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Taking Charge
Your Life Patterns and Their Meaning
Paperback
May 1997
9780863152535
More details
- Publisher
Floris Books - Published
1st May 1997 - ISBN 9780863152535
- Language English
- Pages 192 pp.
- Size 5" x 7.75"
$20.00
While the modern world is rapidly making us into "global citizens," we experience increasing isolation as individuals in our own society. There is a pressing need for us to develop new forms of relationship with family and society.
By working consciously on our own life story, we can build bridges to other people and develop a new understanding for the lives of others.
The ideas and methods presented here are the result of the author's many years of therapeutic work with groups and individuals, dealing with personal and professional crises. The life stories described are the authentic stories of participants in the courses and workshops.
The first part of the book outlines the principles of development underlying a person's life. The second part discusses the methodology of the author's programs and presents a number of ways in which individuals can work on their own life-stories.
C O N T E N T S:
Foreword by Michaela Glöckler
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: THE LAWS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1. An Overview
2. The Developing Human Being: Up to the Age of 21
3. Human Being: Soul Development from 21 to 42
4. The Fulfillment of the Human Being—Spiritual Development: From 42 to 63
5. The Last Stages in Life
6. Rhythms and Mirror Images in Life Development
PART TWO: AN APPROACH TO LIFESTORY WORK
7. Methodology
8. Motivation for Life—Setting Objectives
9. Guide for Setting Personal Objectives
10. Working on Your Own Lifestory
11. The Author’s Lifesotry
Bibliography
Gudrun Burkhard
Gudrun Burkhard is doctor, therapist, and author. She was born in Brazil, where she lives and works. She cofounded the Tobias Clinic and Artemesia in São Paolo, which offers courses in biography work. Ms. Burkhard lectures around the world and is the author of Taking Charge: Your Life Patterns and Their Meaning (Floris 1997) and Biographical Counselling (Floris 2007).
