Energetic Boundaries [Unabridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Karla McLaren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003

We all know that the physical surface of our bodies serves as a biological shield to protect us, but many are unaware that we also possess an energetic field of protection. On Energetic Boundaries, Karla McLaren – an empath and award-winning author who has spent years helping healers to protect and heal themselves – invites listeners to explore the unseen energy fields that exist between us, and how to diagnose and stabilize imbalances in the energetic dimension. Through 12 involving sessions of meditations, rituals, and many other proven practices, Karla McLaren teaches: how to create safe, effective energetic boundaries, ways to remain firmly grounded throughout interactions with other people, how to recognize when someone is using you as an "emotional shrine" and address the situation, spirit "hitchhikers" – perceiving and working with this common phenomenon of energetic "invasion", and specific meditations to use before and after a healing or counseling session for clearing energy, and more.

--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Energetic Boundaries gives healers, therapists, and sensitive people a "wellness toolbox" filled with preventative and emergency solutions for protecting their energetic health while providing care to others. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

About the Author

Karla McLaren is the author of the award-winning book Your Aura & Your Chakras, as well as Rebuilding the Garden: Healing the Spiritual Wounds of Childhood Sexual Assault – a respected reference book used by survivors, therapists, and counselors across the country. Her newest book is Emotional Genius. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True; Unabridged edition (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591790573
• ISBN-13: 978-1591790570
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 10 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #461,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

88 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There has to be something better out there..., August 10, 2004

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Idealist (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Energetic Boundaries (Audio CD)

I am still listening to this set and so far have found a few useful ideas, such as visualizing roses as a way to create a protective boundary. I can see where that could possibly be helpful. But as a therapist with many years of experience the audio is a bit elementary, and McLaren's delivery leaves me feeling talked down to at times as if she is a 4th grade teacher addressing a rather slow classroom.

One of the things she does is help the listener discover "what kind of person" they are by using various schemas such as Chinese astrology. Umm, hello? I don't need to pay a premium for a set of audios to learn that I am an astrological goat or rooster -- I can read that on any Chinese restaurant menu. And so what? Seems a bit contrived.

Potential buyers should be cautioned that each audio segment opens and closes with McLaren singing "Kum Ba Yah" in harmony with herself. That is an energetic boundary that I would rather not have to cross even once, much less twelve times! McLaren has also at least temporarily abandoned her metaphysical standpoint, so you have to wonder how much merit her work has. I've tried to keep an open mind but can't recommend this set based on what I've heard so far. The area of energetic boundaries remains one that needs to be addressed. Usually materials from this publisher (Sounds True) stand head and shoulders above the rest; I was disappointed.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Think you know boundaries? Think again..., October 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Energetic Boundaries (Audio CD)

This is a tape set I listen to over and over again. I always glean some new information when I listen. Karla McLaren has a way of imparting her 30+ years of study and wisdom in a clear, balanced, repsectful, fun, and genius way.

If you are a counselor or in a healing profession, I highly recommend this tape. It will guide you in taking care of yourself which in turn benefits your clients/patients tremendously. You then become the guide supporting their healing, not the "doer" as Karla suggests.

If you are a sensitive person and sometimes cannot tell what is yours and what is someone else's, this tape set is for you too. Karla helps you understand why this may be happening and how to maintain your own energetic boundaries.

Each tape, each section and each sentence is thought provoking. I will not tire from listenting and learning from this full, enriching tape set.

43 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ???"I need to heal from being a healer." --McLaren, March 10, 2005

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Leela "Read Between The Sheets" (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Energetic Boundaries (Audio CD)

I highly suggest reading an article that Karla wrote recently for Skepitical Inquirer magazine before you purchase any of her materials. She is now a full advocate of "skepticism" which is not the healthiest form of "critical thinking" either. While the "New Age" culture can be overly steeped in fads, shams, and naivety, the skeptical culture is often saturated with excessive intellectualism and fear-based fact. Neither in the extreme is healthy or grounded. She makes some clear points in that, yes, it is good to question things. There would be no point in life if we had the answer to everything--but so called "real science" is not the Holy Grail of answers either--it's just another way, albeit more culturally acceptible way, to describe what we perceive through a "human lens." Quantum physics, for example, can give you a pretty good taste of how much we don't know and also how beatuful it is--just as much as opening up a book of Rumi poetry can. We are limited as human beings by our own perceptions and experiences of consciousness and the ways we can describle/translate this experience--our very language limits us in this. We need mystery to help propel us forward with passion and purpose. Yes, we need intellect and intuition in sync. While Karla is by nature a very intelligent-intuitive person, she seems more confused on finding the appropriate balance within herself, and it seems to have pulled the rug right out from under her. Here is a sample quote from her article:

"My voice was an important one in my [New Age] culture; therefore, I've got to take responsibility for what [damage] I've done. I need to educate myself and come back into the fray in a healthy and respectful way. Maybe by the time I've organized my thoughts, a bridging culture [between Metaphysical thinking and Skepticism] will already exist. Maybe I'll find a way to be heard - or to translate the skeptical lexicon in such a way that people in my culture can access it without being insulted or shamed. One thing I'll be sure to stress is the fact that there is actually more beauty, wonder, brilliance, and mystery in science than there is in the mystical world."

Skeptical Inquirer link:
http://www.csicop.org/si/2004-05/new-age.html


See my review of Emotional Genius for a list of some suggested reading.