Something More : Excavating Your Authentic Self Book

Our Authentic Lives	1
Our Authentic Lives	3
Surprised by Joy	6
When the Student Is Ready	8
Something More: A Site Map	12
Romancing the Soul	17
Facing Your Future by Excavating Your Past	19
The Book of Love	22
Small Things Forgotten	27
The Authentic Dig	29
The Chain of Chance	30
Suddenly-Seen Things	32
Starting Over	35
The Sacred Adventure	37
A Tale of Two Lives	38
Starting Over	39
Designing Women	40
Starting from Scratch	45
A Continuous Thread of Revelation	46
Back to the Beginning	50
Having It All	51
Divine Discontent	54
The MortalWound	57
Being Willing to Live for the Last Time	58
Introducing Your Life	60
Claiming the Events of Your Life	62
Field Work: Discovery and Explanation	64
Site Report	66
Surviving	67
Near-Life Experiences	69
Keeping Body and Soul Together	72
The Realm of the Unspeakable	74
The Silent Hemorrhaging of the Soul	77
Looking-Glass Shame	81
Our Pilgrimage Places	84
Your Own Natural Selection Process	89
Smoke-and-Mirror Survival	90
Survival by Surrender	94
Survival by Substitution	99
When Survival Is Called Success	102
Field Work: Authentic Success	107
Site Report	108
Field Work: Authentic Style	109
Site Report	110
Settling	111
O Pioneer	113
Settling Down	114
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace	115
Two for the Road	117
More Married Than Happy	118
Seeing Is Believing	122
A Crime Against Nature	126
Can This Marriage Be Saved?	131
Imagine You Don't Know Me	134
There Are Only Two Stories Worth Telling	140
A Lover Both Ancient and New	143
The Soul's Duty	144
Self-Immolation	146
Time Out	151
Settling For	153
Settling for the Sizzle	157
No One to Fear but Yourself	159
The Other Sure of Scared	163
Field Work: The Return to Self	166
Site Report	169
Field Work: Mystery	170
Site Report	171
Stumbling	173
The Wilderness	175
Braveheart	177
Destiny's Darlings	183
Two Ways to Live	186
The Divine Collaboration	190
Taking Liberties	192
Crossing the Threshold	195
A Woman of a Certain Age	198
Women's Work	202
Work with Me	205
Little Miss Perfect	206
Constant Craving	209
Field Work: Your Spiritual Journey	213
Site Report	216
Field Work: Some Day	217
Site Report	219
Shattered	221
The House of Belonging	223
Dwelling in the House of Spirit	229
Home Is Where Your Heart Is	231
A Victim of Circumstances	234
A Life of One's Own	236
The Hour of Lead	243
Making the Best of It	249
Giving Sorrow Words	253
Life After Loss	259
Sacramental Possibilities	260
Field Work: The House of Belonging	265
Site Report	267
Sensing	269
Sensing That There's Something More	271
Making the Connection	273
The Sentient Soul	274
The Secret Language of the Soul	275
Making Sense of It All	277
A Woman with a Past	279
The Great Escape	280
Hide-and-Seek	281
Bad Men	283
Even Bad Men Bring Gifts	284
It's the Thought That Counts	286
Earthly Tutorials	287
Becoming a Woman with a Past	291
The Holy Longing	293
The Karmic Clock	294
The Essential Union	297
Field Work: Relationships	299
Site Report	300
Field Work: Entertainment	301
Site Report	302
Something More	305
The Queen of Sheba	307
Soul Mates	312
The One Who Loves Your Pilgrim Soul	315
To Know and Be Known	318
The Heart Grown Brutal	320
Something More 323
With Thanks and Appreciation	327
Selected Bibliography	335
Index	341
For Further Information	351
About the Author	353