| PART 1 |
THE MIND: OWNER’S
MANUAL
The Model of the Mind
Discussion of the subconscious and conscious mind, theory of
the mind, and author’s personal story. Discussion of locus
of control: internal and external, and the power of “you”
being in control in spite of circumstances. Author’s own
story of changing from opera singer to stand-up comic to psychotherapist,
recovering from childhood sexual (clergy) abuse and specializing
in the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse.
|
| PART 2 |
DETOURS, ROADBLOCKS & DEAD
ENDS
Change by Default: stories
of unexpected changes—lay-offs, divorce, disease, addiction,
sexual discovery and more |
| |
Chapter 1 |
A Rising Star
(mother of nine starts foundation for lepers
in India after her own daughter’s suicide |
Becky Douglas |
| |
Chapter 2 |
Heart Virtues
(a monk is kicked out of the monastery and
becomes a life coach)
|
Greg Mooers |
| |
Chapter 3 |
A Daughter’s
(a big city corporate designer leaves that
life after 30 years to take over her deceased
father’s small town knitting company, saving
the jobs/lives of numerous elderly employees)
|
Promise Pamela Bruce |
| |
Chapter 4 |
Sometimes You Have to Ask God for a Sign
(bookkeeping business owner files bankruptcy
and becomes author of 2 books on financial recovery)
|
Chellie Campbell |
| |
Chapter 5 |
You Gotta Stay Strong
(ex-con cocaine addict/dealer turns
telemarketer then real estate investor…in
less than five years |
Vicki Strogin |
| |
Chapter 6 |
Sometimes the Best Visions Emerge from Hard Times
(paralegal becomes author/speaker/visionary developer)
|
Pat McHenry Sullivan |
| |
Chapter 7 |
All the Possibilities
(a fired engineer gets fired up and becomes
a published author) |
Carl Weisman |
| |
Chapter 8 |
Hitting All the Right Notes
(concert pianist’s hand injury detours her
career to concert hall owner/producer) |
Louise Barfield |
| |
Chapter 9 |
Why I Tell My Story
(paroled pedophile shares sexual offender
treatment success) |
“John Doe” |
| |
Chapter 10 |
What If …?
(laid-off air traffic controller becomes Rabbi) |
Rabbi John Crites-Borak |
| |
Chapter 11 |
The Best Laid Plans
(businesswoman’s Lyme disease requires
her constant change from one career to another) |
Leslie Buterin Brown |
| |
Chapter 12 |
Counselor, Heal Thyself
(a prominent attorney overcomes
20+ years of alcoholism) |
Gary Gwilliam, Esq. |
| |
Chapter 13 |
Never Say Never
(businessowner/conservative suburban
wife/mother discovers she is a lesbian) |
“Jane Doe” |
| |
Chapter 14 |
Pay Attention, Your Life is Calling
(crippling back injury reroutes 46-year-old
woman to successful radio talk show host) |
Moira Shepard |
| |
Chapter 15 |
From Reel Life to Real Estate
(computer animator for one of Hollywood’s
most successful film companies is laid off: starts own computer
graphics business & real estate investments)
|
Edward Kramer |
| PART 3 |
BACKROADS, ALTERNATE ROUTES & TRAILBLAZING
Change by Choice: stories of self-imposed changes, born of boredom, lack of fulfillment and other internal forces. |
| |
Chapter 16 |
The Good News Garage
(culinary institute catering director starts
non-profit rehabbing used cars for low-income people) |
Hal Colston |
| |
Chapter 17 |
Dream Weaver
(a vegetarian cooking instructor/mother
becomes successful fashion designer) |
Sigrid Olsen |
| |
Chapter 18 |
Healing Energies
(a Harvard lawyer/UCLA Law professor
becomes holistic healer) |
Kenneth Klee, Esq. |
| |
Chapter 19 |
Finding the Way Out
(an emotionally abused wife leaves her
husband with 2 small children) |
Anonymous |
| |
Chapter 20 |
From Critic to Medic
(PhD theatre critic turns MD psychiatrist) |
Thomas Boeker, PhD, MD |
| |
Chapter 21 |
Learn to Believe
(a pioneer in the learning disabilities
education field veers off the mainstream) |
Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis |
| |
Chapter 22 |
Synchronicity
(cable talk show host moves to North Dakota
and revives vintage movie theatre) |
Emanuel Culman |
| |
Chapter 23 |
You Can Fly
(flight from Corporate America to solo entrepreneur) |
Connie Zack |
| |
Chapter 24 |
Living with Passion
(50ish divorce man seeks out high school
sweetheart and becomes relationship coach) |
Jim Collister |
| |
Chapter 25 |
Learn to Change
(a middle aged medical tech turned actress
becomes a school teacher) |
Jan Bartlett |
| |
Chapter 26 |
The Repair Pro
(handyman fixes himself by leaving company
and starting own business at age 47) |
Dave Kusko |
| |
Chapter 27 |
Life is Short
(a 79-year-old singer/business owner goes
to law school) |
Lorraine Guth |
| |
Chapter 28 |
Two Steps Back, Three Steps Forward
(clothing industry numbers-crunchers
becomes applied psychologist) |
Dave Zagorski, PhD |
| |
Chapter 29 |
Follow Your Bliss
(twice divorced mother of 3 enters seminary
at age 47, ordained as Presbyterian minister at age 52) |
Rev. Lisa Graves |
| |
Chapter 30 |
The Theory of the Cosmic Slingshot
(a jet setting photojournalist becomes public diplomat) |
Yael Swerdlow |
| |
Chapter 31 |
Kick Your Doubts in the Teeth
(LA Times reporter turns into a web designer) |
Mack Reed |
| |
Chapter 32 |
Never Too Late
(80-year-old grandmother leaves abusive
husband after 47 years of marriage, founds
domestic abuse website) |
Anne Grimm |
| |
Chapter 33 |
Just Getting Started
(an executive sales director and father leaves
security at age 45 to start own marketing business) |
Jacques Soriano |
| |
Chapter 34 |
Aleikum salaam wa rahmat Allah wa karakatu
(unhappy wife/businessowner moves to
Egypt to discover herself) |
Tracy Karbus |
| |
Chapter 35 |
A Little Music, A Lot of Love
(a musician leaves life on the road when he
learns his son is autistic and becomes therapist for special needs children) |
Gary Larkin |
| |
Chapter 36 |
Escaping the Desk
(a bored office worker becomes a real estate agent) |
Ellen Grosser |
| |
Chapter 37 |
Man on Fire
(A fire in his car becomes fire in his belly…
Texas sales account executive becomes
successful Hollywood actor) |
Stan Davis |
| |
Chapter 38 |
The Best Years
(a laid-off contractor starts own business
at age 44) |
Patty Zenizo |
| |
Chapter 39 |
Find the Goal Posts and Keep Aiming for Them
(technologist for mutual fund company
becomes “think tanker” for counterinsurgency and counterterrorism) |
Matt Armstrong |
| |
Chapter 40 |
Love is Our Spiritual Glue
(housewife/mother goes to college at age
60, finishes doctorate at age 70) |
Fran Pastoria, PsyD |
| |
Chapter 41 |
The Sound of Success
(single retail music store owner becomes husband/father/representative for distributors at age 42) |
Steve Palmer |
| |
Chapter 42 |
Click!
(advertising writer becomes comedic
cabaret singer/author) |
Molly Brandenburg |
| |
Chapter 43 |
Find Your Passion and Live with It
(juvenile offender/Viet Nam vet becomes
bounty hunter, then make-up artist, then actor) |
Myke Michaels |
| |
