pathways that can lead to more productive behavior. The result is happiness, fulfillment, self-mastery, and self-love.
Chances are, you’ve already had run-ins with your Outer Child — the self-sabotaging, bungling, and impulsive part of your personality. This misguided, hidden nemesis blows your diet, overspends, and ruins your love life. Your Outer Child acts out and fulfills your legitimate childlike needs and wants in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in counterproductive ways: It goes for immediate gratification and the quick fix in spite of your best-laid plans.
Now, in a revolutionary rethinking of the link between emotion and behavior, veteran psychotherapist Susan Anderson offers a three-step program to tame your Outer Child’s destructive behavior. This dynamic, transformational set of strategies — action steps that act like physical therapy for the brain — calms your Inner Child, strengthens your Adult Self, releases you from the self-blame and shame at the root of Outer Child issues, and paves new neural pathways that can lead to more productive behavior. The result is happiness, fulfillment, self-mastery, and self-love.
- Price: $18.95
- Pages: 296
- Carton Quantity: 36
- Publisher: New World Library
- Imprint: New World Library
- Publication Date: 17th February 2015
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9781608683147
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / General
SELF-HELP / Compulsive Behavior / General
SELF-HELP / Emotions
SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General
“An enormous help to anyone looking to let go of past disappointments and self-recrimination and get on with the essential work of healing, building boundaries, and acquiring the skill to reach your goals.”
— John Bradshaw, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Homecoming
“With a program designed to undo primal fears, [Anderson] tackles such topics as lowered self-esteem, lovesick feelings, food urges, diet, chronic depression, procrastination, heartache, and a primary source of conflict with relationships, ‘enormous emotional suction cups.’ She also examines brain activity and factors preventing the body's production of such ‘yummy neurochemicals’ as oxytocin and vasopressin....[R]eaders under stress who are desperate for help will view this book as a valuable tool for healing.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Groundbreaking.”
— PsychologyToday.com
“Shows that self-defeating behavior can be changed without in-depth examination and resolution....A helpful scenario, requiring determination and commitment, for dealing with difficult issues. This will appeal to readers seeking change.”
— Library Journal
“The outer child is a bratty, angry drama queen who is responsible for unhealthful and unwanted behavior, according to the book. Anderson's three-prong outer child recovery program consists of dialoguing, guided visualization and action steps. The second half of the book addresses special applications for the program, such as dieting, procrastination, debt and depression.”
— The Washington Post
Contents
Author’s Note
Part One: Getting to Know Your Outer Child
1. Welcome to Your Outer Child
2. Three Parts of the Personality
3. Exposing Your Outer Child
Part Two: The Outer Child Program
4. Outer Child and Your Abandonment Issues
5. Outer Child and Your Self-Esteem
6. Outer Child and Your Future
7. Outer Child and Your Past
8. Outer Child, Your Stress, and Trauma
Part Three: Special Applications
9. Outer Child and Diet
10. Outer Child and Procrastination
11. Outer Child and Love Relationships
12. Outer Child and Losing Passion
13. Outer Child and Feeling Unloved
14. Outer Child and Debt
15. Outer Child and Depression
16. Living a Conscious Life
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Author’s Note
Part One: Getting to Know Your Outer Child
1. Welcome to Your Outer Child
2. Three Parts of the Personality
3. Exposing Your Outer Child
Part Two: The Outer Child Program
4. Outer Child and Your Abandonment Issues
5. Outer Child and Your Self-Esteem
6. Outer Child and Your Future
7. Outer Child and Your Past
8. Outer Child, Your Stress, and Trauma
Part Three: Special Applications
9. Outer Child and Diet
10. Outer Child and Procrastination
11. Outer Child and Love Relationships
12. Outer Child and Losing Passion
13. Outer Child and Feeling Unloved
14. Outer Child and Debt
15. Outer Child and Depression
16. Living a Conscious Life
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author