The First Pancake: A Recipe for Delectable Life Transitions - Couverture souple

Wilcox, Tory G.

 
9780595468362: The First Pancake: A Recipe for Delectable Life Transitions
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ISBN 10 : 0595468365 ISBN 13 : 9780595468362
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

The First Pancake provides guidance for those undergoing a life transition using an original, understandable pancake metaphor that normalizes the transition process and encourages the reader to strive for more delectable pancakes.Tory Wilcox is a psychotherapist who provides the ingredients for managing life changes through the five stages one goes through when enjoying a batch of pancakes: the wake-up call, then the first pancake, through the blender to the perfect pancake, and finally digestion. The wake-up call encourages an examination of initial life decisions like careers and life partners. Wilcox asks us to pitch the less fulfilling pancakes or choices and start over, causing our emotions to be tossed around in a blender. Once we have realized more perfect pancakes, we can digest the changes, feel confident about making more rewarding choices and remember to keep adding to our stack. Wilcox offers concrete coping tools, self-help exercises, and resource recommendations along with real-life examples and proven strategies. Through her innovative approach to teaching others how to successfully handle inevitable life transitions, Wilcox provides comfort and empowerment to those who believe self-fulfillment can be achieved in life through a new way of thinking and acting about change.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The First Pancake provides guidance for those undergoing a life transition using an original, understandable pancake metaphor that normalizes the transition process and encourages the reader to strive for more delectable pancakes.Tory Wilcox is a psychotherapist who provides the ingredients for managing life changes through the five stages one goes through when enjoying a batch of pancakes: the wake-up call, then the first pancake, through the blender to the perfect pancake, and finally digestion. The wake-up call encourages an examination of initial life decisions like careers and life partners. Wilcox asks us to pitch the less fulfilling pancakes or choices and start over, causing our emotions to be tossed around in a blender. Once we have realized more perfect pancakes, we can digest the changes, feel confident about making more rewarding choices and remember to keep adding to our stack. Wilcox offers concrete coping tools, self-help exercises, and resource recommendations along with real-life examples and proven strategies. Through her innovative approach to teaching others how to successfully handle inevitable life transitions, Wilcox provides comfort and empowerment to those who believe self-fulfillment can be achieved in life through a new way of thinking and acting about change.

Biographie de l'auteur

Tory Wilcox, LMHC, MBA, is a psychotherapist, coach and author who became an expert on life transition through both academic and experiential training. After earning an AB from Harvard and an MBA from Columbia University, she gained twenty years of progressive management experience in financial services. She then left the business world to make a better pancake, and now helps others to find greater life satisfaction through her work as a coach, therapist and writer. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her two sons and their Goldendoodle.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595468365
ISBN 13 
9780595468362
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
120
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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ISBN 10 :  0595625991 ISBN 13 :  9780595625994
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008
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