Growing up is an ongoing, challenging, exciting and satisfying journey. In this book, Wendy Freebourne takes you through that journey, step by step, giving you the tools you need to navigate it successfully. She shows you how responsibility, chosen carefully and taken on willingly, brings freedom and fulfilment; and how, although your physical abilities change as you get older, this does not mean that illness and infirmity are necessary results of aging. This book is written in an insightful, practical but gentle and compassionate, spiritual style. It gives a holistic overview, while also paying attention to practicality and detail. You will find realistic advice for moving into a maturity that is not painful or burdensome, but joyful, if also less predictable than you were brought up to believe it would be. It gives models for growing up in the twenty-first century. '. . . elucidations of how and why we function within a sometimes highly dysfunctional world and how we can do that more effectively have led me to revelations, research and new training opportunities.' Fraser Trevor MSc, Addiction Counsellor and Research Scientist
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It is really a joy to be grown up. This book clearly set out the advantages for me and dispelled the myths about being grown up. Now I understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy dependency and independence. I also never realized excessive independence could be unhealthy; Wendy Freebourne calls this pseudo-independence. She also explains the difference between dependency and inter-dependence. This part clarifies the transitions we make as we grow up and also what we need to make these transitions completely. I was glad to read that independence is not incompatible with inter-dependence. I was encouraged by the stories in each chapter that explain how people have completed the various developmental transitions, even as adults. It appears that growing up is an ongoing process and, having dealt with the basics and the practicalities, the last part of the book looks at the spiritual implications of finding meaning and purpose.
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A Self-Help to growing up,
By K. Trout "Kaye" (Pagosa Springs, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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Growing Up for Grownups Who Haven't Grown Up Yet Wendy Freebourne Authors Online Ltd 40 Castle Street, Hertford SG14 1HR, England Genre: Self Help ISBN: 0755210298, $14.95, 156 pp, 2005 Wendy Freebourne, Msc is a psychotherapist who has worked with individuals, couples and groups for twenty-five years. She has a varied, rich background and shares her knowledge and experiences through this book, and I quote: "She has produced a series of CDs, The dependency Talks, dealing with recovery from codependency, dysfunctional families and the underlying cause of dependencies and additions; and a psycho-spiritual report, Pathfinder Workbook. She has also had magazine articles, short stories and poetry published. Currently, she has a novel about relationships in progress and is taking herself seriously as a textile artist." The book is divided into three sections: Part I: Becomeing Your Own Person, Part 2: Using What You've Got and Part 3: Becoming More Of Who You Are. It is well-written and the author may just say something you needed to hear . . . that is, if you are currently looking to improve your life. Reviewed by Kaye Trout - May 7, 2006 - Copyright
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Although we talk about growing up, in fact, apart from growing to your full height, you do not grow up; you just become more of who you are. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Recurring State of Being, Negative Emotions, Full Height, Working Through the Problems, More Mature, Knowing Where You're Going, Making Loving Decisions, Place Where Growing Comes, Some Adults New!
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Although we talk about growing up, in fact, apart from growing to your full height, you do not grow up; you just become more of who you are. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
adult dependency, mature sexuality, making boundaries Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Recurring State of Being, Negative Emotions, Full Height, Working Through the Problems, More Mature, Knowing Where You're Going, Making Loving Decisions, Place Where Growing Comes, Some Adults New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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