Category Archives: On my bookshelves

Beyond Trauma by Victor Volkman

Victor R. Volkman

Victor R. Volkman

 Beyond Trauma by Victor VolkmanA great book and resource if you have experienced any trauma in your life that Victor Volkman’s book was made for your reading pleasure.  I have experienced trauma when my real mom died when I was five.  Volkman creates a pathway to deal with your feelings and how to get on with your life.

In the new book “Beyond Trauma, Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction, Second Edition” Volkman presents a series of conversations with a wide range of people from many different backgrounds and experiences. Each provides his or her perspective on Traumatic Incident Reduction, or TIR for short. The book explains the techniques used by professionals and patients to help people sort out, resolve and overcome the negative effects of painful suffering. Untold countless people have to deal with trauma in a wide variety of situations including Soldiers who experience war or injury, families dealing with death, chemical or substance abuse, parental neglect, child abuse.

© 2013 Jackie Paulson

Victor R. Volkman

Victor R. Volkman

 

Give Me A Break by Hugh Culver

Give me a break by Hugh Culver

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This is a must read for anyone who wants to manage their time!

Part I- “It’s about time” is about getting real about where your time is spent.

Part II-“Systems” planning, interruptions, meetings, email, clutter.

Part III- “Habits”

Part IV- “This is the time”

There are worksheets to help you along your journey to manage your time.

  1. I learned how to read faster by choosing a quiet place, be awake, committed to it
  2. Read the Table of Contents
  3. Read the fist paragraph, subheadings the last paragraph
  4. Read with device to move your fingers along quicker down the page
  5. Skip words that are common

You are the master of your time and not a victim of other people’s agenda.

Busyness keeps you away from being present in the moment.

This is a thought provoking book that needs to be soaked up like a sponge especially is you procrastinate.  The website gives free worksheets to print out too!  Let me know if you like it, I did.

© 2013 Jackie Paulson