Audiobooks by Karla McLaren

Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over

"We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable, or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace. In fact, the behaviors, social pressures, and authoritarian structures that create cults exist to a greater or lesser extent in every human relationship and every human group. In the first in-depth research of its kind, the author interviewed sixty-five people who were born in or grew up in thirty-nine different cultic groups spanning more than a dozen countries. What’s especially interesting about these individuals is that they each left the cult on their own, without outside help or internal support. In Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over, the authors craft Lalich’s original and groundbreaking research into an accessible and engaging book, the first of its kind focusing on this particular population."

Janja Lalich, Karla McLaren (Author), Kelly Burke (Narrator)

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The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You: Revised and Updated

"Featuring significant updates, the new edition of this beloved book takes readers to the heart of each emotion’s powerful gifts and messages. Every emotion—even shame, anger, and anxiety—brings us vital information and wisdom. Emotions—especially the unwanted and dishonored ones—hold a tremendous amount of energy. “Too often, we either repress our feelings or let them run wild,” says researcher and educator Karla McLaren. “What many of us were never taught are the fundamental skills for honoring and understanding our profound, powerful emotions.” In this new edition of The Language of Emotions, McLaren takes us much deeper than naming or managing our feelings—she teaches us to listen to the messages within each emotion, reflect on their questions, and incorporate their wisdom into our lives. Enhanced through more than a decade of research and teaching, this edition offers a time-tested emotional guidebook, including: • How to safely feel and identify emotions—especially the most intense ones • Practices for working with feelings—including setting boundaries, grounding, and the healing power of complaining consciously • Building your empathy—five key skills for awakening your emotional genius • The role of emotions in the resolution of trauma • Decoding the unique messages, gifts, and insights carried by each emotion • New to this edition: insights and practices on anxiety, an exploration of loneliness, and much more Learning the language of our emotions can deepen our self-understanding, improve our intuition, and enhance our relationships. “Emotions aren’t problems to be solved,” teaches McLaren. “If you learn their language, your emotions can become an indispensable source of vitality, personal growth, and profound healing.”"

Karla McLaren (Author), Karla McLaren (Narrator)

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Practices for Embracing Anxiety: Accessing the Wisdom and Energy of This Vital Emotion

"Guided audio practices to stop fighting your anxiety and start working with it as an untapped source of energy, focus, foresight, and productivity Are you struggling with anxiety? If so, you've probably tried the usual options—distraction, repression, medication, exercise, or just trying to ignore it. But anxiety evolved to help us. And when we know how to work with it, this powerful emotion gives us the clarity and motivation to complete our tasks and fulfill our goals. Join acclaimed educator, researcher, and author Karla McLaren to transform your relationship with anxiety by: Strengthening your boundaries to create a safe and calm personal spaceConscious Complaining—an emotional channeling process to help you regulate your anxiety and reveal its important informationBurning old 'contracts' to bring your emotions back to natural balanceResourcing—to comfort and empower yourself with somatic healing methodsConscious Questioning—a self-inquiry process for accessing the insights and energy of anxiety, and more 'When you identify, listen to, and act on anxiety skillfully, you support its purpose,' teaches McLaren, 'and allow it to recede naturally until it is needed again.' Practices for Embracing Anxiety shows you the way, step by step. Program Contents: Session 1 - Practices for Reframing and Embracing Anxiety Session 2 - Anxiety, Fear, Confusion, Panic, and Healing Practices Session 3 - Anxiety, Anger, Shame, Depression, and Healing Session 4 - Self-Care Practices for Anxiety Professionals and Anxious Times"

Karla McLaren (Author), Karla McLaren (Narrator)

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The Art of Empathy: A Training Course in Life's Most Essential Skill

"Course objectives: • Define and discuss the six essential aspects of empathy—a scientifically validated human function that can be cultivated in order to improve our relationships and quality of life • Discuss an empathic guide to emotions including the three basic levels of emotions, the four problems that lead to emotional confusion, as well as the gifts and necessary actions to be taken inherent within each emotion • Summarize the five basic empathic mindfulness skills—new ways to function around pain and challenges; where emotion work may be requested and respected with the intention of healing and transformation • Discuss how to engage the art of empathy with self, in relationships, in the workplace, and ultimately, how to contribute to the creation of an empathetic civilization—the human race Some of us are natural-born empaths—those with an exceptional gift for feeling and understanding the emotions, circumstances, and needs of others. But empathy, teaches Karla McLaren, is a universal human skill that we can all learn to awaken and use wisely. With The Art of Empathy, you will learn, step-by-step, the art of experiencing through the eyes and hearts of those around you—and to connect with and support them most effectively. Drawing on insights spanning social psychology, current brain research, and traditional healing and spiritual wisdom, this acclaimed teacher and author shows us how to: • Discover and strengthen this natural social and emotional ability • Prepare for empathy training by learning to identify and regulate our emotions and boundaries • Move into the felt experience of others with authenticity and respect • Stay rejuvenated on the empathic path through grounding, healthy boundaries, and replenishing with joy • Improve our intimate relationships, parenting efforts, and workplace issues • Expand empathy into our communities and the natural world As our social landscape and ways of connecting continue to shift and evolve rapidly, empathy may be the most essential skill for navigating our emotional and interpersonal lives. The Art of Empathy provides us with the insights and training to master its many dimensions."

Karla McLaren (Author), Karla McLaren (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Karla McLaren

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