Good Stuff from Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family

Karen Casey, Ph.D. is a bestselling author specializing in self-recovery titles that focus on mindfulness and meditation for healing purposes. Having graduated from the University of Minnesota and becoming director of a publishing house, Casey rediscovered her love for connecting with readers through her work and became a full-time author. She is most known for her 1982 debut book, Each Day a New Beginning, which sold over 3.5 million copies. Since then, Casey has published 28 more books about her healing process through powerful affirmations so that other men and women can find their own serenity in quitting addiction. She has published other recognizable titles such as Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow, Getting Unstuck, and 52 Ways to Live the Course of Miracles. Casey currently resides in Minneapolis, MN with her husband Joe and their yellow lab Nellie after living in Florida since 1991.

“What Karen found in Alcoholics Anonymous, and I found in the Course, was a path to God that wasn’t waylaid by religious dogma.”—Marianne Williamson, NYT bestselling author of A Return to Love“Casey’s voice is thoughtful and accessible. Readers with a belief in the power of God will be most amenable to her recommendations for a simpler, more rewarding life.”—Publishers Weekly“Karen Casey is a wise woman, writing more than twenty books based on her own experiences, including her long-time spiritual practices with the 12-steps and A Course in Miracles. Her writing and her speaking have affected millions of lives.”—Jan Johnson, publisher emerita, Conari Press“Karen Casey teaches us how to row our boat (note: not other people’s boats) gently down the stream. When we row gently, we don’t yell who or what must be on the bank around the bend. We peacefully accept what comes and this makes us very merry.”—Hugh Prather, author of Morning Notes and The Little Book of Letting Go“You just can’t go wrong with Karen Casey.”—Earnie Larsen, author of Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction and From Anger to Forgiveness“Karen Casey outlines the continuing process of practicing detachment, which ultimately means dealing with our control issues and fear. Her honesty about detachment as a lifelong process brings comfort and encouragement. And by her use of many stories about how other people―men and women alike―are finding the peace that detachment brings and her wonderful way of illuminating what detaching is and isn’t, readers will discover how to connect with their inherent powers. Thanks Karen, for writing this book and for a lifetime of dedicated service that has made this world a better place.”―Melody Beattie, author of Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself“A remarkable book written in easy-to-understand language with great honesty.”―Jerry Jampolsky, MD, founder of the International Center for Attitudinal Healing“I grew up thinking that, as an infant, I must have gotten mixed up in the hospital and sent home with the wrong family. These people could not possibly be my real parents! Eventually, I came to accept the reality of my topsy turvy homelife and that there are indeed gifts from growing up this way. I am so grateful to have read this book, which is like a silver-linings playbook for adult children. Karen Casey's appealingly honest and very wise book can be a guide to helping you discover *the good stuff.*”―Becca Anderson, author of Badass Affirmations

• ContentsIntroduction1. Nourishing Resilience2. Choosing Perseverance3. Relishing a Sense of Humor4. Forgiving the Past and Growing Into the Present5. Surrendering the Need to Win6. Healing through Connection and the Power of Oneness7. Discerning Real Love8. Embracing the Strength of Kindness9. Honoring Detachment as a Life-Giving Force10. Listening from the Heart11. Seeing the Trap in Judgment and the Release in Acceptance12. Being Responsible and Letting Others Be Responsible13. Recognizing How Perfect Our Journey Has Been14. Going On, Going in PeaceAbout the Author