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The Pathway: Follow the Road to Health and Happiness
by Laurel Mellin
Product Group: Book
Publisher: William Morrow (2003-02-01)
ISBN: 0060514027
EAN: 9780060514020
Dewey Decimal #: 158.1
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 432 pages
Edition: Lst ed.
Release Date: 2003-01-21
SKU: 7043-LMellin-R
Condition: Collectible: Like New
Comments: Stated First Edition, 3rd printing. Lightly read.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A revolutionary program that goes to the roots of not just one common excess, but all of them, turning off our emotional appetites and offering us a pathway to better health and greater happiness If we have not mastered two simple skills -- self-nurturing and effective limit setting-we cannot soothe and comfort ourselves from within. So it is only natural that we soothe and comfort ourselves by overeating, drinking, spending, overworking, and smoking or by finding our way into the softer excesses-people pleasing, putting up walls, rescuing others, or thinking too much. When we master these two skills, we experience a Solution-that is, freedom from the whole range of common excesses and a life abundant in life's rewards: integration, balance, sanctuary, intimacy, vibrancy, and spirituality. The Solution was developed over the last twenty years at one of the nation's most prestigious medical schools and may be one of the world's best-kept secrets -- until now. Health magazine recognized the research on The Solution as one of the top ten medical advances of 2000. Emerging understandings of neurobiology suggest that using the skills over the long term may retrain the elusive feeling brain to spontaneously favor a life of emotional balance, relationship intimacy, spiritual connection, and freedom from excessive appetites. The Pathway shows you how to use the method and why it works, while sharing the stories of Tom, Emily, and Drew, who mastered the skills and reached their Solution. You can use this book to begin to reach your own Solution, and if you want more support, there are more than one hundred Solution Groups nationwide led by health professionals, as well as self-help Solution Circles and an active Internet community. The Solution is very simple but so powerful that many psych psychotherapists who use it believe it will supersede all current healing methods for one reason: it works.
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Customer Reviews
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Laurel's iPhone/iTouch application more helpful than her books
Rating  (2)
Date: 2009-12-26
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've read "The Pathway" and have learned something about her system. The word "somethng" is used here because "The Pathway" doesn't go far enough to present Laurel's teaching in a package that's easy to understand. If you have an iPhone or iPodTouch, her application that costs just 99-cents, presents her "solution" much better than her books do. That's where I begain to understand the full method -- from the inexpensive application from iPod that makes Laurel's method most easily understood.
Because I know this review won't sell books, I hope Amazon conveys his message to you.
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Everyone should read this book!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-05-08
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book has changed my life. I no longer have trouble with my weight. I came down from a 37" waist to a 33" waist and I look better than I did in high school. That is just a side-benefit to being more emotionally balanced. I no longer externalize my emotional pain through spending money I don't have. I don't take it out on my family anymore. All your problems can be resolved through careful study and determined effort to follow the steps outlined in this book. Read it and try what it tells you to do. I was amazed. You will be too.
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Cognitive therapy self-help
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-01-09
I've been looking for a cognitive therapy framework for some of my more dysfunctional family members, although I'm looking forward to this work for myself. The science behind this book is solid, although some of the language is flowery, which is a bit of a turn off. I'm also mildly concerned that the jargony nature of the text and the associated, pricey program may be a bit cultish. But, for those averse to the drawn out process of psychotherapy, this may be a good alternative to deal with obsessive/compulsive issues, provided the problems are not at a level which require direct professional help.
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I am in charge of myself and my life now
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-11-30
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This program has changed my life. Yeah, such a cliche, but it is true.
I remember a few years back when I first read the book and was considering whether to buy the first kit. I thought about it for probably 6 months. Then I did it, and it was the best decision I have ever made. Unarguably.
I was stuck in a place where I was emotionally very immature. And I did not realize that I needed help. I did not realize that other people were living in a different world than I was living in. At some level, I wanted life to be different, I struggled to make myself "better," but it took alot of work and I would always slide back.
The kits were great for me because i did not have alot of money. I was fortunate that I could save for them, though. I made most of my journey alone, so it has taken longer for me than for most. And the times I did have support of coaches, well, they helped me to really experience that relationships with people could be different. I would not be rejected or shamed for being imperfect.
The greatest gift, all these years later, is that when emotional problems come up, or just problems in general, I have the power now to soothe myself, to seek what is true for me, to make the decisions that are right for ME, to live a life that is created for me by me. Especially the power to soothe myself when difficult things happen - from being slighted by another person, to dealing with the death of a loved one, I have the tools and ability to work through my emotions and bring myself to balance: not to a place where hurts don't hurt, but to a place where hurts make me treasure life, my luck in being alive and the moments I have with other living beings.
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Step one of changing your life.
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-19
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I learned about The Pathway in a health magazine and bought it immediately. It was the first time I read about research about feelings and getting to the root of over-eating, over-working, over-shopping, over-everything. I have since completed Solution Training and my life has never been the same.
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