LEADER 04162oam 22005534a 450 001 9910162801203321 005 20230829002603.0 010 $a1-4625-0436-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000152518 035 $a(MH)008712430-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC811088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL811088 035 $a(OCoLC)779140335 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000152518 100 $a20001116d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aQuantum change $ewhen epiphanies and sudden insights transform ordinary lives /$fWilliam R. Miller, Janet C'de Baca ; afterword by Ernest Kurtz$b[electronic resource] 210 $aNew York $cGuilford Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 212 p. ) 311 $a1-57230-505-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tThe context --$tSomething Old, Something New --$tThe Landscape of Quantum Change --$tBefore --$tInsights --$tThe Insightful Type of Quantum Change --$tBoom --$tTaking the AA Train --$tA Mirror and Two Roses --$tAwakening --$tRipples --$tEpiphanies --$tThe Mystical Type of Quantum Change --$tThe Reluctant Mystic --$tSomething Like a Star --$tA Voice in the Fireplace --$tAt Pecos --$tTrampoline --$tReflections --$tAfter --$tAre Quantum Changes Always Positive? --$tWhat Happened? --$tMessages to Humankind. 330 1 $a"Most of us walk through each day expecting few surprises. If we want to better ourselves or our lives, we map out a path of gradual change, perhaps in counseling or psychotherapy. Psychologists William Miller and Janet C'de Baca were longtime scholars and teachers of traditional approaches to self-improvement when they became intrigued by a different sort of change that was sometimes experienced by people they encountered - something often described as "a bolt from the blue" or "seeing the light." And when they placed a request in a local newspaper for people's stories of unexpected personal transformation, the deluge of responses was astounding. The vivid, moving stories they gathered form the basis for this compelling book." "Exploring the experience of "quantum change" through the lens of scientific psychology, the book identifies two kinds of sudden personal transformation: insights and the more mystical epiphanies. Some participants in the authors' study accepted their experiences as products of rarely tapped inner resources; others as gifts from a higher power. Many recounted their epiphanies and sudden insights in exquisite detail years after the fleeting event, describing such enduring results as a greater sense of meaning in life, a shift in values or goals, or freedom from unhealthy behaviors. Closely examining the life conditions and personality traits in place both before and after the quantum change occurred, the book shows that such experiences are not as uncommon as typically believed, nor are they easy to toss aside as wishful thinking or passing delusions. The authors draw from research findings and psychological theory to address fascinating questions about where quantum change comes from, why some of us experience it, and what kind of people we become as a result."--Jacket. 517 $aQuantum Change 606 $aChange (Psychology) 606 $aEpiphanies 606 $aInsight 606 $aAdaptation, Psychological 606 $aLife Change Events 615 0$aChange (Psychology) 615 0$aEpiphanies. 615 0$aInsight. 615 2$aAdaptation, Psychological. 615 2$aLife Change Events. 676 $a155 700 $aMiller$b William R$0174210 701 $aC'de Baca$b Janet$01226656 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162801203321 996 $aQuantum change$92848212 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress