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  excerpt from  Anger Anonymous  -  CHAPTER ONE ANGER STYLES: TENDING THE FIRE “Anger’s my meat. I sup upon myself and so shall starve with feeding.” —William Shakespeare   Everybody gets angry. “But not me,” I told myself.  In my father’s drunken rages, I witnessed the devastating effects of uncontrolled anger. I saw dealing with anger as playing with fire. I could easily get burned. I decided at a young age, without really mak bing a conscious choice, to smother any smoking tinders of irritation I felt. In remaining calm and controlled, I found safety and, I believed, acceptance and admiration from others. It was only many years later that I began to recognize the awful price I paid for my pseudo-tranquility. ANGER, A POWERFUL ENERGY Anger is a natural energy, like fire. Our earliest ancestors witnessed the power of fire in lightning storms and raging forest fires. They also enjoyed the light and warmth it provided in their cold, dark world. It was like a...

    Every week Julie Gentile, author of two award-winning books,  108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas  and  How to Stay Calm in Chaos , posts a word of the week and a thoughtful post, related to self-care, to go with it. This week the word is  power . Take five worthwhile minutes to read what Julie says about  power . For more posts about Julie and her award-winning books click  HERE . 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices  awards IPPY Living Now Bronze Medal Book Excellence Award Finalist How to Stay Calm in Chaos  awards Kops-Fetherling International Book Awards Honorable Mention For more posts about self-care, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author a...

  Excerpt from El Poder de lo Transpersonal (Ustman) - Preface by Raul Pacheco De la Magia, El Poder y lo Transpersonal Por: Raúl Pacheco Cuando mi amigo Nelson Fernando me pidió escribir unas palabras sobre lo que para mí significa “transpersonal”, evoqué inmediatamente mi primer contacto con esta distinción, hace algunos años recién terminando de estudiar Coaching Ontológico, ávido de nuevos conocimientos y con una insaciable necesidad de ir “más allá”. En ese momento se me apareció de la mano de Daniel Taroppio, el término “Psicología Transpersonal”, como una invitación a recorrer precisamente el mundo que iba “más allá” de lo personal, y que abordaba territorios hasta ese momento reservados a parapsicólogos, curas, maestros espirituales, chamanes, filósofos, o quizás psíquicos o personajes alternativos de la nueva era. En mi primera aproximación me quedó claro que precisamente la intención del término, era legitimar desde la mirada científica (la única respetable para el mundo...

  Gewanda Parker, author of It Only Hurts When I Can't Run , has made a very helpful youtube: Embrace the Urgency: Step into Your Power and Make the Move. Take a listen -- it is short and powerful. For more posts about Gewanda and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can! Find their contact information on our  Authors' Pages .

  (photo from Nanette Hucknall's blog) Nanette, author of How to Live form Your Heart and co-author of The Rose and the Sword , writes: "As the seasons change around us, times of transition may help us be a bit more open to the moments of stillness that arrive on the cusp of breezes, lingering sunsets, and walks that are a bit more meandering than usual." Read the rest of Nanette's powerful article on her blog HERE . For more posts about Nanette and her books, click HERE Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code ...

  The easiest and most complete way to share Julia's news is to reproduce the email I received from her, as is. If you follow the text (worth reading) down, you will see the link to the podcast at the end. Read this email online.  How are you supposed to help other people when you're struggling yourself?  I hear this question all the time in my work with helping professionals and moms. You're not immune to personal and collective stress, yet somehow you need to keep showing up with a clear mind and full heart for the people you serve. You may have days when you feel overwhelmed by the world, unsure about everything, and barely making it through, but you can't just phone it in. So when you have a big life stressor or three to deal with, what's a caring person to do?  Well, let's first look at the assumptions we're starting with in asking this question.  Many individuals in helping roles learned early on that their value depended on...