title: Tenderly Embracing All the Ways That I Feel and Am: Journaling to Kindle Gentleness and Compassion for Our Precious Selves
author: Robyn L Posin
description: Robyn L. Posin, Ph.D., a psychologist in private practice in Ojai, California, has dedicated her life, work, art and writing to healing and helping others heal from the harshness that our crazy-making world visits upon all of us, particularly upon women.
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  ## [Dedication](part0002.html#r_idParaDest-1)
  
  
  To Carolynn
  
  
  wife, counselor, companion, encourager
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  [_Cover_](kindle:embed:0002?mime=image/jpg)
  
  
  [_Title Page_](part0000.html#title)
  
  
  [_Dedication_](part0001.html#_idParaDest-1)
  
  
  [_Contents_](part0002.html#1T140-b1271e4c223146ba8d75e3d35d911ca8)
  
  
  [_Foreword to the Special Anniversary Edition_](part0003.html#_idParaDest-4)
  
  
  [_Preface to the Special Anniversary Edition: A Beginning
  Word_](part0004.html#_idParaDest-3)
  
  
  [Introduction to the 20th Anniversary Edition](part0005.html#_idParaDest-5)
  
  
  [1: The Spiritual Disciplines: Door to
  Liberation](part0006.html#_idParaDest-6)
  
  
  [Part I: The Inward Disciplines](part0007.html#_idParaDest-7)
  
  
  [2: Meditation](part0008.html#_idParaDest-8)
  
  
  [3: Prayer](part0009.html#_idParaDest-9)
  
  
  [4: Fasting](part0010.html#_idParaDest-10)
  
  
  [5: Study](part0011.html#_idParaDest-11)
  
  
  [Part II: The Outward Disciplin