A Place Called Self A Companion Workbook

A Place Called Self: A Companion Workbook addresses one of the greatest gifts and biggest challenges for women in recovery: Discovering their real, true self. A Place Called Self: A Companion Workbook addresses one of the greatest gifts and biggest challenges for women in recovery: Discovering the real, true self. Stephanie Brown explains how the process of becoming addicted requires women to shut down, turn off, and block out much of their true selves. The process of recovery is a process of self-discovery--of finding and developing the real self, the healthy self. Stephanie Brown created A Place Called Self: A Companion Workbook to be your personal recovery guide, with instructive insights and revealing questions to help you think of yourself in new ways.

The much-requested workbook to guide readers through A Place Called Self, Dr. Stephanie Brown's new modern classic for recovering women. Some people mistakenly believe recovery from an addiction is about not drinking, or not using drugs, or not doing whatever the behavior was that got them into so much trouble. They may think that recovery means you are no longer out of control, or that recovery means being abstinent. Recovery, however, is not this simple. Becoming abstinent is an event. Recovery, on the other hand, is a long-term process of radical growth and change which follows this event. Recovery is not a quick fix. A Place Called Self is for women in recovery who have discovered that sobriety, with all its hard-won joys, can still be a lonely, terrifying place. And she has work to do. This companion workbook for A Place Called Self will lead readers through each chapter and help them make concrete what often remains unspoken.

For many women, newfound sobriety--with its hard-won joys and accomplishments--is often a lonely and unsatisfying experience. Here, pioneering therapist Stephanie Brown, Ph.D., helps readers understand that leaving behind the numbing comfort of alcohol or other drugs means you must face yourself, perhaps for the first time. With personal stories and gentle guidance, Brown helps readers unravel painful truths and confusing feelings in the process of creating a new, true sense of self. EXCERPT: "Recovery is not a move from bad to good, but from false to real. This is the transformation. The point of surrender and new abstinence represents a letting go of the old self. . . By accepting her loss of control, the woman in recovery opens the door to finding her real, authentic self, the woman she is underneath the layers of defense that have protected her -- her false self -- perhaps for her entire life."

Your old, destructive lifestyle is fading into the past and now you are a woman in recovery. What an amazing gift you’ve given yourself. So why aren’t you happier? As sobriety takes hold and your head starts to clear, a wide range of emotions can begin to emerge—feelings that until now you’ve “medicated” with chemicals. Yet to stay sober, and to grow and flourish as a person, you must engage in healing and take responsibility for these long-neglected emotions. Beverly Conyers, a prominent voice in recovery, uses personal stories and informed insight to guide you in achieving emotional sobriety by addressing behaviors and feelings unique to the female experience. Learn how to develop the inner resiliency to face and process difficult, buried emotions—such as shame, grief, fear, and anger—while freeing the positive feelings of self- worth, independence, and integrity. Discover how to heal your “damaged self” by improving your communication skills, expanding your capacity for intimacy and trust, and reawakening a spiritual life. As you heal your wounded heart, you can free yourself to a life of self-acceptance and lay the foundation for a rewarding and relapse-free second stage of recovery.

This is a read-along companion workbook for educators and individuals to using Dare to Lead by Brené Brown. Each chapter seeks to bring out the daring leadership spirit in you or your team. TeamWork Publishers is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way. If you are the author, publisher, or representative of the original work, please contact teamworkpublishers[at]gmail[dot]com with any questions or concerns. If you'd like to purchase the original book, please copy&paste this link in your browser: https://amzn.to/2Fv6dCc Brené's Dare to Lead is a powerful work on how to be a leader who dare to lead, not from a place of perfectionism and self-protection but from a place of vulnerability, self-awareness, trust and the ability to create spaces that do not stifle growth. DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Dare to Lead. TeamWork Publishers is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way. Please follow this link: https://amzn.to/2Fv6dCc to purchase a copy of the original book.

The companion workbook for Self-Publishing Secrets This workbook coordinates with the book, giving you helpful ways to learn the content and complete the Action Steps in each chapter. Using the companion workbook with the book creates a self-guided course for publishing your book. The bonus online Self-Publishing Secrets Resources page is also used with the workbook, making it easy to find helpful links, updates and information.

Do you long for a safe place? This Companion Workbook offers exercises that relieve the everyday fear and anxiety, bringing you back home to yourself. Recognize your natural rhythm and more deeply connect with your authenticity by implementing the changes Debbie shared in her transformative work The Safest Place Possible: Becoming Who You Are Meant To Be. In this Companion Workbook you will: Discover your true value Learn that you are lovable Understand how unconscious beliefs sabotage your happiness Realize the importance of emotions and know what to do with them Included are 21 empowering exercises, many that directly relate to an accompanying chapter in The Safest Place Possible. Read that chapter, step outside your comfort zone, be brave and then do the exercise. Each exercise includes lots of space to write and ponder - reflecting on your new-found self-wisdom. There are extra pages in the back where you can journal: capturing brilliant insights, facing the painful parts holding you back and celebrating the joyous loving you emerging. These exercises are gentle yet take you on a journey in a loving way, resulting in profound change - helping you discover and claim your Safest Place Possible. This book is meant to be a valuable companion on your personal path of healing and self-discovery. "The Safest Place Possible, in essence, offers a translation and instruction manual for the language and application of self-love. Debbie's words tenderly provide her audience with a map for accessing a more loving and compassionate relationship with themselves. She introduces a radically different and more inclusive way of looking at our scariest emotional experiences. Through her vulnerability and honesty, Debbie's personal experiences gently invite her readers towards a deeper transparency with themselves." - Brianna, psychotherapist, MCH In The Safest Place Possible: Becoming Who You Are Meant To Be, you were introduced to new ideas and ways of being with yourself that will alter the way you feel inside and change your life. This workbook gives you a chance to go deeper and implement the concepts you learned about in the book. You will feel yourself changing from the inside out. You will experience deep healing and a sense of cleaning out emotionally while gently rebuilding yourself mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This will be a sacred process, a time of integration. You will experience shifts in your mind, heart, and physical body that will help you uncover your true, beautiful self.