{"title":"Ralph De La Rosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eRalph De La Rosa’s works offer profound insights into healing and personal growth, weaving spirituality with practical guidance. Readers encountering titles like \u003cem\u003eOutshining Trauma\u003c\/em\u003e will find compassionate reflections that encourage transformation through understanding and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on \u003cstrong\u003eSelf-Help \u0026amp; Personal Development\u003c\/strong\u003e alongside \u003cstrong\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003c\/strong\u003e, De La Rosa invites contemplation on the deeper messages within life’s challenges. His writing serves as a thoughtful companion for those seeking inner peace and purposeful change.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"outshining-trauma-by-ralph-de-la-rosa-9781645472322","title":"Outshining Trauma","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOutshining Trauma\u003c\/em\u003e is a Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner that offers a transformative journey of post-traumatic growth, spiritual insight, and deep compassion for the most challenging parts of yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRalph De La Rosa integrates Richard Schwartz's revolutionary Internal Family Systems (IFS) model with Buddhist meditation practice to offer a radically different healing paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've tried therapy and meditation but still encounter repetitive patterns and emotions, \u003cem\u003eOutshining Trauma\u003c\/em\u003e is for you. De La Rosa places the innovative, evidence-based model of IFS in the context of Buddhist meditation to demonstrate how healing trauma can lead you to your deepest spiritual nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides clear conceptual frameworks to understand trauma, post-traumatic growth, and the close relationship between healing trauma and spirituality. You'll find numerous journal prompts, experiential practices, and guided meditations to help you:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSee that your mind is made up of disparate \"parts\" that carry their own views and intentions, which can become stuck in traumatic experiences.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eRecognize common types of inner parts in the IFS model, such as \"Managers,\" \"Firefighters,\" and \"Exiles.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSeparate from a part inside of you that's holding grief, pain, or other difficult feelings and then elicit its concerns and wisdom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eUtilise meditation as a method for opening to transformative self-compassion and self-love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA survivor himself of depression, PTSD, and addiction, De La Rosa shares gripping, inspirational life stories to demonstrate the path of outshining trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47341002686700,"sku":"9781645472322","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23627553482773.jpg?v=1772180085"},{"product_id":"the-monkey-is-the-messenger-by-ralph-de-la-rosa-9781611805840","title":"The Monkey Is the Messenger","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHope for all those who want to meditate but feel they can't because they think too much: A remedy. Making friends with the infamous \"monkey mind\" to make it a means for healing and awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn engaging, funny, and introductory guide for anyone whose overactive mind gets in the way of starting a regular meditation practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"My mind is so busy, there's no way I can meditate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFamiliar dilemma? These days just about all of us know we should be meditating, but that doesn't make it any easier to sit down and face the repetitive thoughts careening around our brains—seemingly pointless, sometimes hurtful, nearly always hard to control. Rather than quitting meditation or trying to wall off the monkey mind, Ralph De La Rosa suggests asking yourself a question: If you were to stop demonising your monkey mind, would it have anything to teach you? In a roundabout way, could repetitive thoughts be pointing us in the direction of personal—and even societal—transformation?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePoignant and entertaining, \u003cem\u003eThe Monkey Is the Messenger\u003c\/em\u003e offers a range of evidence-based, somatic, and trauma-informed insights and practices drawn from De La Rosa's study of neuroscience and psychology and his long practice of meditation and yoga. Here at last—a remedy for all those who want to meditate but suppose they can't because they think too much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934295015660,"sku":"9781611805840","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781611805840-the-monkey-is-the-messenger.jpg?v=1783909624"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/ralph-de-la-rosa.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}