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Escaping the Labyrinth: Body Memory - The Secret Code That Creates, Sustains and Can Unlock Our Chains
When we were very young, we decided how I am…, they are…, and life is… Those beliefs remain in place to impact our adult lives until we discover, disavow and change them. Escaping the Labyrinth details the research which underpins the work of David W. Sohn, provides in-depth information on the nature of vows and the complete homework process to release the childhood vows and create what the adult wants.
294 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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June 8, 2020
This was gifted to by a friend whose opinion I greatly respect. I've picked this up and tried to read, and reread it, many times over the last year and a half, and it's just...
The title is off-putting to me - I *like* labyrinths, they are wonderful creations for meditation and self-discovery. Why would I want to escape one?
The theory here is that messages from when we were in utero, or in our early childhood, from our parents, even subconscious ones, will influence us all our lives. The problem is that most of what the author talks about isn't backed up by what I know about child development.
Like, the idea that your parents might have wanted a different gendered child might indeed have an impact on a child, but not likely because parents thought it once during the pregnancy, and that imprinted on the fetus. More likely because the parents TOLD the child, "We were hoping for a boy, but here you are," or others tell the child, "Your parents were really hoping for a boy."
I kept trying to read it with an open mind, but most of it just struck me as nonsense. However, for some people who hold these kinds beliefs, it may be useful. If they THINK they are carrying a message from in utero, and do the steps to acknowledge and move past such message, maybe it'll help. Apparently it really influenced my friend, and she's awesome, so...
The title is off-putting to me - I *like* labyrinths, they are wonderful creations for meditation and self-discovery. Why would I want to escape one?
The theory here is that messages from when we were in utero, or in our early childhood, from our parents, even subconscious ones, will influence us all our lives. The problem is that most of what the author talks about isn't backed up by what I know about child development.
Like, the idea that your parents might have wanted a different gendered child might indeed have an impact on a child, but not likely because parents thought it once during the pregnancy, and that imprinted on the fetus. More likely because the parents TOLD the child, "We were hoping for a boy, but here you are," or others tell the child, "Your parents were really hoping for a boy."
I kept trying to read it with an open mind, but most of it just struck me as nonsense. However, for some people who hold these kinds beliefs, it may be useful. If they THINK they are carrying a message from in utero, and do the steps to acknowledge and move past such message, maybe it'll help. Apparently it really influenced my friend, and she's awesome, so...
December 4, 2024
I often find that a lot of self-help books restate the same reasonings over and over again; safe to say this book did not do that! A lot of the research was cited from certain studies and I found that to be really neat. Some points in the book I disagreed with and/or thought them to be untrue, but maybe that's just because I have an opinion on everything LOL. I did enjoy reading this, though.
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