Cyrus Webb reviews Demystifying Diversity

When it comes to the topic of diversity it can honestly go in so many directions. What I would say about Daralyse Lyons’ new book Demystifying Diversity: Embracing our Shared Humanity is that she strives to break it down to more than a US against THEM and see the why.

Through the interviews and her own personal observations we see how being singled out or labeled as impacted others. It also does something I wasn’t expecting. It turns the tables repeatedly on the reader, forcing us to ask what would we do or who would we be. In horrific events in history would be the one who was the oppressed or would we be the oppressor? Would we stand up for what is right or will be stay by? These questions are difficult but necessary if we are going to see things really move forward in a positive (and productive) way.

There’s another thing that Daralyse discusses in the book that is sure to step on some toes. I know it did mine. That being the words we use to categorize things, like being “good” for eating a salad or “bad” for not. The impact of what we say as well as what we do can impact the way people see themselves and feel about themselves.

Bottom line is we’re ALL a work in progress. This book challenges us to identify the work we ALL have to do and get about doing it.

Life Skills, 2nd Edition

978-1-61599-680-3
$24.95
Improve the Quality of Your Life with Applied Metapsychology
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UPC: 978-1-61599-680-3
Brand: Loving Healing Press
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Author: Marian K. Volkman
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 09/01/2022

Metapsychology, as developed by Frank A. Gerbode, MD, is a subject rich in philosophy and practical application. Applied Metapsychology is the practical application of this subject to fulfill personal goals, from relieving past pain to living more fully to expanding consciousness. Life Skills expands on this and the reader will:

  • Learn handy brief remedies to assist another person after a shock, injury or other distress
  • Learn simple methods for expanding your awareness on a daily basis
  • Gain a deeper understanding of relationships and how to strengthen and nurture any relationship
  • Learn the components of successful communication, what causes communication to break down, and how to repair breakdowns
  • Gain vital keys to understanding those behaviors of other people that have previously been inexplicable to you
  • Learn an effective tool for making important life decisions
  • Explore human potential

"Marian Volkman's Life Skills is a serious, impressive, and thoughtful work with one objective in mind: teaching how to reach one's full potential in practical, pragmatic, easy-to-follow steps that will literally change one's life. This masterpiece of a survival guide will benefit all who turn its pages. The chapter on the importance of relationships is worth the price of the book alone, as most problems in life are relationship-oriented." --James W. Clifton, M.S., Ph.D., LCSW

"If you liked the first edition of Life Skills, you will be delighted to know that in this edition, we find even more exercises to achieve the goals of each chapters, more context and explanations in each section to reach even deeper reflections and realizations." --Gina Michaud, B. Ed., OCT, Certified Traumatic Incident Reduction Facilitator

Learn more at www.MarianVolkman.com

From Loving Healing Press www.LHPress.com

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