Odyssey Of A Wandering Mind
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Odyssey Of A Wandering Mind
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Author : Jennifer Horne
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2024-01-11
Odyssey Of A Wandering Mind written by Jennifer Horne and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-11 with categories.
A carefully rendered portrait of a brilliant but troubled daughter of the Old South who struggled against the conventions of gender, class, family, and ultimately of sanity, yet survived to define a creative life of her own Sara Mayfield was born into Alabama's governing elite in 1905 and grew up in a social circle that included Zelda Sayre, Sara Haardt, and Tallulah and Eugenia Bankhead. After winning a Goucher College short story contest judged by H. L. Mencken, Mayfield became friends with Mencken and his circle, then visited with Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and hobnobbed with the literati while traveling in Europe after a failed marriage. Returning to Alabama during the Depression, she briefly managed the family landholdings before departing for New York City where she became involved in the theater. Inventing a plastic compound while working on theatrical sets, she applied for a patent and set her sights on a livelihood as an inventor and businesswoman. With the advent of World War II, Mayfield returned to her family home in Tuscaloosa where she expanded her experiments, freelanced as a journalist, and doggedly pursued a bizarre series of military and intelligence schemes, prompting temporary hospitalization. In 1945, she mingled with a host of cultural figures, including Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, and even a young John F. Kennedy, while reporting on the creation of the United Nations from Mexico and California. Back in Tuscaloosa after the war, however, she struggled to find her way with both work and family, becoming increasingly paranoid about perceived conspiracies arrayed against her. Finally, her mother and brother committed her to Bryce Hospital for the Insane, where she remained for the next seventeen years. Throughout her life, Mayfield kept journals, wrote fiction, and produced thousands of letters while nursing the ambition that had driven her since childhood: to write and publish books. During her confinement, Mayfield assiduously recorded her experiences and her determined efforts--sometimes delusional, always savvy--to overturn her diagnosis and return to the world as a sane, independent adult. At 59, she was released from Bryce and later obtained a decree of "having been restored to sanity," enabling her to manage her own financial affairs and to live how and where she pleased. She went on to publish noteworthy literary biographies of the Menckens and the Fitzgeralds plus a novel based on the life of Mona Lisa, finally achieving her quest to become the author of books and her own life. In Odyssey of a Wandering Mind, noted writer Jennifer Horne draws on years of research and an intimate understanding of the vast archive Sara Mayfield left behind to sensitively render Mayfield's struggle to move through the world as the person she was--and her ultimate success in surviving to define the terms of her story.
Witness To A Wandering Mind
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Author : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-06-03
Witness To A Wandering Mind written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of a sleepy village, set in the backdrop of early 20th century undivided Punjab, takes the reader through the twists and turns of the author's life. It graphically describes the events where fears and falsity land various characters in unsavoury situations and how they bear the fruits of their karma. There is Parmanand, who left the sanctuary of a safe but vacuous existence, in search of a better but unfathomed life to turn into a neurotic teacher. There is Indro, who had to carry the cross of a tedious life to lose vitality in a wasting physiology. It is an account of Devki, who became the mother of sons older than herself and also suffered early widowhood. There is a near death experience of a sensitive child and also of certain death of a new born, one brought about by complex circumstances. There is turmoil and trauma on the eve of Independence. There is Congress, there is Muslim League and there is RSS. There is a painful incidence of personal incarcination engendered by misconceived sense of sacrifice. With an uncanny eye for detail, the author delineates various lives to analyse if the Law of Karma is, indeed, rooted in actions sown as seeds to bring forth fruits, now or hereafter. Without getting involved with the playfulness of his wandering mind, he endeavours to study if there is some order underneath a seeming chaotic existence. In the process, he looks at the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful and magical side of the dramatis personae to take the first steps towards Self realization.
Odyssey To Freedom
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Author : Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche
language : en
Publisher: Jewel Heart
Release Date : 1998
Odyssey To Freedom written by Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche and has been published by Jewel Heart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
The Wandering Mind
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Author : Michael C. Corballis
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-10-28
The Wandering Mind written by Michael C. Corballis and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-28 with Psychology categories.
"Does the fact that as much as fifty percent of our waking hours [finds] us failing to focus on the task at hand represent a problem? Michael Corballis doesn't think so, and with [this book], he shows us why, rehabilitating woolgathering and revealing its ... useful effects. Drawing on the latest research from cognitive science and evolutionary biology, Corballis [posits that] mind-wandering not only frees us from moment-to-moment drudgery, but also from the limitations of our immediate selves"--Amazon.com.
My Wandering Mind
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Author : D C Jefferson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-28
My Wandering Mind written by D C Jefferson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-28 with categories.
This book will blow your mind away and make you re-think the way you think! A very clever deep dive into the mind of the author and an astonishing read for all.
The Transformational Odyssey
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Author : Robert Barner
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2017-07-01
The Transformational Odyssey written by Robert Barner and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-01 with Self-Help categories.
The Transformational Odyssey was written to help those individuals who are facing difficult life transitions, and who are attempting to successfully navigate tough life decisions and engage in deep self-discovery. Unlike other self-help books that attempt to provide readers with homespun advice for addressing difficult life challenges, The Transformational Odyssey shows readers how to take charge of their self-growth and development. It does this by providing readers with several applied techniques for engaging in deep self-learning in a more profound and fundamentally life-changing way. The title, The Transformational Odyssey, reflects the book’s integrative metaphor of transformational learning as a personal odyssey of self-discovery. The word “odyssey” connotes a long, and sometimes arduous and meandering journey. Although an odyssey may present the traveler with unexpected trials and challenges, in the end it may yield increased wisdom and knowledge. Building on this metaphor, The Transformational Odyssey introduces readers to eight passages that they will inevitably encounter during their own personal odysseys of self-discovery. Each of these passages involves a uniquely different learning challenge that, as it is successfully navigated, increases the reader’s capacity for self-growth. The Transformational Odyssey is written in a conversational style, as if the author were sitting down next to the reader to share my forty-plus years of experience as a personal coach and life transition counselor. Since different people learn in different ways, this book incorporates a variety of different learning methods, including actual cases, exercises, suggested actions, famous quotes, and metaphors. For those readers to would like to dig deeper on a given topic, at the end of each chapter the author has included a separate section that introduces readers to related cutting-edge research in the field of human psychology. The topics included in these sections cover such areas as mindfulness, meditation, narratives, and future selves. ENDORSEMENTS "The Road to self-discovery is one that has been traveled before. The Transformational Odyssey explores this journey in a unique and different way, by beginning at the intersection of academic exploration and the examination of authentic experiences. Robert Barner finds ways to challenge his readers, while also guiding each person in a way that is most logical and emotionally transcendent to them. And he does so in an insightful, compelling way. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is ready to be vulnerable and wants to grow." ~ Kevin Beachum Jr. - NFL Athlete, Investor, Speaker, Philanthropist "This is a dazzlingly ambitious book and it does not disappoint. Thought-provoking, compelling, and an extraordinary source of scientifically-based insight for anyone seeking to improve their lives." ~ Jim Loehr, Best Selling Author, Co-Founder of The Human Performance Institute "The Transformational Odyssey enlists the reader in a powerful journey, grounded in their own creative imagination and wells of inspiration. This road of self-renewal is exciting and dangerous and the work is not for the timid. Robert Barner knows the territory intimately and is a guide you can both trust and enjoy." ~ Charles J. Palus, Senior Fellow, Center for Creative Leadership "In The Transformational Odyssey, Dr. Robert Barner offers what few self-help books do a research-based journey into self-awareness leading to real and sustained change. In embarking on this journey, readers will become more attuned to their experiences, more open to others, and more effective leaders, partners, parents and friends. I highly recommend this book for those courageous enough to encounter transformational learning!" ~ Jaime Goff, Certified Executive Coach and President, The Empathic Leader, LLC.
My Wandering Mind
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Author : Shaun Toney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-10-13
My Wandering Mind written by Shaun Toney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-13 with categories.
Over a dozen years and 156 individual entries, you're able to witness the traversals of a single wandering mind, for better and for worse. Witness a belief in God gradually transform into atheism. Watch as a blissfully romantic view of love gives way to heartbreak. There's a coping with death of a friend, and the struggles with the thoughts of one's own death. There's a never-ending failure to understand why women are the way they are. But through it all, the theme remains the same: it's the wonders of life that allows our minds to wander.
The Wandering Mind
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Author : D. B. Clark
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2020-11-22
The Wandering Mind written by D. B. Clark and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-22 with Fiction categories.
Here stands Johnathan Otis Jos Smithson, Who joined the Water World with the Land World. No, he didn’t join them, He made them one.
Web Of A Wandering Mind
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Author : Celine Marsh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-03-17
Web Of A Wandering Mind written by Celine Marsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-17 with categories.
With an Artistic Flair and Spiritual Purpose.Heavy topics are weaved throughout;Death, Childhood Trauma, Divorce,Jesus Christ, the Religion of Islam andMental Health & Wellness.
My Odyssey Through A Suicide Wandering By Way Of A Satanic Attack
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Author : Scott Geschwentner
language : en
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Release Date : 2021-06-12
My Odyssey Through A Suicide Wandering By Way Of A Satanic Attack written by Scott Geschwentner and has been published by Outskirts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-12 with Religion categories.
We can always choose how we process the events that happen in our lives. We can be happy despite our circumstances, even if a fiercely challenging obstacle such as a suicide is put in our way. Happiness has never come naturally for me, maybe this is true for most of us, but we shouldn't expect to work past this in order to arrive at happiness. Happiness is in the process, and that seems for me to be a healthy way to process the events in our lives. Life will be challenging at times, that's the planet we're on and I believe God designed it that way. Your mind is a battlefield for Satan, and he uses it as a playground. My hope is that my story will somehow help you with your journey, if you have experienced this kind of pain in your life.