Table of Contents
List of Meditations ix
Acknowledgments and the Birth of This Book xi
Foreword Bonnie Badenoch xv
Introduction xxi
Chapter 1 How We Talk to Ourselves: The Default Mode Network 1
Chapter 2 Staying in Emotional Balance: Healthy Self-Regulation 24
Chapter 3 Developing Self-Kindness: Introducing the Resonating Self-Witness 43
Chapter 4 Taming the Inner Critic: Hearing the Attempt to Contribute 59
Chapter 5 Calming Anxiety: Moving Toward Trust 81
Chapter 6 Time Traveling with Resonance: Healing Old Hurts 105
Chapter 7 Claiming Anger's Creative and Protective Gifts 131
Chapter 8 Vanquishing Ancient Fears 152
Chapter 9 Returning From Dissociation 167
Chapter 10 Attachment: How Brains Respond to Accompaniment 187
Chapter 11 Healing Self-Hate and Disorganized Attachment 205
Chapter 12 Gently Healing Depression 235
Chapter 13 Leaving Behind Addictions and Compulsions: The Contributions of Self-Understanding and Resonance 252
Chapter 14 Joy, Community, and Our Outside Voice: Bringing Our Resonating Self-Witness to Others 268
Appendix 1 Self-Assessment Review 281
Appendix 2 Online Resources 286
Appendix 3 Recommended Reading 287
Appendix 4 Glossary 288
References 295
Index 317