Bøger af Karen Lawrence

Who's telling the story of your life-YOU or your brain? Searching for reasons her promising life had crumbled into obsessive thoughts and deep depressions, Karen Lawrence uncovers an enigmatic past filled with deception, religious fanaticism and abuse. Merging fragments of childhood memory, current scientific research and insights gleaned from practicing mindfulness, Karen weaves a deeply personal account of how our brain-stories can run our lives without our conscious awareness. Her persistent belief that she wasn't doomed to a life of coping with mental illness is a poignant example of what science now knows-YES, we can change our stories. YES, we can heal our brains.

Karen initially believed that her interest and curiosity in the new age realm would lead her to a full recovery or cure from Multiple Sclerosis. What she discovered was how her relationships played a key role in her mental, physical, and spiritual health. It began by ending friendships that were or never were ‘healthy’ in the first place. She then discovered that it was not only the unhealthy friendships but it carried over to intimate relationships and professional relationships with her clients as well as other collegues. When she wanted to know why she had attracted so many people in her life that did not reflect her integrity her Homeopathic team placed Karen on a journey of self discovery. She began to realize that this pattern of relationships stemmed from the first relationships she made with her parents particularly her mother. She started to notice the significance of her relationship with her mother when she began the writing process of this book. Having all the intention of filling the pages with Alternative Health care Professionals, instead, she found herself writing about her mother. Prior to writing her book she read another book which was a guide for beginner writers and she knew she had to finish writing her thoughts on paper before she could continue as she thought, to write about Practitioners. However, Karen couldn’t stop writing about her mother but continued to write and found that the writing process became very healing for her. This new journey became the source of what healing from Multiple Sclerosis was all about for Karen. What she gained from the result of her relationship with her mother was to learn to love herself. Once she did that she was able to break through her chrysalis and transform into a beautiful, spiritually-healed woman.