We all strive to live a
happy and whole life. Most of us want to meet the right person and
have a healthy relationship, which will blossom into a loving marriage. We
don’t want to be tormented by the past. We want to be
loved. We want to be able to love. Judith Anne Desjardins
new book entitled, Creating a Healthy Life and Marriage: A Holistic
Approach: Body, Mind, Emotions and Spirit is unique in its kind;
offering a holistic approach with her professional objectivity. Throughout
this book readers are guided on a spiritual journey finding out who they are
and given the tools to live a healthy emotional lifestyle.
Judith Anne Desjardins
is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Board Certified Diplomat in
Clinical Social Work, and a Master Social Work Addictions Counselor in Santa
Monica, California. She has many years of experience both clinically and
personally. Judith writes openly in her book about her own life
struggles that have affected her. She writes about how she had to work
hard to make the necessary healthy changes in her life. It wasn’t
easy to face the pain, but by doing so Judith now has a happy marriage and was
given the added confidence to write this book so others can learn from her
personal experiences.
Judith brings home the
essence of what is needed as toddlers and adolescents for creating emotional
stability. She spells it out simply as love, guidance, and approval along with
a few other very fundamental needs of children. She makes it very clear as to
the damage caused by emotional and physical abuse, over-protection,
under-guidance, abandonment and other acts that parents at times do not even
realize are occurring. The realization of these issues and the guidance to work
these often subconsciously buried issues to closure is the key to one’s
personal transformation.
Creating a Healthy Life
and Marriage is really a new
beginning to properly train and socialize a wounded adult back into society,
the workplace, and family life. Essentially, the process is like that of an
infant learning to crawl, stand, walk, and explore the world around them, with
the loving and caring guidance that lacked in childhood. Judith also
includes a section on forgiving; releasing resentment and bitterness of the
perpetrator(s) of the emotional damage. I found this chapter in particular
to be quite beneficial. It isn’t easy to forgive. Judith
writes in her book, “Forgiveness doesn’t erase the event, but it does heal the
wound. When you forgive the person who hurt you, you are allowing
yourself to move forward in a state of peacefulness. You are letting
go of the event, the person who harmed you, the hurt, the resentment. You
are free!” This statement really resonated within
me. It’s clear that we have the power within ourselves to let go of
the bitterness and live a harmonious life.
I would encourage anyone
to read Creating a Healthy Life and Marriage, not only because the
material is well presented, but also will enrich important aspects of your
life. The author does not criticize nor direct how someone should feel or
interpret the readers’ thoughts. This book is particularly
recommended for people who have tried unsuccessfully to use traditional therapy
to resolve current difficult relationships and ongoing life struggles.
Beautifully hard-cover bound, the book has full color artwork created by Judith
and her art therapy students. Reading Creating a Healthy Life and
Marriage with an open mind will replenish your spirit and nourish your
soul.
Buy this book at Amazon.com
Featured book for the month of August 2010
