Energetic Boundaries: Practical Protection and Renewal Skills for Healers, Therapists, and Sensitive People [UNABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)

by Karla McLaren (Author)

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Product Description
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.

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.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True; Unabridged edition (January 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: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #588,773 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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72 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Idealist (USA) - See all my reviews

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.

21 of 23 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 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.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still very valuable ideas, December 1, 2005

By	zphage - See all my reviews

Karla was uneasy with the guru seat many tried to place her in, so she stepped down. The backlash began. Just because she questioned being made into a guru does not mean her techniques are useless.
If you are in need of some techniques for grounding and replenishing your psyche these are still very VALID. There are not many places where you can get this info or learn these techniques.
Single biggest thing is you will learn simple imaginative ways to focus, ground and hold your own in times of great stress.