The Pathway: Follow the Road to Health and Happiness – Practical Skills for Self-Nurture, Setting Limits, and Emotional Maturity

by Laurel Mellin

A revolutionary program to help overcome the behavioral excesses that keep us from fully living the kind of healthy, balanced lives we desire—from the author of the groundbreaking book The Solution The ability to self-nurture and set effective limits is the root of human maturity. When the world requires more strength than we possess, we find ourselves out of emotional balance—feeling depressed, anxious, hostile, or numb. Fortunately, the skills to self-nurture and set effective limits can be learned, and, in The Pathway, readers will discover how to acquire them through practical examples, colorful case histories, and fascinating scientific findings. Touching upon the whole spectrum of psychological and addictive problems, from alcoholism and other addictions to overeating, overworking, overspending, and perfectionism, this essential book teaches the skills that are crucial for lifelong emotional and physical well-being.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Health, Psychology

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Laurel Mellin is a New York Times Bestselling Author, founder of Emotional Brain Training and Associate Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. She is a health psychologist and researcher whose work has been featured in top media outlets, Today, Good Morning America, Oprah, and in Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, and whose work was named one of the Top 10 Medical Advances of the Year by Health magazine. She lives in Marin County, California.

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book changed my life! Not really. I'm a backslider. Great advice, though. Someday...

[Aimee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book, and the program within, changed my life. An absolute must have for stressed individuals or those who struggle with finances, overeating, people pleasing, etc. and want more peace and joy in their life!
It really should be titled, "How to Grow Yourself Up in the Most Painless Way Possible"!

[Mandy Chinn]

Very insightful but basic info. I would definitely recommend!

[HKFuie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Laurel Mellin changed my life. More accurately, she taught me to change my own life. Not in the large scale ways like a better house/more money/even losing weight. By using her method I changed my life in the small ways that affect each moment. I no longer live with anxiety. I now listen to people talk about their fears and I remember how much I was frozen by mine. I was afraid of people, afraid of life. Like so many people, I can tell you the story of my early abandonment and how that froze me in time emotionally. I was a child on the inside. I was so immature. I did not know how to take care of myself. Through using her method I've become the person people look to for advice and leadership. I just had a friend tell me, someone I admire, that when she's unsure of her take on a situation she checks in with me to see if her thinking is straight. That, to me, is a huge compliment. I've tried to tell her the story of how my life has changed, but I don't know if someone who came from a nurturing home can understand what life is like for someone who spent the first 25 years of her life trying desperately to please someone so they would finally make her feel OK. I'm sad I had that experience, but as a different friend recently told me, after I told him the story of how I completely forgave my mom, maybe I learned compassion from that. I do know I gained gifts from my difficult beginning. But I gained them by what I learned using Laurel Mellin's method. I think her technique is the best kept secret around. I'm so grateful because it fast forwarded my personal growth exponentially. Without it, I'm sure I'd still be repeating the same narcissistic patterns I learned early in life.

Wired for Joy is not my favorite of Laurel Mellin's books. I prefer The Solution and The Pathway, but these books aren't the method. They're only introductions to the method. If, like I was, you had a very difficult beginning and want to heal big early hurts her program, Emotional Brain Training, will make all the difference.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book- not for the writing as much as what it accomplishes. I am working on applying some of what I learned from it...

[Wendy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I tried....just couldn't get through it!

[Dori]

Quite interesting and potentially life changing!

[Jeanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a great tool for working through stress

[Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good companion to Tolle's "Practicing the Power of Now"