Diving In [Paperback]

Mark Bodnarczuk (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1586190458 | ISBN-13: 978-1586190453 | Publication Date: April 2003

It's the second half of your life...what if you were able to make deeply profound, life-altering, and lasting changes? Diving In offers manageable formulas for creating healthy growth-oriented relationships, enhancing creativity and effectiveness, and surmounting even the most robust personal problems.

On the surface, Diving In is a story about nine characters attending a dive workshop on the 110-ft dive vessel Explorer. The workshop includes daily sessions that plumb the depths of personality followed by scuba diving sessions that allow the nine participants to explore the spectacular coral reefs of Indonesia while reflecting on their own reactions to the teaching sessions.

Bodnarczuk's use of scuba diving metaphors, interwoven with a post Jungian psychology and the Enneagram, weaves a tapestry of complex characters' lives and teaches fundamental principles of psychological growth in a reflective story form. Bodnarczuk penetrates beyond the superficial and obvious to a deeper analysys of relationships, creative abilities, and effective aging.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...On the surface, Diving In is about the beauty of scuba diving. Deep down, it's discovering your true identity. -- F.C. Hawkins, author of Marooned: An Inquiry into Government Business and Ethics

A clear, gripping, and masterfully composed story of an expedition into the exotic depths of the ocean and individual consciousness. -- Lillian Hoddeson, Ph.D. author of True Genius: The Life and Science of John Bardeen

Bodnarczuk...articulates deep principles of psychology and psychological growth in a compelling way. A must read... -- Lee Synnott, former Chairman and CEO of Ingram Book Group, the largest book wholesaler in the world.

This book draws you in...generously salted with insights that will penetrate into the mind and heart and effect change. -- Don Richard Riso

About the Author

Mark Bodnarczuk, president of the Breckenridge Consulting Group Inc, is a personal coach, consultant, facilitator, and teacher with more than twenty years of experience working with companies in the areas of high-tech, basic and applied research, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, retail, as well as government and non-profit organizations. Bodnarczuk, an instructor of the Enneagram and the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, has trained over twelve hundred people in Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Franklin-Covey's What Matters Most time management.

Trained in the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson, Bodnarczuk is a professional level member of the International Enneagram Association. He has spent over eighteen years in analysis with a Jungian analyst, has recorded more than one thousand dreams over a twenty-three year period, and facilitates the process of dream interprettaion for himself and others. He is a member of the C.G. Jung Institute in Denver and parcticipates in an on-going study group on Jungian psychology.

Bodnarczuk is a PADI certified Advanced Open Water Diver and has logged over three hundred scuba dives in his diving career.

Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: Elton-Wolf Publishing (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586190458
• ISBN-13: 978-1586190453
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,001,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diving Psychology 101, November 13, 2003

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This review is from: Diving In (Paperback)

Asian Diver Magazine/Singapore review - "It's the second half of your life - what if you were able to make deeply profound, life altering and lasting changes and do these while diving! Mark Bodnarczuk's Diving In is the story of nine divers attending a workshop on a live-aboard in Indonesia. The workshop includes daily sessions to plumb the depths of personality, followed by dives that allow the participants to explore the spectacular reefs, while reflecting on their own reactions. The author's use of diving metaphors with post-Jungian psychology teaches fundamental principles of mental growth in a reflective story form."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diving In - to this book was a fascinating experience!, October 6, 2003

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Jim Curnutte (Dillon, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diving In (Paperback)

I found Mark Bodnarczuk's book "Diving In: Discovering Who You Are In The Second Half Of Life" to be a fascinating read. I have always been interested in the "Enneagram" as a tool for working with differing personalities, but have had trouble distinquishing between the nine personality types. By putting names and histories to each of the nine personality types Mark's cast of characters made the distinction seem obvious. Although I cannot adequately explain it in terms of the various thoughts and principals Mark presents, I can tell you that I have been seeing the world, and myself, differently since reading this book. I highly recommend this book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Diving In - Discovering Who You Are, July 3, 2003

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"lkaemmerer" (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diving In (Paperback)

Bodnarczuk's use of scuba diving and its solitude helps the reader understand the importance of looking inside ourselves more deeply. A tremendous book for an insightful look into who we are