Welcome to Your Crisis How to Use the Power of Crisis to Create the Life You Want

by Day, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780316167246
• ISBN10: 031616724X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-04
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

In this inspirational new book,Laura Day identifies crisis as the most authentic versionof self-transformation. She identifies several"crisis types"-those who respond tocrisis with denial, with anxiety, with rage or withdepression-and tells readers how to rethink eachresponse. She gives practical and personalized tools forturning our darkest times into lifers"s greatestgift.As Laura Day says, rock bottom can be the best placeto start.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	3	(14)
CHAPTER 1 Who Are You?	17	(16)
CHAPTER 2 Is Your Life in Crisis?	33	(28)
CHAPTER 3 A New Life Awaits, So Long as You Give Up Your Old	61	(15)
CHAPTER 4 How Do You Respond to Change?	76	(24)
CHAPTER 5 A Whole New World: Taking Your First Steps	100	(20)
CHAPTER 6 Find Ways to Treat Yourself	120	(27)
CHAPTER 7 Avoiding the Three Death Traps: Rumination, Recrimination, and Retribution	147	(36)
CHAPTER 8 Rewriting Your Personal Mythology	183	(19)
CHAPTER 9 Deciding Who You Want to Be	202	(27)
CHAPTER 10 Reconnecting with Your Original Self	229	(18)
CHAPTER 11 Sharing the Blessings	247	(18)
CHAPTER 12 No Life Is Crisis Proof—But Any Life Can Be Less Crisis Prone	265	(7)
Acknowledgments	272