Self Help Books from Gail Carr Feldman, PhD.

From Crisis to Creativity:
   Taking Advantage of Adversity
                      by Gail C. Feldman, PhD

        5 Stars from Amazon.com

"It takes very special information to lead to transformation. From Crisis to Creativity is very special and can lead you to revelation and rebirth. Charcoal to diamonds - use the pressure."
             - Bernie Siegel M.D., author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles

• What if 75 percent of what we now call depression is actually unresolved grief?
• What if anger is actually an untapped energy source for creativity?
• What if obsessive worry is actually restrained passion?

Dr. Gail C. Feldman casts tragedy in a new light as she presents grief as a catalyst for creativity. Portraits of a wide range of historical figures, including the biblical Job, Van Gogh, Gandhi, and Michelangelo, plus clinical case studies and the examples of modern artists, illustrate how pain and depression can be transformed into powerful expressions of the self. The author's pioneering work provides a map for finding possibility and creativity among the ruins of personal loss and life change. This is no less than alchemy of the spirit.

The physical reaction to crisis is the stress response, the emotional reaction to crisis is grief. Much of this book is about the need to engage in the "grieving feelings" in order to process or metabolize crises and adapt to change. Creative self-expression is both an instrument for overcoming grief and a bonus for discovering a wider, more fulfilling life.

As we learn to accept change and growth cycles as a simple fact of life, we not only become more change resilient, we also become more creative. It's time to relax our judgment about "'negative" experiences and recognize that while we can't choose what happens to us, we can choose how to respond. In this way, every crisis is an "energy opportunity".

An edition of From Crisis to Creativity has been published by TimeWarner in the United Kingdom, titled Taking Advantage of Adversity.

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Taking Advantage of Adversity
    by Gail C. Feldman, PhD

“This is a resource book for the new millennium. Through life examples of illustrious artists and spiritual teachers, Dr. Feldman shows us how we are programmed for growth and creativity.”
           - Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Fire in the Soul

2nd edition of From Crisis to Creativity from TimeWarner, with updated information on post-traumatic stress, depression, and resilience training. Additional exercises to strengthen your "crisis coping muscles." Soon to be published by OverSeas Press in Asia, Middle East and Africa.

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Releasing the Mother Goddess
    by Gail C. Feldman, PhD & Eve Adamson

Unlike other childbirth and parenting books that are clinical or practical in nature, Releasing the Mother Goddess is a unique volume that focuses on the mystical process of creating new life. It offers holistic exercises and explorations that cover both emotional and physical concerns. It celebrates the feminine life cycle, from maiden to mother to crone. And it shows how that cycle resonates from ancient times and goddesses to modern moms in the 21st century. Releasing the Mother Goddess is co-authored with Eve Adamson.

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Releasing the Goddess Within
    by Gail C. Feldman, PhD & Katherine Gleason

"Wherever you are on the Triple Goddess life path, from maiden to mother to mature woman, you possess a divine Goddess spark within you, heart and soul! In the rush of everyday life, do you kindle that spark of Goddess divinity - as timeless as the ancients - that is uniquely and beautifully you?"

Now available at bookstores and online, Releasing the Goddess Within is coauthored with Katherine Gleason. Referencing Goddesses from cultures around the globe, this book will help you explore your own Goddess qualities.