Wednesday, August 20, 2014

"Awakening to Me" by Kerri Hummingbird Lawnsby

Awakening to Me, Kerri Hummingbird Lawnsby
The internal world of someone with Borderline Personality Disorder is powerfully and beautifully expressed in this book.  This honest, sensitive author takes us on a tour of her internal emotional world: the depths of despair, the emptiness, and her frantic efforts to find love.  Ms. Lawnsby takes us with her on the journey toward internal independence and core stability – what works and what doesn’t.
From her personal work she provides suggestions, exercises and quotes.  This book will be of profound use to anyone with this diagnosis, their family members, therapists and allies.  It is also recommended it for those diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or who have symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. 



But, in truth, we can all benefit from reading this book.  Awakening to Me is an invitation to self-honesty, persistence in seeking meaningful help, and the long work of sustained effort. 
This book is well written and well organized but it is the author’s honesty and insight that makes it powerful.  Her emotions and thoughts, the related beliefs are clearly described.  These are in turn related to events in Ms. Lawnsby’s history, into present relationships and dynamics in a manner that doesn’t lose the reader in her internal world.  Instead, we understand ourselves better, our friends and family members.  We understand better what it means to be human. 

The Indie Spiritual Book Awards
"Memoirs" Category Judge

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