The Courage to Be Yourself. Sue Patton Thoele

       Invalid

       Xena: Warrior Princess

       Bitch

       Girl-Woman

       CHAPTER FIVE

       THE LEVELED LIFE

       Resistance Magnifies Pain

       The Higher You Go, the Farther You'll Fall

       Safe but Sorry

       Selling Your Dreams Short

       CHAPTER SIX

       GETTING THERE: A ROAD MAP

       The Three-A Map

       Awareness

       Acknowledgment

       Acceptance

       Altering Course

       PART TWO

       FACING THE DRAGONS IN THE DUNGEON

       CHAPTER SEVEN

       FEAR! OUR GREATEST OBSTACLE

       Natural and Learned Fears

       Buried Fears

       Shining the Light of Prayer

       Exploring Fear

       Fear Creates Reality

       Erasing “If Only”

       CHAPTER EIGHT

       FACES OF FEAR

       Appeasing

       Compulsive Action

       Exhaustion

       Resistance

       Addiction

       Illness

       Depression

       CHAPTER NINE

       UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS AND HIDDEN BELIEFS

       Things We've Swallowed Whole

       The Power of Beliefs

       Default to At Fault

       Seed Sentences: Weeds or Flowers?

       CHAPTER TEN

       DROWNING IN LIFE'S DEBRIS

       Stressed and Distressed

       Guilt

       Responsibility Sponge

       Appropriate and Inappropriate Guilt

       Where Do We Get on the Guilt Train?

       Anger and Resentment

       Unresolved Grief

       Isolation

       PART THREE

       HEALING: OWNING YOUR OWN EXCELLENCE

       CHAPTER ELEVEN

       BEYOND FEAR: TRANSFORMING THE DRAGONS

       Cultivating Self-Esteem

       Steps Toward Transformation

       Become Aware, Pause, Choose

       Living and Loving from Overflow

       Physical Quadrant

       Emotional Quadrant

       Mental Quadrant

       Spiritual Quadrant

       Balancing Our Quadrants

       Cleansing and Protection

       CHAPTER TWELVE

       THE POWER OF THOUGHT

       Thinking