|
"Suzanne is one of those practical professional
counselors who blends intellectual expertise and spiritual
understanding with the meaningful personal experience of life.
In Seed Thoughts for Loving Yourself, she takes us on a full
year's course of New Beginnings -- with delightful seeds
thoughts to plant in the garden of mind to change the way we
think, to change our beliefs, thus changing our lives."
John Randolph Price
Author of Super Beings and Angels Within Us
"Seed Thoughts for Loving Yourself" is excellent!
It contains the seeds to change your self-esteem from an
external to an internal sense of control. "Seed
Thoughts" belongs on everyone's night table! ... Suzanne is
one of the most knowledgeable in her field and a superior writer
with the ability to get her easy-to-understand thoughts from the
reader's mind into the reader's heart."
Richard Fuller
Metaphysical Reviews
Buy
This Book
“The book, Empowering Teens to Build Self-Esteem, really
helped me when I was at a low point. It helped me get back on
track with my thinking and gave me more power and energy. After
reading this book I felt more positive and happy.”
Adam Loewenheim, age 15
“This book contains everything that I have ever felt. It
helped me to better understand myself and to make positive
changes in my life. I didn’t realize that I was coming from
low self-esteem when I put other people down to make myself feel
better. I think everyone should read the dating tips section. I
agree with the ideas that most people confuse codependency with
love. These tips will help me look at things in the future more
carefully.”
Amy Davison, age 16
“Empowering Teens to Build Self-Esteem gave me a grasp of
how to deal with my family better. I read it at the time my
parents were going through a divorce. I also learned to think
about myself and my feelings when I am in a new relationship
with a guy. It is not a good idea to depend totally on a guy for
everything. This book makes me think about being more
independent and not to get too attached too soon.”
Jamie Rinkoff, age 16
“This book taught me what I did not know about myself. I
learned that I’m going to be okay no matter what, that on one
can take away what you have inside of you. I also learned there
are different parts of me inside that have different feelings. I
recommend this book to other teenagers because it explains
things we were never taught. It takes over where everyone else
leaves off.”
Christine Snitzer, age 18
“This is a very good book about believing in yourself. It
changes the way you think about things. It makes you think about
what you are doing before you do them. I learned that mistakes
can not ruin my life and that only I can make changes when I
make a mistake. I learned also, that setting goals and achieving
them can build self-esteem.”
Travis Starnes, age 12
Buy
This Book
"Enlightening Cinderella is the most
helpful and well written of books in this genre. A friend, who
lectures in Engineering and conducts highly sophisticated
research, was recently ‘abandoned’ by his wife of 25 years
and devastated."He borrowed a number of self-help books in
an effort to comprehend his dilemma and yours was the only one
he found to satisfy his enquiring mind. It is so clear and
packed with sensible and intelligent revelations. Thank you most
sincerely from both of us."
-- Marjorie Allen
"I found myself feeling joyful and
inspired while reading this story and believe women –
especially those that married young – can benefit from reading
it. The Prince Charming fantasy is real for many of us. All
long-term relationships must evolve for us to live a fulfilling
life as an individual spiritual being in-relation to others.
Once the initial blush of getting to know each other runs its
course, most people have no idea where to go next or what to do.
This book guides you through the process of self-exploration
with caring and gentleness and does it with no judgments or
blame."
-- Loretta Lewis
From Emerging Lifestyles, fall issue 2002
ENLIGHTENING CINDERELLA
by Ann T. Johnston
I have known Suzanne Harrill (who I affectionately call
“Mom”) for almost sixteen years. As a former client, I
experienced firsthand the transformation described in her
magical allegory, Enlightening Cinderella. Little did I realize
the added joy I would feel as I re-lived the amazing growth
Suzanne’s teachings facilitated while writing this review. So,
to my friend Suzanne, my real-life “fairy godmother”, I
express love and gratitude for the enduring wisdom you continue
to offer.
Who should read this book? It is a must, I think, for all
women who believe they can find happiness outside themselves --
through their husbands, their children or other relationships.
Using the myth of Cinderella, Suzanne helps us see that the
wholeness and fulfillment we are seeking will ultimately be
found inside ourselves. “Because events and conditions in our
relationships are a reflection of what is conscious and
unconscious inside of us, relationships teach us about
ourselves”. This is one of the books most insightful messages.
It is also its greatest source of hope. When we appreciate that
the conflicts in our lives help us heal our past and we embrace
them consciously, these conflicts become a great resource for
self-change and empowerment.
Ultimately, Enlightening Cinderella is a book about growing
into wholeness. We come to understand that what most of us were
taught to think about ourselves in childhood is simply not true.
By studying our reflection in the mirrors provided by our
significant others, we discover and discard the limiting beliefs
of our early conditioning and come to know (and love) ourselves
for the first time. At a time of such rampant personal and
global strife, the path to peace and reconciliation this book
offers is both profound and simple. We must remove the
projections which cause us to blame others for dynamics we have
helped co-create. Only by accepting responsibility for the
relationship problems we have co-created can we begin to listen
to and understand each other, and thereby break the cycle of
victimization and blame.
Enlightening Cinderella is also a refreshing introduction to
the spiritual path for spiritual seekers (who may not know that
this is what they are seeking). As Fairy Godmother instructs
Cinderella: “soulmate is a term you humans have invented to
re-awaken feelings of wholeness and completion in yourselves.
Long-term fulfillment comes from discovering your soul’s
blueprint—which is being exactly who you were created to
be”.
Suzanne has demonstrated that she is especially gifted in
facilitating such “awakenings” (when the student is ready,
the teacher appears), and Enlightening Cinderella is a veritable
gold mine of self-help tools and self-awareness techniques for
the seeker and practitioner alike. The journal questions at the
end of each chapter provide a roadmap for the reader to
internalize and ground new insights. I especially recommend the
material on self-esteem and the self-esteem inventory in Chapter
6. Suzanne literally changed my life when she introduced me to
these concepts in 1986 and they continue to inform my life and
work. What more life-sustaining gift can we give ourselves or
another than the understanding that we are all inherently worthy
of self-acceptance and love?
This book will also be extremely valuable to any therapist or
professional who deals with issues of conflict in interpersonal
relationships. In the late eighties, my husband and I (then
engaged and wanting to “do it right”) underwent couples
counseling with Suzanne. One of the most important set of tools
we learned to live were the “rules of fair fighting”
(updated and codified) in Chapter 9. These rules have
application in all relationships and can be used by educators,
counselors and others who have an interest in promoting
effective communication skills and conflict resolution
techniques in our communities.
Please tell your friends and co-workers about this book! Many
will find it to be an invaluable teaching and learning tool.
Ann T. Johnston is an attorney/mediator in Canton,
Georgia. She is also founding Director and President of the
Center for an Enlightened Humanity, a non-profit organization
Buy
This Book
“Suzanne has created a practical, easy-to-read book to help
you build a positive future. Those of you who understand the
process of self-healing will use this book to fine tune your
ability to change and help yourself live from a strong internal
place of awareness. There are many suggestions to help you get
to the bottom ol low self-esteem and powerful affirmations to
help you build a positive foundation for your life”
Jack Canfield, coauthor Chicken Soup for the Soul
…“We can only heal our present by understanding the past.
The charm (and helpfulness) of this book lies in its simplicity
and the author’s anecdotes about her own recovery. It is not
about blame. It’s about self-healing and taking responsibility
for our own lives. She provides tools to clear away the unwanted
patterns that block our true selves, including affirmations,
quick questionnaires, and lists of pertinent truths about
self-esteem, responsibility, acceptance, and the keys to loving
ourselves. Harrill takes some complex psychological concepts and
makes them available.”
The Bodhi Tree Bookstore
Buy
This Book |
Seed
Thoughts for Loving Yourself
