Art of Recovery: Transforming Shame and Addiction Mythology - Paperback

by Paul Stiles Randak (Author)

This is an expanded version of the Art of Recovery. It includes additional exercises, including: Breathwork, Meditation, Recapitulation and Personal Inventories for personal growth and healing. The Art of Recovery is a journey of personal transformation and healing. It is also a deep exploration of the connection between shame and addiction and how one's personal mythology is often formed by the residual effect of unresolved grief, loss and trauma. The Art of Recovery weaves the author's personal stories and experience into a practical guide that creates awareness of the addictive mind and offers down to earth tools for personal transformation.

Author Biography

Paul is a college professor and Life Coach who lives with his family in the Salt Lake City area. Paul has over a decade of experience in the field of addiction, chemical dependency treatment and behavioral health. Paul has developed and directed adult outpatient and residential treatment agencies in Salt Lake City, Scottsdale and Sonoma County where he implemented holistic and transpersonal treatment programs. Paul has lead retreats into the primitive desert regions of the southwestern United States, where nature and the wilderness become an integrated component of personal recovery and healing. Paul has studied and practiced the healing traditions of the indigenous cultures of the Americas and shares these gifts with others through retreats, workshops, private counseling and life coaching. Paul has a degree in social work from University of Utah, and a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.