Spiraling Through the School of Life

by Ladd, Diane

• ISBN13: 9781401907204
• ISBN10: 1401907202
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: Hay House Inc.

Summary

Reading this book is like having a cup of coffee in author Diane Ladd's comfy kitchen. In a charming, down-home way and filled with touching, moving and downright hilarious observations and stories, this book explains how to keep life from spiraling out of control."I want to help save lives with this book," Diane says. "I feel that the ultimate gift is helping another person find the miracles that surround them."

Author Biography

Diane Ladd is an internationally acclaimed actress, director, and writer, who has been nominated three times each for Emmys and Oscars, respectively. She is the recipient of 23 awards, including a Golden Globe and a British Academy Award; and has been heralded by Time magazine as “one of the ten top actresses, not only in this country, but in the whole world.” She has starred in many films, including the Academy Award Winners Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild At Heart (1990), and Rambling Rose (1992). Diane and her daughter, Laura Dern, made show-business history as the only mother/daughter duo to be nominated for an Oscar in the same film.

Diane is a member of the Board of Advisors for The National Foundation of Alternative Medicine; and is a nutritional lecturer, consultant, medical intuitive, and healer who has worked in tandem with many notable doctors for more than 20 years. This is Diane’s first book.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiii
How I Helped Myself
My Awakening	p. 3
The School of Marriage, Divorce, Love, and Loss	p. 15
My School of Parenting	p. 29
How to Help Yourself
Releasing Anger	p. 39
And Now for Some Good Old-Fashioned Healing	p. 49
Staying Healthy	p. 59
Life's Injustices	p. 63
Judgment and Forgiveness	p. 71
Miracles
An Unlikely Messenger	p. 79
Very Special Moments	p. 97
The Effect of Helping Others	p. 103
My Woo-Woo Story	p. 111
Fate, Love, and the Future
Fate	p. 119
Love	p. 129
Why Men and Women Can Get Along	p. 147
My Left Foot	p. 155
My Mother's Death	p. 161
Rising above Despair	p. 167
Spiraling into the Future	p. 175
Acknowledgments	p. 181
About the Author	p. 185
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