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Making Peace With Your Past: The Six Essential Steps to Enjoying a Great Future
Do You ...
Harbor guilt, gripes, or grudges from past relationships?
Feel plagued by thoughts like "If only I had or "I wish I didn't..."?
Think "Oh, no, not again!" when personal problems arise?
Feel ashamed of things you've done?
Wish you could apologize to someone you've wronged and be forgiven?
Feel victimized by past experiences?
Wish you could set the record straight-and finally be vindicated?
Wonder why life hasn't turned out the way you wanted?
Feel anxious or depressed about your future?
Seem to be less happy as time goes by?
If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you've come to the right place. It's time to make peace with your past.
The past lives on in everything you think, feel, say, and do. Medical studies show that adults who've had adverse childhood experiences are much more vulnerable to life-threatening illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. But you can heal the pain of the past and create a vibrant, joyful future.
With the practical, scientifically proven techniques in this book, eminent psychiatrist Harold Bloomfield, M.D., will help you:
Break the shackles of shame-and feel your true worth.
Stop the slow acid drip of regret-and feel truly grateful.
Resolve the grief that will not end.
Heal the not-so-obvious wounds of love and sex.
Forgive and be forgiven.
Reawaken to the magic and fun of being alive.
Rediscover the passion to live your highest destiny.
Through Dr. Bloomfield's dynamic, psychospiritual approach, confusion is replaced by wisdom, bitterness by gratitude, heavy burdens by a lightness of being. You will finally be able to put the past to blessed rest and create the future you always dreamed of-and deserve.
Harbor guilt, gripes, or grudges from past relationships?
Feel plagued by thoughts like "If only I had or "I wish I didn't..."?
Think "Oh, no, not again!" when personal problems arise?
Feel ashamed of things you've done?
Wish you could apologize to someone you've wronged and be forgiven?
Feel victimized by past experiences?
Wish you could set the record straight-and finally be vindicated?
Wonder why life hasn't turned out the way you wanted?
Feel anxious or depressed about your future?
Seem to be less happy as time goes by?
If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you've come to the right place. It's time to make peace with your past.
The past lives on in everything you think, feel, say, and do. Medical studies show that adults who've had adverse childhood experiences are much more vulnerable to life-threatening illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. But you can heal the pain of the past and create a vibrant, joyful future.
With the practical, scientifically proven techniques in this book, eminent psychiatrist Harold Bloomfield, M.D., will help you:
Break the shackles of shame-and feel your true worth.
Stop the slow acid drip of regret-and feel truly grateful.
Resolve the grief that will not end.
Heal the not-so-obvious wounds of love and sex.
Forgive and be forgiven.
Reawaken to the magic and fun of being alive.
Rediscover the passion to live your highest destiny.
Through Dr. Bloomfield's dynamic, psychospiritual approach, confusion is replaced by wisdom, bitterness by gratitude, heavy burdens by a lightness of being. You will finally be able to put the past to blessed rest and create the future you always dreamed of-and deserve.
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288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2000
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July 24, 2025My review from 2001:
The jacket blurb says the author is "the psychiatrist America trusts," and he's been on Oprah, Good Morning America, etc., etc. Definitely pop psychology. His six steps are: experience the source of deep peace within you, break the shackles of shame, stop the slow acid drip of regret, resolve the grief that will not end, heal the wounds of love and sex, and end the bitterness of blame and move on - and up. I rebelled against the catchy tone for a while, especially the visualization exercises. But by the time I got to the chapter on blame, I was finding a lot of value, and applicable to relationships. And of course, it's very readable, with lots of examples
The jacket blurb says the author is "the psychiatrist America trusts," and he's been on Oprah, Good Morning America, etc., etc. Definitely pop psychology. His six steps are: experience the source of deep peace within you, break the shackles of shame, stop the slow acid drip of regret, resolve the grief that will not end, heal the wounds of love and sex, and end the bitterness of blame and move on - and up. I rebelled against the catchy tone for a while, especially the visualization exercises. But by the time I got to the chapter on blame, I was finding a lot of value, and applicable to relationships. And of course, it's very readable, with lots of examples
January 4, 2020
This was another of those self-help books I always want to read and then find that they either aren’t much help, or I don’t have time to do what they say.
This one started out good. It had at least one recommendation that I should really try, which is to write the history of your own life, from what went on in your family before you were born, to find out just what the actual issues you have with your past are.
Then it went on to talk about the types of issues you might have and some things you might do about them. There were several suggestions I have read before, like writing a letter to the person or people who hurt you – not to give to them, but to get the problem out in the open, and to maybe find a way to get past it by destroying the letter in some ritualistic way. Another suggestion was using visualizations to get to a better mental place. There were several other things like that.
The author also recommended getting specialized training or counseling if, for example, you want to learn more about transcendental meditation (which he recommends), or if you have suffered from severe abuse in your past.
This one started out good. It had at least one recommendation that I should really try, which is to write the history of your own life, from what went on in your family before you were born, to find out just what the actual issues you have with your past are.
Then it went on to talk about the types of issues you might have and some things you might do about them. There were several suggestions I have read before, like writing a letter to the person or people who hurt you – not to give to them, but to get the problem out in the open, and to maybe find a way to get past it by destroying the letter in some ritualistic way. Another suggestion was using visualizations to get to a better mental place. There were several other things like that.
The author also recommended getting specialized training or counseling if, for example, you want to learn more about transcendental meditation (which he recommends), or if you have suffered from severe abuse in your past.
August 2, 2009
The older I get, the more I find myself thinking about the past. I still use the principles from this book frequently.
September 19, 2012
I'm not really a fan of self help books, but this book really helped me stop beating myself about decisions that I made in the past.
July 16, 2013
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2nd copy used audiobook, purchased 2012 from goodwill for $1.99
2nd copy used audiobook, purchased 2012 from goodwill for $1.99
December 5, 2015
I LOVE this book. It is very informative and offers great information regarding healing your past wounds.
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