Reinventing Your Life by Janet S. Klosko, Jeffrey E. Young (1994, Paperback, Reprint)

This book is very helpful to anyone who finds themself repeating self-defeating patterns. The book teaches you how to find the root of the problem and how to change those self-defeating behaviors. I bought this book for my daughter. I showed her my book and she wanted one for herself. There is a lot of history of abuse in our family. Victims of abuse continue in lifelong self-defeating patters. We desperately want to break free from unhealthy patterns. This book teaches you how and why unhealthy patterns are formed in early childhood. Then it teaches you how to break those lifelong patterns.

At the very least, this book will help you understand why people overreact to situations the way they do. It helped me to understand that I overreact in situations where one of my lifetraps is triggered. When that happens I immediately have acute/intense feelings of discomfort and pain. Now when one of my lifetraps gets triggered, I recognize what's happening and can take the steps necessary to manage the discomfort and feel better immediately. I'm not even finished reading this book, but I already feel better and know that I'm well on my way to healing and wholeness!

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