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I was fortunate enough to receive an autographed copy of Dr. Garcy’s book “The Power of Inner Guidance“. She is a clinical psychologist and lectures around the Dallas area on success, motherhood, living through love and guidance and much more. Dr. Garcy is a very inspirational woman and I am pleased to present her book to you. I also had the pleasure of being interviewed by Evita Ochel of Evolving Beings this week. The questions were thought provoking and I hope you take the time to read the interview and get to know me better. As always, comments and questions are always welcome.

Dr. Pam Garcy - “The Power of Inner Guidance” - A Book Review

Dr. Garcy in “The Power of Inner Guidance: Seven Steps to Tune in and Turn On” outlines a simple yet effective way to get in touch with your inner guidance. Dr. Garcy credits Dr. Albert Ellis for creating Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT). Applying REBT to her own life enabled her to come up with a 7 step system that she also uses for her clients. Dr. Garcy has also worked with and learned from Jack Canfield (creator of The Chicken Soup for the Soul series) who she is pictured with here as well as many other notable coaches.

Dr. Garcy begins the book with a fictional scenario of two brothers. You instantly RELATE to the story and the metaphor she paints with them draws you right in. As a mother of three and a clinical psychologist she understands the time restraints and blocks that can come up which are “difficult” to remove. From Chapter Two:

“Almost always, you’ll face balancing acts that will challenge your progress. These will involve various forms of sacrifice (time, effort, energy, and money). In almost every case of triumph, a tale of perseverance and frustration precedes the success story. Once you accept that there is a price to pay for results, and that things frequently don’t happen exactly as you desire, you will be able to enter into your life’s purpose (which you’ll select and create) with your eyes open and your heart encouraged.”

Dr. Garcy defines the “inner guide” as “the still, small voice within that coaxes us to approach or avoid, depending upon what is in our best interests”. She recognizes that people have many different beliefs as to who or what that inner voice is be it a higher power, intuition, guidance or many other alternatives. Dr. Garcy makes this book applicable to all by not defining WHAT the source is but leaving up to our own personal definition. She describes her idea of SMART Inner Guidance and then explains how to tune in and use it by utilizing her seven step plan.

Dr. Garcy incorporates her many years of clinical practice and learning from many different schools of thought to teach the reader how to use a multipurpose plan of action to greatly improve the chances of success personally and professionally. She begins with her Triad of Acceptance which I think is brilliant. Acceptance is threefold — acceptance of yourself, others and life as you know it. I love her following words from this chapter:

“Obviously, in an extremely poor situation, it can be challenging to accept what is. Remember, however, acceptance is different from resignation. Acceptance is the starting point for freeing yourself to determine what you want to do or think about next. Situations may be very bad, and people may act very badly, but nonacceptance leads you down a nonproductive road of blaming, complaining and shutting down. Would you rather shut down, or acknowledge what it is and then rise to the challenge?”

Dr. Garcy gives practical steps at the end of each chapter to strengthen the point you have just read about. She guides you through setting up your space internal and external for maximum growth and for receiving your inner guidance. The stories she uses as examples all give a clear vision and you want to keep reading to find out what the next step is.

I was tempted to fly through Dr. Garcy’s book as it is easy to read and less than a hundred pages. I was very happy I took my time with it and thought about her questions and implemented her ideas into my life. Some were similar to my own “Paging Me System” but others I had never thought about before. The book ends with part two of the story of the two brothers and comes full circle. Dr. Garcy has written a very good book on how to tune in and turn on your inner guidance system. Thank you Pam for sharing this with me so I could share it with my readers. I hope you go visit Dr. Pam Garcy’s site to learn more about her and if you are in the Dallas area look up her lecturing and event schedule. I recommend “The Power of Inner Guidance” and would love to hear your thoughts on this book.

Evita Ochel from “Evolving Beings” Interviews Jenny Mannion

I met Evita through my Heroes of Healing Group Writing Project. She wrote about James Ray and Helen Schucman and William Thetford (who I was not aware actually transcribed “A Course in Miracles” (ACIM)). I had always heard about ACIM being associated with Marianne Williamson (also on the Heroes list and written about by Lisa Erickson) so was excited to learn about the people credited with transcribing this inspirational and world-renowned book. James Ray I had seen live and he was one of the first teachers I began studying after seeing the movie “The Secret”. I was very grateful for the Heroes Evita chose to write about.

Evita’s blog Evolving Beings is inspirational and part of her site which also includes Evolving Wellness and Evolving Scenes. Evita and her husband, Markus created the site in order to:

” reach and inspire more people to achieve and live a life full of fulfillment, joy and peace with oneself and others. To live a life where no matter where you are and what happens - you are in love with life and feel the utmost gratitude to be alive. And most importantly, to live a life based on a continuous drive to manifest the highest version of who you are in all arenas of your life by living consciously!”

I really enjoyed answering Evita’s questions and I hope you will take the time to visit and read the interview. Thank you Evita for the opportunity. I am grateful to share my story, my goals and what has helped me to heal.

Thank you Evita and Dr. Garcy for being inspirational people promoting awareness and sharing your messages and teachings with the world!

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