Up from Here

by Vanzant, Iyanla

• ISBN13: 9780062517593
• ISBN10: 0062517597
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-11
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

<H4 align=center><I>The world needs your light. The world needs your life.<BR>Every woman and child needs you also.</I></H4><P align=left>Few men are taught the true spiritual essence of masculinity. In <I>Up from Here</I> IYANLA VANZANT empowers men with the insight and skills they need to idenitify, name, and understand their feelings, as well as to overcome the old patterns of behavior that result from misusing or not tapping into their emotional strength. In clear terms Vanzant shows men how to use the energy of emotions to move beyond painful, negative feelings such as rage, shame, fear, and anger to authenticity and strength.</P><P align=left><I>Like the phoenix, you can me up from here, out of the ashes of the crash and burn of the past, to claim your true identity and power.</I></P><DIV align=center>By using Vinzant's <B>power tools</B> men can transform their frustrations and failures in love, life, and work into opportunities to claim their true potential and purpose.</DIV>

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(12)
Up from Here	13	(17)
Roy	30	(45)
Speaking Up
Phillip	75	(33)
Acting Up and Acting Out
Eddie	108	(25)
Building Spiritual Muscle
Gabriel	133	(20)
Not All Men Are Macho
Martin	153	(19)
Taking Care of Unfinished Business
Garen	172	(22)
What Makes a Man
Henry	194	(17)
Overcoming Feelings of Inadequacy
Epilogue	211	(4)
Acknowledgments	215	(2)
Index	217