Sense Ability: Expanding Your Sense of Awareness for a Twenty-First Century Life [Paperback]

Doris Wild Helmering (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 20, 2000

Based on years of experience with patients yielding proven results, psychotherapist Doris Wild Helmering teaches readers how to develop their sense of awareness by understanding the emotions that engulf each one of us and by becoming an impartial observer of the self. Using exercises and strategies developed in her practice, Helmering presents critical questions we must resolve within ourselves in order to unleash our highest powers. They include:
-- Am I inner-directed or outer-directed?
-- How do I handle suffering and disappointment?
-- Do I feel oneness?

Using stories and anecdotes from people she has worked with and helped, Helmering demonstrates the many benefits of activating one's sense ability: improved relationships, peace of mind, achieving personal satisfaction and fulfillment in many areas of life.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Drawing on 28 years of experience as a psychotherapist, Helmering (Being OK Just Isn't Enough) believes that the key to "enlightened maturity" is the "seventh sense," detached self-awareness that is based on impartially monitoring one's thoughts and actions. Launching each chapter with a diagnostic question ("Do You Know How to Love?" "Do You Get Too Angry?" "Are You a Controlling Person?" "Do You Suffer from Anxiety and Depression?"), Helmering helps readers investigate and fine-tune their habits of mind. She advocates stepping back from each moment, especially when there is a discrepancy between one's perception (e.g., "I am a loving husband") and the reality ("my wife is leaving me and says I don't love her"). According to Helmering, the pause in the action of the mind allows a disengagement from negative thoughts, ungrounded assumptions and other mental clutter that can lead to counterproductive actions. While the title may sound mystical, the book is practical. Inspired by the tenets of cognitive therapy and illustrated with accessible, real-life examples, it's a mental shape-up program that offers self-assessment exercises and encourages the use of "positive self-talk" to guide daily action. Solid and accessible, the book deserves a wide audience.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"A rare combination of compassion and on-target honesty. There is much to gain from reading this remarkable book." -- --Wayne Dyer, author of Your Erroneous Zones

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Quill Press; Reprint edition (June 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688178014
• ISBN-13: 978-0688178017
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,552,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My name is Doris Wild Helmering. I'm a marriage and family counselor in St. Louis in private practice. I've written eight relationship books, 1,200 newspaper columns, numerous e-booklets, appeared on Oprah three times, had my own segment on television, my own radio show, consulted for a number of fortune five-hundred companies, and have logged over 51,000 hours doing individual, marital, and group therapy. Yikes! As you can see, a lot of my life has been dedicated to helping people set goals, solve problems, and have healthier and happier lives.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn to be more self-aware., February 26, 1999

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Dr. Catherine Von Hatten [e-mail] (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sense Ability: Expanding Your Sense of Awareness for a Twenty-First-Century Life (Hardcover)

Learning to be more aware of ourselves allows each of us to be more autonomous, notes Doris Wild Helmering in "Sense Ability", her most recent book. She uses her vast experience as a therapist with individuals, couples, and groups to identify practical strategies we can each use to expand self-knowledge and tackle tough issues.

Whether you've wondered how to control your anger or how to be less critical, how to cope with disappointments or conquer depression, how to be more successful at work or how to improve relationships with those you love, "Sense Ability" will provide methods and techniques for thinking about life differently. The stories and anecdotes help bring the theory alive, while questions, quizzes, and suggested activities challenge you to analyze your thinking and try something new. This book will provide support, information, and guidance to anyone interested in journeying to a new level of self-awareness

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do Yourself a Favor -- A Must Read!!, October 25, 1999

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Brenda J. Naeger (St. Louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sense Ability: Expanding Your Sense of Awareness for a Twenty-First-Century Life (Hardcover)

If you want to be a good person -- responsible, moral, ethical and enjoy all God and life has to offer -- you'll want to read and reread this extraordinary book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sense Ability Changed My Life, October 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sense Ability: Expanding Your Sense of Awareness for a Twenty-First-Century Life (Hardcover)

Sense Ability is a wonderful book that changed my life for the better. As a graduating college student, this book has better prepared me for the changes in life that I am about to encounter. I recommend this book to all people who would like to make the necessary changes in life to eventually become better people.