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Does Anthony Robbins Have Anything Useful to Say?

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Awaken the Giant WithinAwaken the Giant WithinIs Anthony Robbins a Psycho-Quack cheese-master or does he actually have something useful to say? This is my true story of how Anthony Robbins made me a functioning member of society again.

A few years ago, I was afflicted with the often-undiagnosed Supermarket Anxiety and as-yet unrecognized disorder on the DSM. It hit me abruptly and without warning. After years of leisurely strolling through the aisles, I became panicky at the Grocery Store, just wanting to get the F out of Dodge. If i went with a friend, I would wait in the car. If I went alone, I walked quickly and with my head down, as if in a trance. The situation became so bad that I started dissociating at the drop of a hat. (If my mind left my body, I was not cognizant enough of where it went to be able to enjoy the experience.)
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The Artist's Way

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The Artist's WayThe Artist's WayJulia Cameron is a genius. There’s simply no other way to put it.

After years at a job where my creativity gradually dwindled into a small pocket within my frontal lobe, often forgotten, often developing cobwebs and housing stray homeless creatures who wandered in and marveled at the vacant find, I suddenly found myself wholly dependant on said monochromatic pocket following a rather painful—but relieved, I must admit—layoff.

Diving head-first into finding another way to support my family, I also dove into numerous self-help books, believing that I was lacking something. And I was. I was lacking myself. And Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way helped me find… me. Read more

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