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IN P R I N T
The Pleasure Zone
includes inspirational stories about
people who have learned to access
their core pleasures, and personal
growth surveys at the end of each
chapter offer the reader opportuni
ties to examine their own mental and
Why we resist good feelings & how to let go and
be happy
(Conan Press; 1997)
W hile recent works by Depak
C h o p ra, Bernie Siegel, and Joan
Borysenko discuss the benefits of
pleasure, their w ritings have been
c o n c e rn e d m ostly w ith positive
m ental attitudes and visualizations.
T he Pleasure Zone takes the explo
ration of a healthy m ind and body
in a different direction by address
ing the fear of pleasure as a critical
factor in underm ining our mental
well-being and physical health. Dr.
Resnick explains that the ability to
fully enjoy eight core pleasures -
prim al, pain relief, play and humor,
m ental, em otional, sensual, sexual,
and spiritual - is essential to posi-
tiv e se lf-im ag e, good
p hysical h e a lth , em o
tional fu lfillm ent, and
gratifying sex.
T he com prehensive
e x p e rien tial p rogram s
for p le a su re -e n h a n c e
ment that the book offers
include body-awareness,
breathing methods, and
sensuality and sexuality
exercises that aid in de
veloping skills for letting
go of pain and negativity
and em bracing pleasure
and positive attitu d es.
The Pleasure Zone also
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Finally, a book that fully illum i
nates the experience of low self-es
teem: the fear and the anxiety, the
self-doubts and self-criticism , the
self-defeating behaviors, and the in
security in rela tio n sh ip s and ca
reers. If you have low self-esteem,
this book is about you and for you.
Many people now identify low
self-esteem as one source of their
struggles. T eachers an d p are n ts
seeking to explain children’s prob
lems have frequently labeled the en
emy low self-esteem. Magazines and
newspapers, recognizing the recent
surge of interest, have featured ar
ticles about how low self-esteem af
fects both children
and ad u lts. W ith
inform ation more
readily available,
people are begin
ning to understand
the many ways low
self-esteem in flu
ences their behav
io r an d im pinges
on th e ir lives, al
though few grasp
its full impact.
A ddressing the
five points below,
this book will give
you a fre sh a p
proach to gaining
peace and satisfac
tion in your life.
T his book will
address this formi
dable foe-low self
esteem in five ways.
•You w ill ac
quire a vivid pic
tu r e o f ex a ctly
w h at low s e lf-e s te e m -in five
ways.
• Y o u will learn the various
ways self- esteem plays out on a
daily basis and discover how it in-
t e r f e r e s w ith, and negatively
impacts, nearly every aspect of life.
You will increase your awareness of
how low self-esteem may presently
be affecting your own choices and
actions.
•You will develop an understand
ing of the basic dysfunctional be
havior p a tte rn s com m on am ong
those with low self-esteem.
■You will recognize that there is
hope in alleviating the effects of low
self-esteem.
•You will receive d irectio n on
how to begin to tackle the problem.
•
R E G G A E
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physical habits that prevent them
from experiencing pleasure.
T his groundbreaking work will
forever change the role of pleasure
in daily life and open new doors to
personal happiness.
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