Summary of Jackson MacKenzie & Shannon Thomas's Whole Again

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The process of healing requires dedication and commitment to daily practice, even when it feels like you’re getting nowhere. It takes months or years of changing the channel to change old habits and patterns. With time, this becomes more and more automatic.
#2 Mindfulness is not about clearing your thoughts, but simply noticing what’s going on in a non-judgmental way. It helps you become aware of your default thinking patterns, and realize how you think.
#3 As we start to understand our own behaviors, there will be difficult, painful feelings that surface. These feelings will take over and convince you that they are the truth. Mindfulness will allow you to acknowledge that these feelings are real, but not necessarily true, so that you can continue walking through this pain without being consumed by it or distracted by it.
#4 The story of why you feel the way you do is not important. When you get into explanations, stories, or justifications of why, then you are splitting off from the experience itself.

Sujets

• Psychopathology
• Personality disorder

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 21 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669356325
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Jackson MacKenzie & Shannon Thomas's Whole Again
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The process of healing requires dedication and commitment to daily practice, even when it feels like you’re getting nowhere. It takes months or years of changing the channel to change old habits and patterns. With time, this becomes more and more automatic.

#2

Mindfulness is not about clearing your thoughts, but simply noticing what’s going on in a non-judgmental way. It helps you become aware of your default thinking patterns, and realize how you think.

#3

As we start to understand our own behaviors, there will be difficult, painful feelings that surface. These feelings will take over and convince you that they are the truth. Mindfulness will allow you to acknowledge that these feelings are real, but not necessarily true, so that you can continue walking through this pain without being consumed by it or distracted by it.

#4

The story of why you feel the way you do is not important. When you get into explanations, stories, or justifications of why, then you are splitting off from the experience itself.

#5

You cannot control how others think, feel, or perceive you. You cannot spend your energy saving or fixing others. You can only control how you think, feel, and perceive yourself.

#6

The mind has a negative bias. It is scientifically proven to be wired that way to protect us, but we’ve become so used to it that we don’t even realize it anymore. We are taken in by the mind’s tricks of thinking that negative thoughts are the ultimate reality.

#7

The stories we tell ourselves are extremely important. Our bodies react accordingly. We have the power to choose which stories we tell ourselves, and as soon as we’re aware of this, we have the power to start changing them.

#8

The source of unconditional love is what you should turn to when you are unable to feel love yourself. It is always there for you, especially when you stumble.

#9

unconditional love is not about receiving love if you do good things. It is about being loved even when you stumble, and it is about recognizing that these are signs of someone who is suffering, and not punishing yourself for that.

#10

We find wholeness by restoring balance, pouring less energy into the mind and more into the body and spirit. The body is filled with extremely painful emotions: guilt, shame, rejection, and fear. As we ask our bodies to begin experiencing these emotions, we realize that it is too much for any person to hold.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The protective self is a defensive mechanism that forms when we are hurt by someone we trust, and it is typically based around control. It convinces us that there is nothing wrong with us, and that the solution will be found in external things.

#2

The protective self is the part of you that is always looking out for what you think is going to make you feel better. It is used as an external measure of worth, and it convinces you that if you do something, you will feel good.

#3

The protective self wants you to do – to act, to fix, to solve, to fix things, to take action. But the problem with protective selves is that we don’t even realize we’re stuck in one.

#4

Protective selves are a great way to start identifying the protective self. They keep you stuck in a sort of infinite loop, constantly repeating and doing the same thing, unaware of what’s really going on.

#5

The protective self is a defense mechanism that stems from very complex and confusing wounding. It is not who you are, but it is who the protective self is. It is just a matter of becoming aware of it and having faith that there is something better on the other side.

#6

The protective self requires external measures of worth to stay alive. It is important to identify your own external measures of worth, and see if any of them resonate with you. If they do, write them down and add them to the list.