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Audio: My Enemy is My Friend

If I see an enemy, I need to take another look, because that is my friend, not my enemy. Enemies enlighten me to myself. That makes themn friends. In the world of the personality, friends are people who agree with…

From the Parlor: Ending War

Hi Katie, I love The Work and have read your books. I was wondering: how does passive (and active) resistance fit into acceptance? Also, can we accept what is and focus and act on what we want to create in…

The Work and Mental Health

Anil Coumar, MBBS, MA, is the Director of the Hall Health Mental Health Clinic at University of Washington. He is introducing The Work to his peers (read his success story about the "fear of eating" below): Dear Colleagues, Most of…

A Love Letter

Dear Katie and The Work, My 29 year old son died November 19th of a heroin overdose. I had been doing the Work on my own the last time I saw him, ten days before he died. I picked him…

The Work in Spanish

Laura Saavedra (a Certified Facilitator of The Work) reports from Puerto Rico about moving The Work in Latin America >> Hola! Yolanda Zumaeta offered workshops in Cali, Colombia last month, also in Lima, Peru after the quake. She is now…

Letter: Meeting The Work in Malawi

Dearest Katie, This is the story of how The Work came into my life. I was sitting alone at a table waiting for my meal in a guesthouse in Lilongwe, Malawi. I had recently arrived and had six weeks of…

Letter: The Work in Action at the VA

The following is a letter from Jonathan M. Hartiens, Ph.D. Program Director at the Center for Addiction Treatment at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Dr. Hartiens shares his experience with using The Work on Vietnam Veterans and…

Another Letter from Malawi

From Facilitator of The Work, Kondwani, in Africa: The whole of last week I was doing the work with women in Malawi. Stella, in the green golf shirt has been inviting friends to read The Little Book and telling…

From The School for The Work

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A Letter from Walter Reed

A Letter: “Fear of Flying”

Dear Katie: I used to be terrified of flying and I would do a really weird thing with my mind. I would practice being prepared for the plane to fall, trying to exercise bravery as I imagined how it would…

A response to “I hate my husband…”

In response to comments on "I Hate My Husband…" here is an excerpt from A Thousand Names for Joy >> Your partner is your mirror. Except for the way you perceive him, he doesn’t even exist for you. He is…

Audio: “You’re not the right partner for me”

Recorded at a recent public event, this audio lets us listen to a couple doing The Work as they arrive at a new understanding of their relationship and lives together. See also: Resolving Deep Family Resentments, a new 2 DVD…

Audio: All Wrong is Right

“There's no wrong, only discovery…”…

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