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Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol 1. No. 1)

Ernest Dempsey
Loving Healing Press (2009)
ISBN 9781932690095
Reviewed by Randy A. Lakin for RebeccasReads.com (8/09)


“Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing” is a unique type of journal.  If you are looking for a different journal that will help you on your road to hope and recovery then look no further.  This journal comes out quarterly and covers a wide range of subjects.  The editor, Ernest Dempsey, put a lot of work into this journal that explores all aspects of recovery, healing, aging, disabilities, health, abuse recovery, anxiety and depression.  It has contributors from all around the world allowing for different points of views from people with different experiences, beliefs and cultures.  The premier issue explores a number of areas including forgiveness, Fibromyalgia, substance abuse, and the nature of gender.

I found the article "Sex, Gender, and Personality Disorders" by Sam Vaknin to be very informative.  The author points out that until recently in rural areas of northern Albania if  families had no male heirs the women could choose to forgo sex and childbearing. Also, at this point the women would alter their external appearance and become men for all practical purposes.  Some would even become the patriarchs of their clans along with all the rights and obligations just as any male would.

The journal has something of interest for everyone; there are articles covering fact, fiction, humor and even poetry.  So no matter what your taste is when it comes to written stories, there is a wide variety for you the reader to choose from.  Just as I stated earlier, the, “Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing” comes out quarterly and the price is very reasonable.  I think that you will find this publication to be of interest to you and all of your friends.  I know that as with most premier issues of many publications they go fast, so if I were you I would hurry and get your own copy before their all gone.  I think you will find that as you read your very own copy, you have started a collection that you can refer back on for information for a long time to come.

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