Earnie Larsen – författare

MEDITACIONES DIARIAS PARA LA RECUPERACION Y EL FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA AUTOESTIMA La certeza del valor personal es el factor más importante para alcanzar felicidad en la vida y éxito en el trabajo y en nuestras relaes con los demás. Contando con ella, casi todo es posible; sin ella, hasta los triunfos nos parecen fracasos. A esto se debe que elevar la autoestima sea parte esencial del proceso de recuperación de quienes se libran de adicciones y dependencias; de todos aquellos que aún resienten las heridas infligidas en la infancia u otro clase de daños. Este libro iluminador ofrece una meditación para cada día del año, junto con una cita inspiradora y un pensamiento para la jornada. En él se tratan temas como el motivo de que la autoestima parezca tan frágil, el modo de determinar nuestra identidad con base en nuestras propias normas y valores, la razón de que la actitud al cometer errores sea tan importante, la diferencia entre el orgullo y la satisfacción personal, la adopción de conductas inadecuadas como consecuencia de la inseguridad y el óptimo desarrollo de la autoestima cuando se tiene un propósito en la vida.

Children of alcoholic or addicted parents may be stripped of hope, courage, and self-esteem. The dysfunctional family is fueled by shame and chaos, stunting children’s relationships and self-acceptance. Adult children of alcoholics and addicts need encouragement to overcome these childhood deprivations. Days of Healing, Days of Joy models a program of serenity, spirituality, and acceptance through its meditations.“Children of alcoholics are set up for their struggles. You are not sick. You got set up.”  —Dr. Jan Woititz Alcoholic or addicted parents may become focused on their compulsion while their children fend for themselves in a dysfunctional household. Without helpful and informative parental guidance, children manage their own personal growth, and their spiritual and emotional health suffers. Children parent themselves, and their innocence dies. Parents with addiction may not have demonstrated healthy connection and love to their children. Adult children of addicts or alcoholics are often shadowed by this disconnect; codependency, self-judgment, and overzealous loyalty darken their doorway. Fortunately, healing and recovery are within reach. In Days of Healing, Days of Joy, Earnie Larsen and Carol Larsen Hegarty share the reflective and peaceful insight needed for growing up again—this time with plenty of love and patience.

"In Earnie Larsen: His Last Steps, Earnie and his courageous wife, Paula, take us into their lives, sharing with us one of the most profound and intimate life experiences. It has been an honor to share a part of their journey. Earnie could not respond to the many people who reached out to him in his final months, but he asked [in these letters] that we go to the essence of that place where our spirits cross and know that he is there for us." --Claudia Black, Ph.D., foreword Beloved recovery speaker, author, and sponsor, Earnie Larsen approached life''s most difficult challenges with the goal of comforting and inspiring others. Thus, when Earnie learned that he had inoperable cancer, he began to write letters to those he cared about, including family members and sponsees, sharing insights from his final journey. This moving collection edited by his wife, Paula, compiles these letters and journal entries from Earnie''s "God File." Paula then offers personal context to these words of wisdom as she experienced the daily ups and downs of his illness with him. In this moving and courageous testament, you''ll find a man who died as he lived by constantly giving of himself to others.Earnie Larsen was a nationally known author and lecturer. A pioneer in the field of recovery from addictive behaviors and the originator of the process known as Stage II recovery, Earnie authored numerous curricula, DVDs, audio CDs, and books with Hazelden and other publishers, including his 2010 Hazelden book Now That You''re Sober: Week-by-Week Guidance from Your Recovery Coach, written with his sister, Carol Larsen Hegarty. With degrees from Loyola University and the University of Minnesota, Earnie had been a counselor for more than forty years.