Collision with Self, a Remedy: A Guide to Mental Wellness
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Janice E. Barker
Janice Barker was born and raised in New Jersey and now lives in Colorado with her husband. She graduated from Rutgers University with dual degrees in English and communications and later earned her designation as a certified trust and financial advisor from a premier financial institute. This is her first book and was written solely with the intent to help others.
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Collision with Self, a Remedy - Janice E. Barker
© 2019 Janice E. Barker. All rights reserved.
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Published by AuthorHouse 06/28/2019
ISBN: 978-1-7283-1724-3 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-7283-1723-6 (e)
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Contents
Prologue
Introduction
Chapter One, The Collision
Chapter Two, Baby Steps
Chapter Three, A Meditation on Words
Chapter Four, The Lesson
Chapter Five, Images to Get You Started
Chapter Six, Why Stop There?
Chapter Seven, The Quick List
Chapter Eight, The Ultimate Practice, Second Best
Chapter Nine, Conclusion – Back to Reality
Appendix
About the Author
To all of humanity.
We’re doing the best that we can
with what we’ve got to work with,
or through, as the case sometimes may be.
Prologue
Dear Reader, if you have decided to buy this book or someone close to you has purchased it for you, then let me begin by saying hang in there. Because it can only mean that you are in a difficult place. The very good news is that you are self-aware enough (or someone else takes enough of a loving interest in you) to notice that you’re not yourself and can use a little help. I can empathize and sympathize, as I have been there. But I’ve also made it up from that low point, and I want to tell you: this new place in life is not only so much better than where I’ve just come from, but I’m even tempted to say I’m the best I’ve ever been.
I won’t belabor the point for you here because I remember the state of mind you’re currently in, and that it feels like you don’t have a lot of time to spare. I will share my journey in the pages to follow in minimal fashion, so that you know I really can empathize with you. Then I’m sharing in greater detail the remedies and practices that helped me get me out of that low point, particularly as it relates to a Meditation on Words.
Please understand that these practices are what worked for me. From them please use what works for you, and don’t try so hard with those things that don’t feel like a fit. By all means personalize the practices to meet your individual situation and needs. But most of all, stick with it.
I now know from experience that we can help our own mind change with repeated exercise, not unlike the way we can change the muscles of our bodies by going regularly to the gym. Similarly, both take time so, again, please stick with it to get the results.
You’ll be happy that you did, and that happiness is the ultimate point to all of this.
Introduction
Be careful, sweetheart,
she warned me time and time again. The universe is trying to get your attention.
Now that I have gone through and emerged from exactly what she was warning me about, I can tell you this: she was right; my attention was definitely caught.
I can also tell you with great certainty that if you are lucky enough, as I was, to have a friend who cares enough to pay that kind of attention to you; enough to give you fair warning—heed it! And consider that friend a major