Breakdown, Breakthrough

INDEX

abuse. See mistreatment

accommodation to others, 102

accountability, personal, 169, 170–71, 173, 213

angels, 144–45, 146, 199, 212

Bach, David, 130

balancing life and work, 9, 17, 34–35, 149–55, 174–89, 213

Blessing Basket Project^®, 125, 164–68

boundaries, 100–102, 106, 211

breakdown, ix–xi

definition of, 1–2

disempowerment contributing to, 14–17

in professional life, 2–3, 7–11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 177–78

breakthrough, 4, 11

and empowerment, 210–13

with higher self, 35, 163, 173, 175, 189, 191, 202

with others, 31, 83, 93, 95, 107, 109, 119

with self, 29, 41, 51, 53, 66, 69, 79

with the world, 33, 123, 133, 135, 147, 149, 160

Camus, Albert, 134

Churchill, Winston, 6

communication with others, 83–93, 211

competition in professional life,