The Dark Side of the Light Chasers:: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams by Debbie Ford Debbie Ford believes that we each hold within us a trace of every human characteristic that exists, the capacity for every human emotion. We are born with the ability to express this entire spectrum of characteristics. But, Ford points out, our families and our society send us strong messages about which ones are good and bad. So when certain impulses arise, we deny them instead of confronting them, giving them a healthy voice, then letting them go. It is to these feelings that Ford turns our attention, these parts of our selves that don’t fit the personae we have created for the rest of the world. She shows us the effects of living in the dark, of keeping all our supposedly unsavory impulses under wraps. We find ourselves disproportionately frustrated and angry at the selfishness of friends, the laziness of colleagues, the arrogance of siblings. When we are unable to reconcile similar impulses in ourselves, Ford explains, we waste our own energy judging others instead of empathizing. But most important, we deny ourselves the power and freedom of living authentically. Through the stories and exercises in The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Debbie Ford shows us not only how to recognize our hidden emotions, but also how to find the gifts they offer us. The very impulses we most fear may be the key to what is lacking in our lives.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom From the author of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, a novel that explores the unexpected connections of our lives, and the idea that heaven is more than a place; it's an answer. Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination; It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why am I here?"
From the Hearts of Men by Yevrah Ornstein Within the hearts of men lie secret yearnings, needs and fears that have long been held captive by the taboos of society. The authentic voices in this book, and the magnificent spirit that enobles them, cry out to be heard. Read them and your view of men will never be the same. Here are some comments from readers: "The search for a real dad is one of the most moving things I have ever read." "Thank you for taking me, a woman, into the heart, mind and soul of a man." "This is a great eye-opener!" From the Hearts of Men requires that we take a whole new look at the idea that men cannot speak with passion and sensitivity about their hopes, fears, dreams, hungers, needs, and about what they have to offer as men. To all who love the depths, I recommend this book." (this last comment by Keith Thompson, co-author with poet Robert Bly of What Men Really Want and author of To Be a Man--In Search of the Deep Masculine.
Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families by Charles L. Whitefield M.D. The "Child Within" refers to that part of each of us which is ultimately alive, energetic, creative and fulfilled; it is our real self -- who we truly are.
Stiffed:: The Betrayal of the American Man by Susan Faludi Susan Faludi turns her attention to the masculinity crisis plaguing our culture at the end of the '90s, an era of massive layoffs, "Angry White Male" politics, and Million Man marches. As much as the culture wants to proclaim that men are made miserable—or brutal or violent or irresponsible—by their inner nature and their hormones, Faludi finds that even in the world they supposedly own and run, men are at the mercy of cultural forces that disfigure their lives and destroy their chance at happiness. As traditional masculinity continues to collapse, the once-valued male attributes of craft, loyalty, and social utility are no longer honored, much less rewarded.
In Stiffed, the author turns her powers of reporting and analysis to the problems of men and comes up with a revolutionary diagnosis. Men's problems aren't the product of biology, or of such trumped-up enemies as feminism and affirmative action, but of a modern social tragedy. By listening to men's stories in their own voices, by taking them on their own terms, Faludi uncovers a buried history—the untold story of how America made a glittering set of promises to the men of the baby-boom generation...and proceeded to break every one of them.
What keeps men from revolting against their circumstances? Faludi's explanation for that mystery opens up the possibility that men's coming rebellion could emancipate both sexes from their true and mutual enemy, a cultural force that constrains us all. Stiffed is a major reassessment of what it is to be a man in modern America.
Man Enough:: Fathers, Sons, & the Search for Masculinity by Frank S. Pittman Psychiatrist and family therapist Frank Pittman explores what it is like to grow up male today. With poignancy, humor and candor, Dr. Pittman combines case studies, examples from literature and films, plus his own experience to examine issues of commitment, caring, and control for the father's of tomorrow's men.
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