Soul Mapping An Imaginative Way to Self-Discovery

by Frost, Nina; Ruge, Dr. Kenneth C.; Shoup, Richard W.

• ISBN13: 9781569246450
• ISBN10: 1569246459
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-02
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

Soul Mapping asks readers to actively participate in discovering their truest selves, to admit what D. H. Lawrence calls "the angels who are knocking at our doors." At the heart of the book is the creation of 12 maps, each organized around a key theme - including the present, childhood and family patterns, education, hobbies and pleasures, hidden desires, envies, prohibitions, fears, loss, and the future. Conceived to elicit unexpected epiphanies and connections, these maps are then assembled into one larger "soul map" that helps readers understand who they were, who they are, and who they most want to be.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction: ``Admitting the Angels Knocking at Your Door''	1	(12)
Part One: Creating Your Soul Map	13	(168)
Capturing Today: Your Here and Now	15	(16)
Echoes of an Earlier You: Childhood Remembrances and Family Patterns	31	(17)
Learning that Enlivened: Schooling and Education	48	(16)
When Time Flies: Pleasures, Pastimes and Hobbies	64	(13)
Culture that Captures: Tracking the Stories You've Lived---Or Want To	77	(17)
The Power of Place: Favorite Travels and Inner Terrains	94	(14)
The Energy of Envy: Who You Covet and Why	108	(16)
Shoulds, Shouldn'ts, Don'ts and Can'ts: Self-Limiting Beliefs	124	(20)
Faint Calls and Small Voices: Hidden Desires, Dreams and Yearnings	144	(19)
Detours, Losses, Curve Balls and Other Surprises in Life	163	(18)
Part Two: Living Your Soul Map	181	(49)
What's in the Way: Fears, Doubts, and Other Roadblocks	183	(14)
Putting It All Together: Viewing Your Soul Map as a Whole	197	(16)
From Your Map to Movement: Going Forth Into the Territory That is Yours Alone	213	(17)
A Final Note	230	(3)
Resources for the Journey	233	(8)
Blank Circle Page	241	(2)
Acknowledgments	243	(2)
About the Authors	245