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I Cried All The Way To Happy Hour: What To Do When Self-Help Or Talk Therapy Haven’t Really Helped - Your Roadmap To Profound Healing And Personal Transformation
Oftentimes, self-help books and talk therapy just aren't enough...Are you feeling stuck despite trying various self-help methods or talk therapy? This book and its companion free online membership site offer a wealth of skills, tools, and resources to aid your healing journey. It encourages you to shift focus from your symptoms to the root causes of your trauma, shame, and unconscious limiting beliefs.
Serving as a primer, this book demystifies trauma and shame. It answers crucial questions such What is trauma? What is shame? How do these experiences shape your thoughts, words, actions, and beliefs about yourself and the world? How do those limiting beliefs drive behaviors that create patterns and cycles that seem impossible to break?
‘I Cried All the Way to Happy Hour’ is written in a highly relatable manner drawing on more than 20 years of the author’s international private practice, his, oftentimes, laugh-out-loud personal anecdotes, and practical tools. Complex ideas like neurobiology and neuroplasticity are made easy to understand, empowering you to take control of your healing journey.
This book redefines trauma and shame as physiological conditions, not psychological disorders, exploring a more accurate perspective and the power and efficacy of implementing a body-based approach like Somatic Experiencing to resolve early wounding experiences.
Written for trauma survivors, especially those who may be unaware that they are trauma survivors, this guide highlights how 'little t' traumas like shame can be more disruptive over a lifetime than 'Big T' traumas like accidents or acts of violence. It reveals that PTSD, anxiety, shame, and trauma are not life sentences.
It is possible to change the old limiting beliefs that drive self-destructive or self-sabotaging behaviors, which become patterns and vicious cycles. By addressing and healing the root causes and original wounds, you can rewrite your life story.
Get your copy today and fast-track your personal transformation!
Serving as a primer, this book demystifies trauma and shame. It answers crucial questions such What is trauma? What is shame? How do these experiences shape your thoughts, words, actions, and beliefs about yourself and the world? How do those limiting beliefs drive behaviors that create patterns and cycles that seem impossible to break?
‘I Cried All the Way to Happy Hour’ is written in a highly relatable manner drawing on more than 20 years of the author’s international private practice, his, oftentimes, laugh-out-loud personal anecdotes, and practical tools. Complex ideas like neurobiology and neuroplasticity are made easy to understand, empowering you to take control of your healing journey.
This book redefines trauma and shame as physiological conditions, not psychological disorders, exploring a more accurate perspective and the power and efficacy of implementing a body-based approach like Somatic Experiencing to resolve early wounding experiences.
Written for trauma survivors, especially those who may be unaware that they are trauma survivors, this guide highlights how 'little t' traumas like shame can be more disruptive over a lifetime than 'Big T' traumas like accidents or acts of violence. It reveals that PTSD, anxiety, shame, and trauma are not life sentences.
It is possible to change the old limiting beliefs that drive self-destructive or self-sabotaging behaviors, which become patterns and vicious cycles. By addressing and healing the root causes and original wounds, you can rewrite your life story.
Get your copy today and fast-track your personal transformation!
219 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 25, 2022
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August 14, 2023
I read this to try to gain an understanding of trauma. And how someone I love might get “unstuck”. Not the most helpful. Writer has a lot of experience but not the best foundation. Not sure I understand his kind of somatic practice. But have to confess i mostly speed read this book!
March 29, 2022
I loved this book. It was just what I needed. The author lays out with humor and decades of experience a compelling view of the importance of physiological healing work as well as psychological. It seems that Somatic Experiencing combines the two and offers a more profound and deeper healing from trauma than just psychotherapy alone can offer. I was so convinced I read his book in 2 days and found a SE practitioner near me immediately after finishing the book.
January 11, 2024
I’d actually give this book 3.75 ⭐️ if I could. The content was pretty good — reliable resources cited, particularly with the works of Drs. Peter Levine and Bessel van der Kolk. I was very frustrated with the poor editing, especially through the first 2/3 of the book (I read this on my Kindle).
This was a good introduction to Somatic Experiencing therapy for healing trauma and shame, but I would have appreciated more detailed info on the practical application of skills and how they could be incorporated into existing treatment modalities, as I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice.
This was a good introduction to Somatic Experiencing therapy for healing trauma and shame, but I would have appreciated more detailed info on the practical application of skills and how they could be incorporated into existing treatment modalities, as I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice.
March 1, 2025
4.5-5 for me at this time. Books can hit differently at different points in our life. I have read a decent amount in this genre and there were new concepts and aha moments for me. It definitely resonated.
January 3, 2025
Helped me recover and find tools from a very depressing state... really recommend
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