“Runaway” – Book Summary
To draw attention to the problems faced by young runaways today, author Steve Simpson presents the third printing of his highly acclaimed young adult novel, Runaway (Power Publishing Corp., 2008), endorsed by the NRS as part of its recommended school curriculum in the 1990s. A former troubled youth who turned his life around, Simpson was inspired to write the book based on his own childhood experiences dealing with domestic abuse, an alcoholic parent and difficulty in school.
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Jim Maclaine discusses ‘Letting go of Self’ – video 3 of 5 Summary Controlled by self? Let go of self? What is ‘self’? ‘Self’ is often not understood. Behind every feeling, there is a self; feelings and self are closely connected . So when a part of self is active, it’s experienced as feeling. Feelings and self come from the same place. When self changes in you, so will your feelings and thinking. Lorraine (p.51) Whose children were deeply affected by her staying with her alcoholic husband as she was trapped in a ‘victim’ image . Jenny (p.47) How growing up with an alcoholic parent created negative self images in Jenny which affected all aspects of her adult life. Different parts of self developed in Jenny and dominated how she felt about herself and how she reacted to others. Self brings energy and perspective from childhood and past into the present. “The important aspects of Jenny’s experience were captured by her mind and processed into self images.” She describes her defiant ‘little me being big’ image which could change into ‘little me overwhelmed’. Jessie (p.149) Trapped in her images of inadequacy and unloveable. She wouldn’t be honest with her husband about his alcoholic behaviour: when she accepted his alcoholism her she was no longer controlled by her self images. Irene (p.62) Her ‘me against the world’ self controlled her, and she was bitter and resentful about everything which played out on her addicted daughter . Ginny (p.158) Whose martyr image gave her an …
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