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9781884956263

It's Never Too Late to Be Happy! : Reparenting Yourself for Happiness

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    9781884956263

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    1884956262

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2002-03-01
  • Publisher: Quill Driver Books
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Summary

Internationally-known speaker, marriage and family counselor, therapist, and author/coauthor of 19 books, including the 4.2-million-copy best-sellerBorn to Win, Muriel James continues to offer her insights, warmth, and support withIt's Never Too Late to Be Happy, a step-by-step guide that shows the reader how to be a better self-parent in order to find true happiness at any age.

Table of Contents

An Action Plan for Happiness
1(28)
A Look Ahead
1(1)
Defining the Word
2(2)
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
4(1)
In the Beginning
5(3)
Personality Perspectives
8(1)
A Theory for Understanding Personality
9(4)
Imagining a New Life
13(1)
Complying, Rebelling, and Withdrawing Responses
14(2)
The Essence of Self-Reparenting
16(1)
The Importance of Teachers, Mentors, and Coaches
17(1)
Praise for Being You
18(1)
Motivating Oneself for Self-Reparenting
19(2)
Previewing the Action Plan
21(2)
Getting Started
23(1)
Discovery Tools
24(5)
Expanding Your Options
29(20)
A Look Ahead
29(1)
Longing for Something More
30(1)
The Value of Dissatisfaction
31(1)
The Desire for Liberty
32(2)
Expanding Your Expectations for Success
34(2)
More or Less at Home
36(2)
Typical Parenting Styles
38(4)
The Issue of Control
42(1)
Discovery Tools
43(6)
Recognizing the Need for Self-Reparenting
49(24)
A Look Ahead
49(1)
Change Is a Process
50(1)
Life as a Drama
51(3)
Family Loyalty
54(1)
The Internalized Parents
55(2)
Parental Injunctions
57(5)
Escaping from Injunctions
62(1)
When Cultures Act as Parents
63(2)
New Power for Change
65(1)
Discovery Tools
66(7)
Learning to Be Happy
73(28)
A Look Ahead
74(1)
Creativity and Logical Thinking
74(2)
Fieldwork on Parenting
76(2)
The Three Ps in Parent Education
78(2)
Teachers as Parents
80(2)
A Curriculum for Parenting
82(2)
Education in Feeling
84(2)
Mad, Sad, Scared, or Happy?
86(4)
Tough Love/Tender Love
90(1)
Learning Something New
91(1)
Discovery Tools
92(9)
Listening to Yourself with Love
101(24)
A Look Ahead
101(1)
Born to Love
102(1)
How Needs and Wants Are Adapted
103(3)
``Nobody Loves Me''
106(1)
The Importance of Touch
107(2)
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
109(1)
Listening to Self-Talk
110(1)
When There Are No Words
111(1)
When Dialogue is Only Monologue
112(1)
Needs and Wants Are Not the Same
113(1)
Love Is Action
114(3)
Listen with Love
117(1)
Discovery Tools
118(7)
Discovering Your Powers
125(28)
A Look Ahead
126(1)
Happiness by Legislation
126(1)
Steps to Personal Power
127(2)
The Power of Hope
129(2)
The Power of Will
131(2)
The Power of Purpose
133(1)
The Power of Competence
134(2)
The Power of Fidelity
136(1)
The Power of Love
137(3)
The Power of Caring
140(1)
The Power of Wisdom
141(2)
Positive Values with the Loss of Power
143(2)
Discovery Tools
145(8)
Self-Contracting for Happiness
153(24)
Trusting Yourself
154(2)
Problems of Inconsistency
156(1)
Planning for Change
157(1)
Contracting Theory
158(1)
Goal Setting for Success
159(2)
Designing Specific Goals
161(1)
Time as a Basic Requirement
162(1)
Energy and Motivation
163(1)
The Need to Change Habits
164(1)
The Cost of Change
165(1)
The Possibility of Sabotage
166(2)
Success Shows
168(1)
When Others Judge
169(1)
A First-Aid Kit for Emergencies
170(1)
Discovery Tools
171(6)
Celebrating Your Success
177(16)
A Look Ahead
177(1)
Life as a Movable Feast
178(1)
Celebration Takes Many Forms
179(1)
Losing the Energy to Celebrate
180(3)
Deciding to Forgive
183(2)
Laughter: The Medicine That Heals
185(1)
Messages From Your New Parent, Coach, or Mentor
186(1)
Discovery Tools
187(6)
Selected Bibliography 193(2)
Index 195(103)
About the Author 298

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