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Developing Awareness
We all have the capacity to be aware of much more than we currently are.
Despite being severely abused as a child, repressing all the memories of that abuse, and moving into adulthood being numbed out and dissociated, Dorena demonstrates in this collection of stories that anyone can develop awareness and uncover greater knowing regardless of their initial capacity.
In Developing Awareness, the reader is inspired and encouraged to look within for personal answers. Dorena describes her process of questioning the modus operandi and trusting her own knowing. To further aid exploration this 10th Anniversary Edition includes additional questions and tools to help the reader explore and expand their consciousness.
From the First Edition:
Be Inspired and Uplifted!
Dorena shares true stories from her third and fourth decades of life thatillustrate one possible version of how walking a deeply spiritual pathcan look. The stories affirm how each of our lives is extraordinarydespite being completely ordinary to us. Be prepared to smile, laugh,gain insight and be amazed.
In the stories Dorena contemplates: what beliefs are, where they come from, and how to change them the simplicity of healing and personal growth the power of positive action within a harm reduction model how we already have enough knowledge and everything we need is within us She also describes: her experiences working with a shaman in a medical office how giving thanks in all circumstances, both positive and negative, changes things how she lets go of victim mentality to free herself to achieve what she really wants the complex physiology of breathing and calcium balance in the body how she buzzed her head in response to a mid-life crisis the use of hypnosis to reframe and recreate life The Answers are Within - A collection of personal storiesprovides spiritual inspiration without using a religious or God basedmodel.Perfect for people that see the divinity in all things or marvelat the mystery of life from a more scientific viewpoint, as well as forpeople with a strong identification with God or a higher power.
Despite being severely abused as a child, repressing all the memories of that abuse, and moving into adulthood being numbed out and dissociated, Dorena demonstrates in this collection of stories that anyone can develop awareness and uncover greater knowing regardless of their initial capacity.
In Developing Awareness, the reader is inspired and encouraged to look within for personal answers. Dorena describes her process of questioning the modus operandi and trusting her own knowing. To further aid exploration this 10th Anniversary Edition includes additional questions and tools to help the reader explore and expand their consciousness.
From the First Edition:
Be Inspired and Uplifted!
Dorena shares true stories from her third and fourth decades of life thatillustrate one possible version of how walking a deeply spiritual pathcan look. The stories affirm how each of our lives is extraordinarydespite being completely ordinary to us. Be prepared to smile, laugh,gain insight and be amazed.
In the stories Dorena contemplates: what beliefs are, where they come from, and how to change them the simplicity of healing and personal growth the power of positive action within a harm reduction model how we already have enough knowledge and everything we need is within us She also describes: her experiences working with a shaman in a medical office how giving thanks in all circumstances, both positive and negative, changes things how she lets go of victim mentality to free herself to achieve what she really wants the complex physiology of breathing and calcium balance in the body how she buzzed her head in response to a mid-life crisis the use of hypnosis to reframe and recreate life The Answers are Within - A collection of personal storiesprovides spiritual inspiration without using a religious or God basedmodel.Perfect for people that see the divinity in all things or marvelat the mystery of life from a more scientific viewpoint, as well as forpeople with a strong identification with God or a higher power.
128 pages, Paperback
Published January 24, 2017
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About the author
Dorena Rode
6 books20 followersDorena Rode is an award-winning speaker with a Ph.D. in physiology (UC Davis) and a degree in behavioral health counseling (Rio Salado) and over 20 years experience helping people and organizations get unstuck using alternative medicine modalities.
Her passion is to assist people in changing the habitual ways of living and thinking that no longer serve them. In her private practice and workshops, she operates from the premise that each person has the wisdom within them about what is best for them and an innate ability to heal completely from anything. She lives in Northern California with her partner and is actively practicing to achieve freedom for the benefit of all.
Her passion is to assist people in changing the habitual ways of living and thinking that no longer serve them. In her private practice and workshops, she operates from the premise that each person has the wisdom within them about what is best for them and an innate ability to heal completely from anything. She lives in Northern California with her partner and is actively practicing to achieve freedom for the benefit of all.
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September 20, 2017
"The Answers Are Within-A Collection of Personal Stories Volume 1: Developing Awareness is an excellent, deeply satisfying read of honest self-expression of pain, growth, and truth. Dr. Rode teaches the reader how to go deep, then shows how worthwhile the search and inner work is in achieving inner peace. In sharing her awakening, she lights the path for others." --Lynne Cockrum-Murphy, Ed.D., LISAC
July 9, 2018
Affirmations, questions to ask yourself, and advice for a different lens to view the events of your life through-a small book with the authors personal stories used to illustrate larger points. This was a quick read that I enjoyed very much.
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September 21, 2017
First I must say that I love the choice of quotes that opens each chapter. They are from some of the most profoundly spiritual minds of our time. Although The Answers Are Within: A Collection of Personal Stories Volume 1 - Developing Awareness by Dorena Rode is no Chicken Soup for the Soul, I am sure it will have its relevancy for some reader. The author labeled herself several times throughout her writings as being "melancholy" and this is precisely the way most of her stories come across. Nothing exciting, always a challenge, but the good part out of it all was the patterns of growth that she shares. I can't really say that the stories were inspiring, but I can say they were real, which might just be what someone needs whose looking to develop awareness.
The cover has a strange design that reminds me of an old lady learning to paint, so I can only imagine that book sales are going to be word of mouth and not because of an eye catching cover. I think that healers sharing their stories is very nice, but sometimes it can be a hard sale unless you already have an audience and this book being a memoir doesn't have enough substance to make me want to talk about it. The author comes across as a random thinker and writer, and I found it a little confusing tying ideas together in some of the more lengthy stories like, "On Believing", where she takes you on a plane ride with an imaginary story about San Francisco disappearing.
One of my favorite saying is, meet people where they are, which is also the title of one of the chapters. This chapter held my attention most because Ms. Rode gave some good suggestions related to the Law of Allowing, but I experienced confusion once again on the really good information about calcium. It's like a scientist popped up out of nowhere with a lecture on how calcium works in the body.
The "Fostering Peace Within" story is the best in the book because it is a good personal example of the courage it takes to find peace. In fact the one quote that I can give you that made the book worth my time comes from this chapter. "It is almost natural for me to choose thoughts and attitudes that bring me peace." Also, in the "How My Money Reality Changed" story, she brings forth a thought provoking question that will make you say, hmmm. "What do I love about not having money?" Cute.
The Answers Are Within: A Collection of Personal Stories Volume 1 - Developing Awareness is not a bad book, however, its presentation and writing could stand some improvement. With that, my rating for this copy that received in the mail for an honest review is 3 ankhs. I hope this helps Ms. Rode with the writing of Volume 2.
K. Akua Gray
September 20, 2017
Houston, TX
The cover has a strange design that reminds me of an old lady learning to paint, so I can only imagine that book sales are going to be word of mouth and not because of an eye catching cover. I think that healers sharing their stories is very nice, but sometimes it can be a hard sale unless you already have an audience and this book being a memoir doesn't have enough substance to make me want to talk about it. The author comes across as a random thinker and writer, and I found it a little confusing tying ideas together in some of the more lengthy stories like, "On Believing", where she takes you on a plane ride with an imaginary story about San Francisco disappearing.
One of my favorite saying is, meet people where they are, which is also the title of one of the chapters. This chapter held my attention most because Ms. Rode gave some good suggestions related to the Law of Allowing, but I experienced confusion once again on the really good information about calcium. It's like a scientist popped up out of nowhere with a lecture on how calcium works in the body.
The "Fostering Peace Within" story is the best in the book because it is a good personal example of the courage it takes to find peace. In fact the one quote that I can give you that made the book worth my time comes from this chapter. "It is almost natural for me to choose thoughts and attitudes that bring me peace." Also, in the "How My Money Reality Changed" story, she brings forth a thought provoking question that will make you say, hmmm. "What do I love about not having money?" Cute.
The Answers Are Within: A Collection of Personal Stories Volume 1 - Developing Awareness is not a bad book, however, its presentation and writing could stand some improvement. With that, my rating for this copy that received in the mail for an honest review is 3 ankhs. I hope this helps Ms. Rode with the writing of Volume 2.
K. Akua Gray
September 20, 2017
Houston, TX
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