Reaching the Wellspring Within.

A psycho-spiritual approach to becoming healthy and whole, this book expounds the core transformation process. The idea is that most of us have parts (other aspects / sides / faces) that we stepped out of years ago because we didn't want them or were ashamed of them. “One way to think about inner parts is that when we were young we separated or ‘split off' a part of ourselves in a time of crisis, judgement or criticism. Once a part splits off, it tends to persist in the behaviours it chose then, doesn't have access to what we later learn, and in a sense remains frozen in time.” The core transformation process is about recognising and reintegrating those parts.

What's so interesting about this process? The unintegrated parts of us can wreak havoc in our maturity. They try to protect us from pain in myriad ways, thus unwittingly preventing us from doing or even attempting many things that would let us feel fulfilled and happy. I was relieved to understand that the self-sabotaging bits of me were really trying to look after me. The authors have perfected a process of acknowledging the concerns of your errant parts and bringing them forward into maturity.

Essentially, this process is a therapy used to heal all sorts of life issues. You can do-it-yourself from this book quite effectively – very valuable for us conflicted individuals who want to fix ourselves at our own pace.