Janice Berger - Contents

Emotional Fitness
Discovering Our Natural Healing Power

by Janice Berger

CONTENTS

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	Acknowledgments	vi
	Introduction	ix

	Part I: Keys for Emotional Well-Being	1
1	Our Natural Emotional Healing Power Revealed	3
2	Access Denied Our Power Subverted	13
3	The Nature of Responsibility and Blame A Necessary Understanding	24
4	A Leap of Faith Learning to Use Our Natural Emotional Healing Power	32
5	Turning the Key Supportive Activities That Help Us Engage Our Natural Emotional Healing Power	45

	Part II: Doors to Go Through	55
6	Need Unmet Childhood Need, Unconscious Adult Pain	57
7	Worthlessness A Final Defense Against Unmanageable Pain	76
8	Shame The Silent Killer of the Human Spirit	89
9	Guilt The Straightjacket for Feeling	98
10	Anxiety, Fear and Panic Dangerous if Denied	107
11	Anger A Release and a Prison	123
12	Powerlessness A Trap for Victim and Abuser	137
13	Hurt, Regret and Grief A Key to Healing	148
14	Loneliness A Self-fulfilling Prophecy	158
15	Numbness, Deadness and Flatness Formidable Defenses	166

	Part III: Unlocking Relationships	175
16	Life Partner Relationships A Place to Grow	177
17	Parent/Child Relationships Conscious and Responsive Parenting	198
18	Other Relationships Adult Children and Older Parent, Adult Siblings, In-laws, Friends, Peers, Employers and Employees	216
	Epilogue	229
	Appendix A	231
	Appendix B	233
	Glossary	235
	References and Suggested Reading	237
	Index	239