Book cover of Into the Magic Shop by James R. Doty MD
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Growing up in California's desert, Jim Doty was poor, with an drunk father and a depressed mother. He met Ruth in a Magic Shop, a woman who taught him a series of techniques to relieve his own pain and express his deepest desires. Her main goal was to keep his heart open and show other people these methods. She offered…
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Growing up in California’s desert, Jim Doty was poor, with an drunk father and a depressed mother. He met Ruth in a Magic Shop, a woman who taught him a series of techniques to relieve his own pain and express his deepest desires. Her main goal was to keep his heart open and show other people these methods. She offered him his first glipse into the special brain-heart connection. Part history, part theory, part motivation, and part pragmatic advice, Into the Magic Shop teaches us that by first transforming our minds and hearts we can radically change our lives.


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Growing up in California’s desert, Jim Doty was poor, with an drunk father and a depressed mother. He met Ruth in a Magic Shop, a woman who taught him a series of techniques to relieve his own pain and express his deepest desires. Her main goal was to keep his heart open and show other people these methods. She offered him his first glipse into the special brain-heart connection. Part history, part theory, part motivation, and part pragmatic advice, Into the Magic Shop teaches us that by first transforming our minds and hearts we can radically change our lives.

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