Blogflux directoryNew audio book, "Home for the Holidays," available on CD and via download!
Posted by Alyce Barry at 12/21/2008 7:09 PM 
Categories: Shadow Work, Practically Shameless Press website, My issues, Writing, Publishing, Links and resources, Shame and shamelessness, Jungian psychology
Categories: Shadow Work, Practically Shameless Press website, My issues, Writing, Publishing, Links and resources, Shame and shamelessness, Jungian psychology
I'm happy and excited today, because I've released a preview edition of my new audio book, Home for the Holidays, Tips for a Practically Shameless Holiday Season.
And what's maybe even better, I've learned a ton about myself in the process and am looking forward to Christmas, which I wasn't a few weeks ago!
I've been working on this CD off and on for three years. I originally conceived it as a printed book, but I knew the illustrations were going to be difficult and expensive. A friend suggested I start with an audio CD, and it was a great idea that I started acting on in October. I expect to publish officially fall 2009 in time for the 2009 holiday season, and I may expand to more than one CD. We'll see.
As I will say more completely in an essay I'm writing, for the next Shadow Work email newsletter, I started this project thinking my goal was primarily to help others who struggle at the holidays. And I learned a lot about the ways in which I struggle at the holidays, and that working through some of my own issues about the holidays was a second goal.
It's also no coincidence that this came up while my mother is dying. Her favorite day of the year is Christmas Eve, and she has much to do with my various issues about the holidays. I've tried on several occasions to learn more about her childhood experience of Christmas, but she seems to portray it in ways that don't ring true. She describes herself as her mother's "pet," for example, when all evidence is to the contrary.
On this CD, I explain some of the dynamics that I think are going on under the surface for many of us when we go home for the holidays. I talk about family roles, group dynamics, shadows both individual and collective, and I offer two short exercises to help you prepare to go home for the holidays.
As with everything I do, I'm eager for feedback.
Because I'm releasing the CD so close to Christmas, I'm selling it in two ways:
(1) on a conventional CD, which I will ship within 24 hours via First Class Mail. It costs $12.95.
(2) via electronic download, for $9.95.
This is my first experience with offering a CD for download. So far two customers have purchased it that way, and so far, so good.
It occurs to me that I could say I've released the CD in the "Saint Nick of time." Ouch.
To listen to a five-minute excerpt from the Introduction, visit the CD's page at the Practically Shameless website, http://www.PracticallyShameless.com/HolidayCD.html
And best wishes for a wonderful holiday season that gives you what you most want!
And what's maybe even better, I've learned a ton about myself in the process and am looking forward to Christmas, which I wasn't a few weeks ago!
I've been working on this CD off and on for three years. I originally conceived it as a printed book, but I knew the illustrations were going to be difficult and expensive. A friend suggested I start with an audio CD, and it was a great idea that I started acting on in October. I expect to publish officially fall 2009 in time for the 2009 holiday season, and I may expand to more than one CD. We'll see.
As I will say more completely in an essay I'm writing, for the next Shadow Work email newsletter, I started this project thinking my goal was primarily to help others who struggle at the holidays. And I learned a lot about the ways in which I struggle at the holidays, and that working through some of my own issues about the holidays was a second goal.
It's also no coincidence that this came up while my mother is dying. Her favorite day of the year is Christmas Eve, and she has much to do with my various issues about the holidays. I've tried on several occasions to learn more about her childhood experience of Christmas, but she seems to portray it in ways that don't ring true. She describes herself as her mother's "pet," for example, when all evidence is to the contrary.
On this CD, I explain some of the dynamics that I think are going on under the surface for many of us when we go home for the holidays. I talk about family roles, group dynamics, shadows both individual and collective, and I offer two short exercises to help you prepare to go home for the holidays.
As with everything I do, I'm eager for feedback.
Because I'm releasing the CD so close to Christmas, I'm selling it in two ways:
(1) on a conventional CD, which I will ship within 24 hours via First Class Mail. It costs $12.95.
(2) via electronic download, for $9.95.
This is my first experience with offering a CD for download. So far two customers have purchased it that way, and so far, so good.
It occurs to me that I could say I've released the CD in the "Saint Nick of time." Ouch.
To listen to a five-minute excerpt from the Introduction, visit the CD's page at the Practically Shameless website, http://www.PracticallyShameless.com/HolidayCD.html
And best wishes for a wonderful holiday season that gives you what you most want!
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