献给所有格格不入者的温情指南:勇敢接受自己的与众不同,拥抱个性的力量
感到自己无法融入环境,一直被误解?从小就是家长口中的“怪孩子”,长大后也对人际关系无所适从?这本书就是为你而写的!放弃伪装与藏匿,唤醒内心的“怪人”力量,将之变为自己生活、成长的超能力。
《与众不同的力量》(Your Difference is Your Strength)是一本适合所有曾经感到格格不入、被误解或与众不同的人的书。这本书适合那些过于创造力、过于害羞或特别“古怪”的孩子,他们长大后仍然不确定自己适合什么,或者他们是否想要这样做。这是给你的一本书。
在《与众不同的力量》一书中,《显现》(Manifesting)一书的作者克里丝·费拉罗(Kris Ferraro)邀请世界上的怪人和弱势群体停止隐藏、最小化或掩饰他们的不同,而是以一种强大的新方式拥抱自己。在这个似乎要求千篇一律的世界里,做回真正的自己是一种无畏、快乐的呼唤。书中充满了现实生活中的例子、个人故事、日记提示和实践智慧,《与众不同的力量》将帮助你识别自己的“怪异”特征,并教你在个人观点、人际关系、工作和生活中利用这种力量。
你生来就是不平凡的,所以行动吧!
YOUR DIFFERENCE IS YOUR STRENGTH
A Guide to Accepting Yourself—for Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Out of Place
FOREWORD BY TAMA KIEVES xi
INTRODUCTION: The Square Peg Abandons the Round Hole 1
Misfit to Trailblazer Power Terms
Misfit to Trailblazer Manifesto
1. THE LAST PICKED 11
2. FAMOUS MISFITS WHO BECAME TRAILBLAZERS 25
M2T Decree
3. FINDING YOUR LIFE PRESERVER 45
Quick Bit M2T List: The Power of Language #1
4. WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE: Common M2T Archetypes 61
Quick Bit M2T List: Power Playlist
5. ACHILLES’ HEELS AND SUPERPOWERS 79
M2T Self-Compassion Practices
Quick Bit M2T List: The Power of Language #2
6. RECLAIMING YOUR POWER 123
Quick Bit M2T List: Eight Quick (and Fun) Ways to Remember
Who You Are
7. HEALING THE PAST 131
8. THERE’S MORE TO LOVE 139
Quick Bit M2T List: Four Daily Practices to Support Your M2T
Transformation
9. REVENGE 151
Quick Bit M2T List: Three Courageous Acts to Practice
10. DON’T CONFUSE THE WHAT FOR THE WHO 163
Quick Bit M2T List: Movies and TV
11. A SONG MESSAGE FOR YOU 171
12. CALI MIRACLES 173
Letter to My Young Misfit
13. FINDING YOUR PEOPLE 181
14. TOO FREAKING BIG 189
CONCLUSION 197
RESOURCES 206
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 207