As a clinical psychologist for over twenty years, I have witnessed countless acts of change from ordinary folks of all ages, shapes, sizes, stripes, and flavors. I have seen people riddled with self loathing, battling alcohol or drugs, struggling with intolerable marriages, terrorized by inexplicable voices, oppressed by their children's problems, traumatized by past or current life circumstances, and tormented by unwanted thoughts. But no matter how troubled they were, no matter how distressing their situation, no matter how hopeless they felt, and no matter how much everyone around them told them they were doomed, most found within themselves exactly what was needed to move forward in their lives---not fixed or cured, but no longer reading their life story from the section entitled "Future Dismal, Prospects Bleak."

These folks had no super powers; they took no magic potions, nor had they embarked on pilgrimages to receive wisdom from the masters. How did they accomplish these seemingly miraculous transformations? While the whole world looked for what was wrong with them, they discovered what was right with them. And so can you.