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THE INTRINSIC SELF:
 How Defining yourself and your Worth by your Achievements and Usefulness is Undermining your Happiness and Serenity

     What if everything you’ve been telling yourself about being caring, successful and productive contributes to your unhappiness and self-defeating habits? 

     What if these very qualities that you view as virtuous and necessary to succeed in the world are keeping you disconnected from yourself and sabotaging your life?

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     What I’ve seen again and again in my thirty-plus years as a psychotherapist, and seminar leader, is that being too externally focused often lies at the heart of our stress and struggles.
 
     Many of us have achieved the things that society deems successful, yet feel unfulfilled and anxious because we define ourselves, and our worth, according to what we do, rather than who we are. We have become too dependent on others' acceptance and equate our self-worth with accomplishments, conforming to societal norms, peer acceptance and family expectations.

      When we are estranged from our Intrinsic Self, we overlook our own needs, and instead attend to the needs of others, often accommodating them to "fit in" and maintain harmony. This creates stress, causing us to feel pressure to do more and be better, and to live to an unrealistic idea of who we should be.

      My book shows you how to become more internally directed and, using my groundbreaking method called "Piercing The Threat", break free from the external trap by challenging outdated survival strategies that perpetuate a distorted self-concept. You will learn to let go of your excessive need to see yourself, and be seen by others,  as competent or helpful, in order to feel adequate and emotionally secure.

     I describe family and societal factors that cause you to be externally focused. Much more than simply increasing self-esteem, I challenge the specific ways you define your value and sense of identity, and show how this perpetuates self-defeating habits.  The Intrinsic Self will also help you overcome the obstacles to implementing self-care, and keep your life in balance while staying productive.
                                                        

Dennis Portnoy provides practical and effective solutions to a problem many people face: neglecting one’s inner self in order to "fit in” with external demands, real or perceived.
         Susan Page, author of Why Talking Is Not Enough
 
THE INTRINSIC SELF presents down-to-earth wisdom to form a practical, personally transformative guide that provides concise and accessible ways to transform lives that are outwardly focused into lives based on one’s core values.
         Kirk Schneider, author of Awakening To Awe
 
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