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DEFENDERS OF THE HEART: MANAGING THEHABITS AND ATTITUDES THAT BLOCK YOU FROMA RICHER, MORE SATISFYING LIFE

BY MARILYN KAGA

N and NEIL EINBUNDLOS ANGELES, Calif

Page 2, DEFENDERS OF THE HEART

—In their first book,

(Hay House, November 4,

2008),

sychotherapists and authors Marilyn Kagan, LCSW,

and

Neil Einbund, Ph.D., tackle the ten most common defensemechanisms and offer advice on how to protect your heart andlead a richer and more satisfying life.In this transformative book,

Kagan and Einbund,

well

-known therapists in the Los

Angeles area, help readers discover the frequent habits and attitudes (denial,

procrastination, passive

-aggressive, projection, rationalization, intellectualization, humor,displacement, sublimation, and altruism) that are used to guard our hearts against being

hurt. Over

time, these mechanisms, which the authors have coined “Defenders of the

Heart,” can become habitual and overly entrenched. In one way or another, theyare at the

base of nearly all of our bouts with dissatisfaction and depression.

elivers a strong basic understanding of these ten

defenders, and

shows how torecognize which ones are sabotaging your life, and offers a comprehensive tool set tobreak free of their life-limiting powers.Each chapter is devoted to a specific Defender and opens with a clear definition, what the

authors label as a “

DEFENDAPEDIA,” followed with a succinct explanation thatdemystifies the clinical terminology. Included are numerous examples of the personalstruggles and victories of a variety of people that illustrate these points. Kagan andEinbund write about the process that they usually follow when patients come to them for

therapy

In their clinical work with patients, they help them to

the events and interactions

that might have triggered

specific De

fender.

Sidebars entitled "HEART BEAT" are also included in each section. Readers will find

studies, news items, and research that reinforce the authors' premise.-MORE-