Empowerment [Paperback]

David Gershon (Author), Gail Straub (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1989

Gershon and Straub are the leaders of the Empowerment Workshop, an internationally recognized human potential training program. Now they present their program in this easy-to-use guide with methods for using affirmations, visualizations, and other metaphysical tools to achieve exactly what you desire out of life.

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"For over two decades, David Gershon and Gail Straub have inspired and empowered thousands of people to transform their lives and contribute to the preservation of our planet. This book makes their knowledge and techniques available to all."
-Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D., author, Staying Alive:

The Psychology of Human Survival --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

David Gershon and Gail Straub are considered pioneers in the field of empowerment. In 1981 they founded a training and consulting company called Empowerment Training Programs. Since then they have offered their highly acclaimed personal development training Empowerment Workshop and their professional training Art Of Empowerment to thousands of people throughout North America, Europe, Russia, and Asia. Their book Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life As You Want It, has been translated into five languages, and is used worldwide as the basis for empowerment support groups. They have appeared on many radio and TV interview shows discussing their ideas on empowerment.

David and Gail have also applied their knowledge of empowerment to societal change. In 1986 in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), they organized a major global event called the First Earth Run. A lighted torch was passed through 62 countries encircling the planet. 25 million people and 45 heads-of-state participated in this event celebrating our possibilities to live in harmony with each other and the Earth. Several million dollars was raised that went directly to the neediest children of the planet.

In 1989, building on his years of empowerment and social change experience, David founded an international environmental organization, Global Action Plan for the Earth (GAP). Its purpose is to empower individuals to live environmentally sustainable lifestyles. Over 150,000 people in sixteen countries have participated in its programs.

In 1992, Gail created an advanced training called Grace: A Spiritual Growth Training Program for students who wanted to integrate spiritual development with social and ecological responsibility. Based on this training she wrote The Rhythm of Compassion: Caring for Self Connecting with Society and Circle of Compassion: Meditations for Caring for the Self and the World, both published by Tuttle.

Gail and David are married and live in the Hudson Valley in New York. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 234 pages
• Publisher: Delta; Trade edition (October 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385297726
• ISBN-13: 978-0385297721
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,332,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life as You Want It (Paperback)

I took the authors' empowerment workshop about 15 years ago where I received my first copy. The book and the accompanying exercises and journeys are exciting and enlightening. I recently purchased another copy for a friend in need of establishing "life affirmations" and ridding herself of depressive "old scripts". It caused me to revisit my old copy and do a "tune up" on myself. What an uplifting and helpful tool. A must read.