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Author Biography Stephan McLaughlin is a devoted son, brother, husband, and father who expresses a deep love for his family and people. An active outdoorsman with a respect for the environment, Stephan lived for many years in Utah, where he enjoyed hiking, biking, snowboarding, and the practice of Aikido, a Japanese martial art. He later founded Aikido at the Center in Memphis, Tennessee, where he continues to practice and teach. He was a successful entrepreneur and small businessman for 34 years. However, after entering the world of recovery, he was moved to follow his passion for human relationship. For the last 12 years, he has spent more time working in the nonprofit world than the for-profit one. His dedication to seek and share the meaning of healthy relationship inspired him to found the HEAL organization, an educational nonprofit that publishes books and sponsors conferences, workshops, and spiritual events that support positive change. Today Stephan pursues his life mission to create harmony by loving and nurturing himself and others into wholeness and integrity through his active membership in the Mankind Project and HEAL. This work includes multicultural, conflict resolution, and intervention programs and processes. He also collaborates with his associates at HEAL and with other gifted facilitators from around the world to increase awareness of healthy relationship through experiential workshops and community-building groups called Circles. Married to his beloved wife Corinne for 14 years, they relish the joys of nurturing and the challenges of parenting their young daughter, Madeleine. The family pod also includes a yuppie puppy, Zoe, and two dwarf hamsters, Brownie and Chunky. Stephan currently resides with his family in Memphis, TN. Synopsis for Seeking Self: an inner journey to healthy relationship by Stephan McLaughlin, Jr. Our current state of discontent or satisfaction can be better understood through honest and sincere self-inquiry. Seeking Self: an inner journey to healthy relationship is a guidebook to such an exploration. Stephan McLaughlin, Jr. offers Five Ways that anyone, whether motivated by suffering or curiosity, can follow to learn, heal and grow. These Ways show us a path to a deeper relationship with our real Self and can ultimately help us establish a cornerstone for growing more meaningful relationships with other people. Simply stated, healthy relationship begins with being more aware of Self and the impact of our personal beliefs and choices. The reader is gently awakened to the significance of the little things in our lives, our words, actions, reactions, beliefs, assumptions, feelings and needs, and how these come together to form our relationship experiences and consequences. With refreshing candor, humility, and clarity, Stephan McLaughlin shares his own story of healing and transformation. Anyone who has sought to discover their own identity, overcome addiction, or find happiness in relationship with others will be able to identify with and benefit from this inner journey. The relationship skills and tools that Stephan presents are simple and profound. More importantly, they work! One’s entire life and relationships can change for the good by applying the experience, strength, and hope found within the pages of this wonderful book. Without blame or shame Stephan inspires us to claim our woundedness and consider the nurturing and healing choices that helped him create more fulfilling and joyful relationships in his own life. The intention of Seeking Self: an inner journey to healthy relationship is to share these gifts with each reader so they too can know Self in a healthy, loving way and begin to experience the inner joy and harmony they desire and deserve. Media Endorsements “Truth is a powerful antidote for incorrect information. This wonderful book is filled with truth. Read it, use it, and discover a new perspective about who you are and who you could be.” John W. James, author of The Grief Recovery Handbook and When Children Grieve “I love the 5 Ways of making healthy relationships! They are simple yet profound; a road map to guide us on the incredible human journey. Thank you, Stephan, for showing us what is truly possible when we realize that touching others comes through knowing self.” Louise Diamond, author of The Peace Book: 108 Simple Ways to Make a More Peaceful World “If you are out of touch with the wonder and lovability of your true self, this book provides a map and guidebook to help you on a remarkable journey of discovery.” Don Jones, author of Wisdom For The Journey and Leader Chair of The Mankind Project “Some books are tools. Some books are toolboxes. Seeking Self is just such a box. In it you will find enough information, insight, and inspiration to build or renovate your life. Open this box/book and you will see what I mean.” John Lee, author of The Flying Boy and Courting A Woman’s Soul NEWS RELEASE Contact: Sharaze Colley Tel: (901) 320-9179 Fax: (901) 320-3062 Email: sharaze@healfoundation.org For Immediate Release... A Handbook for Lifelong Learners Seeking Self an inner journey to healthy relationship MEMPHIS: All human beings yearn to understand why they feel the way they feel. Awakening to the emotions happening inside helps us work through issues, unkind words and actions, and explain choices that prevent our growth. In the search for Self, we often turn to self-help seminars, workshops, and books that are filled with should's, ought-to's, and how-to instructions. Lifelong learners understand that personal growth happens deep within the core of our being, not just a simple change in habits. Through careful, conscious attention to how we use our power, to how we respond to our feelings and needs, and how we connect emotionally with our Self, we can discover ways to align with our highest potential and create the love and harmony we wish to experience. Seeking Self is a gentle guide that offers 5 Ways for the reader to discover who they really are and to understand how the choices they make can create the consequences, love, and happiness they wish to experience. Through this discovery, they come to know Self in the context of a loving and nurturing relationship, one that prepares them to interact with others in more healthy ways. Author Stephan McLaughlin, Jr., has been on the journey of Self discovery for over 20 years. He is able to reach his audience through an open and honest disclosure of his personal story, and how his choices created such dis-ease and dissatisfaction in his life that he surrendered to new ways of thinking, behaving, and living. Only by changing the very nature of his response to life's challenges was he able to experience peace and love as never before. Stephan's story is his gift to others who seek to create more loving and nurturing relationships and interactions in their life and shift to a love-centered way of being. ISBN: 0-9661575-2-4 To order contact: HEAL Foundation Press PO Box 241209 Memphis, TN 38124 Tel: (901) 320-9179 Fax: (901) 320-3062 email: info@healfoundation.org URL: www.healfoundation.org |
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