Crystal Andrus Morissette’s book, The Emotional Edge, motivated me to start really analyzing myself, facing my past and fears. After reading her book, I have come to the realization I didn’t take care of myself. I determined I don’t take care of myself because I don’t like myself so I always put everyone else before me. Her book, has given me the motivation and direction on how to go about improving my life.
The first step in the book is to figure out which of the three archetypes I am. The three archetypes are: the Parent, the Child, the Adult. After taking the survey, I found I am the parent archetype, which is the archetype of putting others before myself. It is also the archetype of taking control of things.
Within the parent archetype, there is sub-archetypes- the Wallflower, the Martyr, the Rescuer, the Worrywart, the Chubby Bubby, the micromanager, the busy bee, the puritan, the perfectionist, the ruler, and the mad scientist.
The ultimate goal of the book is to become the adult archetype. This is a balance of parent and child archetype.
After she explains the archetypes and sub-archetypes she goes into explaining communication and fears. She explains ways in helping rid of your past so they won’t affect your life as much.
The key to working this book is being a willing person. As she states in her book
“a willing person is an expansive person. A willing person seeks the truth over everything else. A willing person wants to find answers. A willing person allows and learns rather than oppresses and controls.”
She explains every time something dramatic, painful, or dysfunctional happens, you get a hit of drugs/chemicals/hormones that temporarily make you feel a sense of normalcy or familiarity. Then you get relief. But each time makes you need that hit again. Without even realizing it, you become drawn to and may even start creating drama and dysfunction. This drama and dysfunction doesn’t have to be with other people it can be with yourself. it if it is with yourself this will affect relationships with people.
Throughout the book she has you ask yourself questions such as:
“Do I accept myself even when others don’t?”
“Do I accept that I may fail?”
You may not realize it but when you don’t like who you are that affects your relationship with people. This book is helping through the process of better my life by understanding who I am, which is key to a happy healthy life. I would highly recommend this book no matter where you are in life. You will learn so much about yourself and how to make your life a little easier.
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MY JOURNEY:
Crystal Andrus Morissette’s book The Emotional Edge, gave me the idea to take you, the reading, on my journey of figuring out who I truly am. My fears, what I want in life, and analyzing my past so I can overcome it to make my life a lot more positive and happy. This is huge fear and a big step for me because I am a perfectionist as this book has confirmed that. So telling you my imperfections and my struggles is honestly really hard for me, because I don’t like to fail at things especially having others see that. It is also hard for me to ask for help. That is why you don’t see a lot of posts about my struggles and asking for help. I don’t trust others and because I don’t trust others I have a tendency of taking control over things. I always try to be the positive person who is always putting everyone else before me. Now I am going to force myself to step out of my comfort zone and talk about my struggles, fears, and learning who I really am. I have a feeling I don’t know myself as well as I think I know myself. I want to learn to put myself first before others. This book has given me the motivation and inspiration to start to really analyze myself and learn how to put myself first. Watching a really good friend struggling from drug and alcohol addiction and starting the 12-step program has inspired me to analyze myself too. Having joined Alanon to support my friend has also made me realize everyone should do the 12-step program.
So I am going to take you on my journey of learning more about myself and figuring out how to make my life more fulfilling and happy. I hope by doing this it will also motivate and inspire you to do the same. So stay tune.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CRYSTAL ANDRUS MORISSETTE is a leader in the field of self-discovery and personal transformation. From a very tough beginning, Crystal has risen to become a world-renowned beloved life coach and women’s advocate, bestselling author, international speaker, and founder of The S.W.A.T. Institute (Simply Woman Accredited Trainer). Crystal’s message of resilience, strength, and inner power has allowed her to grace the stage with speakers such as Dr. Phil, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Suze Orman, Marianne Williamson, and many more.THE BOOK DESCRIPTION
About the Emotional Edge- Ever Feel Like Your Inner Age Doesn’t Match Your Outer One
The Emotional Edge empowers you to stop reacting in knee-jerk ways that hurt and instead startexpanding your life to become the greatest expression of you possible. Once you know your Emotional Age, you can take any needed steps to become an authentic adult so you stop giving your power away. You’ll learn:
You’ll learn:
–Whether you’re a Parent, Child, or Adult ‘archetype’—take the Emotional Age Quiz and find out
–When you’re inadvertently sabotaging yourself and why
–How to channel fear and anger into courage and willingness
–How to change your communication scale and style from passive or aggressive to assertive, accepting, and ultimately peaceful
–Methods for fine-tuning into your unique needs mentally, emotionally, and physically
–Ways to live your best life without guilt, shame, or blame
–And lastly, how to rewrite and re-route your relationship, work, and bliss paths
Never feel like a victim of circumstance, genetics, or your past again. Instead of letting your emotions get the best of you, now it’s time to get the best of them!
You’ll learn:
–Whether you’re a Parent, Child, or Adult ‘archetype’—take the Emotional Age Quiz and find out
–When you’re inadvertently sabotaging yourself and why
–How to channel fear and anger into courage and willingness
–How to change your communication scale and style from passive or aggressive to assertive, accepting, and ultimately peaceful
–Methods for fine-tuning into your unique needs mentally, emotionally, and physically
–Ways to live your best life without guilt, shame, or blame
–And lastly, how to rewrite and re-route your relationship, work, and bliss paths
Never feel like a victim of circumstance, genetics, or your past again. Instead of letting your emotions get the best of you, now it’s time to get the best of them!
