Innately Good: Dispelling the Myth That You're Not Book

Do you feel plagued by embarrassment, shame, guilt, or jealousy?
Do you strive for something that will make you happy, yet never seem able to find it?
Do you fear that something is innately wrong with you?

If you are one of the millions struggling with the fear of not being 'good enough,' Innately Good is your guidebook to happiness and self-love. Jan Denise not only identifies the origins of the tainted idea that we're innately flawed, but provides a solid framework to help us undo the damage created by this myth. In Innately Good, Denise reveals how to:

• gain the self-esteem and self-acceptance to enjoy everything that gives life its true meaning


• overcome the fears, distractions, and negative emotions that stem from ego


• stop seeking approval and clinging to feelings of inferiority


• align choices and behaviors with who we are inside—our values, essence, truth and conscience

Brimming with bold insight that resonates with our own inner wisdom, Innately Good debunks centuries-old myths about our innate goodness and sets us on the path to a life more fulfilling than we ever dreamed possible.

Publishers Weekly

Denise (Naked Relationships) follows in the footsteps of Deepak Chopra and Marianne Williamson in this self-help book with a spiritual and New Age bent. The author omits concrete advice or exercises in favor of letting her personal philosophy, heavily influenced by her strict Christian background, take center-stage. Denise's theme is that all people are innately good, but are kept from that realization by fear and the need to impress others. Painful experiences and addictions can numb shame, but once individuals learn how to drop their masks, they will recognize their essence, which is goodness. Fear is the only impediment; the author writes, "I have no fear that is not rooted in the fear of falling short or not being good enough, not measuring up, failure, however you want to word it." While Denise's reminders-to align with love rather than fear, reconcile to our true selves, and find stillness and be present to invoke love in ourselves-are valuable if familiar, the biblical foundation of several of her premises and her copious references to God may not feel comfortable or reassuring for readers who don't share her background. (Dec.)