Gratitude xiii
Recover from Being Human xv
Who Is Courtney Tracy? xviii
What's Inside This Book? xx
Part I Your Unconscious is Showing 1
1. The New Three-Part Unconscious 3
The Serenity Prayer on Steroids 7
How Your Unconscious Is Showing 11
Controlling the "Uncontrollable" 17
Why Should I Care That My Unconscious Is Showing? 21
2. You're Thinking About It All Wrong 24
All Your Parts 31
The Real Human "Superpower" 37
3. What You Feel Is What You Think: The Somatic Unconscious 41
Your Inner Orchestra 46
It's Not All in Your Head (or Inside Your Body) 54
The Bridge of Seduction 60
4. You Are Biased: The Cognitive Unconscious 67
Fuck, Marry, Kill: Charlie, Nina, or Max? 73
Your Brain Remembers More Than You Do 79
We Are All Sheep 83
I'm Feeling Dirty, Give Him the Death Penalty 87
The Difference Between Emotions and Feelings 94
5. Who You Are Is a Concept: The Psychoanalytic Unconscious 97
The Monsters in Your Mind 104
Gremlin Playground 109
"What If" Things Were Different? 114
You Don't Learn Helplessness, You Detect Control 119
Part II The 12 Steps of Consciousness 125
The 12 Steps of Consciousness 126
6. Be a Human First 127
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out, and Be Here Now 137
The Generational Unconscious 141
Let's Make Being "Self-Conscious" a Good Thing 148
7. See Yourself: Self-Awareness and Self-Acceptance, Steps 1, 2, 3, 4 151
Step 1: Admit It 153
Step 2: Believe in Yourself 158
Step 3: Committing to Consciousness 166
Step 4: An Unconscious Inventory 171
8. Grow Consciously: Admittance, Change, and Amends, Steps 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 182
Step 5: Conscious Honesty 187
Step 6: Prep Yourself 193
Step 7: Conscious Control and Change 203
Step 8: Unconscious Harms 210
Step 9: Acts of Amends 215
9. Go In and Give Back: Growth and Service, Steps 10, 11, 12 221
Step 10: Ongoing Self-Consciousness 224
Step 11: Furthering Your Conscious Understanding 227
Step 12: Shared Consciousness 236
Conclusion 240
The 12 Steps of Consciousness and Therapeutic Evidence-Based Alignment 242
Glossary of Terms 249
Notes 257
Index 267