Flashpoints of Awareness
Lessons learned from a well-lived lifeA gentle gathering of personal stories, small stumbles, and the quiet corrections that shaped a lifetime of therapeutic practice. Tarra weaves together psychology, quantum physics, and lived wisdom into reflections on what it means to truly see ourselves and the world around us.
Written for anyone who senses there is more, more depth, more meaning, more peace, this is a book that meets you exactly where you are and walks beside you toward a quieter mind.
"Like gravity, the truth will always return to us to be once again rejected or acknowledged."
"Jumping dimensions seems to be what we humans are capable of when we open our minds to another way of living. Surrendering our ego to the Spirit within us is what I liken to being guided by our right-mind."
Sanity: Lost & Found
A True Story of Brainwashing & Recovery"What chains are greater than those imposed by the beliefs in our minds?"
This is a memoir that reads like a novel. Tarra has written an honest, deeply personal look at childhood wounds, shame, and the long path home through resilience, compassion, and forgiveness. Raw, page-turning, and ultimately filled with light.
For readers walking their own road of recovery, or anyone who has ever wondered whether healing is really possible, this book offers quiet hope and a path to reclaiming the love, joy, and peace of mind--our natural inheritance once we have released and forgiven our mistakes and those of others.
"I became a therapist to understand how all this could happen to me. I believe in its value as well as what healthy relationships, companion animals, nature and the underlying force animating it (God) offer. They are energetically interactive and present an unlimited potential for healing and inoculation from being carried away by 'trance-like survival mechanisms' or unconscious and malicious behaviors. Human beings who are available for connection or those who are in their 'right mind' and possess the capacity for an energetic exchange, or relationship, offer the potential for healing from a trauma and/or preventing emotional shutdown (dissociation). Furthermore, physical movement and expressing one's emotions through art, therapy, dance, yoga, intimate relationships, and so on, are also powerful healing agents in transforming trauma into a learning experience."Tarra Judson Stariell, LMFT, Retired Sanity Lost and Found: A True Story of Brainwashing and Recovery