Joyce and Andre Patenaude
About the Authors
Joyce and André Patenaude
Joyce and Andre Patenaude met on Memorial Day weekend in 1987 and have been together ever since. Shortly after being married in 1989, they trained with Harville Hendrix as Imago Relationship Therapists and successfully applied the techniques in their own relationship. The conscious practice of applying the Dialogical Process evolved their relationship to unprecedented love. They also practice the meditation techniques of their Master teacher, Prem Rawat, which heightens their clarity and wisdom.
For the last 40 years Dr. Joyce has been in private practice as a psychotherapist in Santa Monica, CA. Dr. Patenaude is an educator, lecturer and a published author. Her book; Too Tired To Keep Running, Too Scared To Stop has had international recognition.
Andre Patenaude D.Min. is the founder of ITR (Integrative Trauma Release). He has been doing mind/body work for over forty years. He studied with Colin Ross, MD author of The Trauma Model and also trained with John Whitman Ray’s Body Electronics.
He also did extensive training with Peter Levine author of Waking The Tiger and many other books on trauma. His book One Man’s Search For the Divine has received raving reviews.
A certified hypnotherapist, Andre has led men’s groups as well as couples groups with is wife, Dr. Joyce. He is based in Santa Monica CA. and has a thriving practice that includes Imago Relationship Therapy with his wife Dr. Joyce Patenaude, Ph. D.
Too Tired To Keep Running, Too Scared To Stop
by Joyce Patenaude, Ph.D.
Drawing upon more than thirty years of experience, Dr. Joyce Nelson-Patenaude examines and unravels the limiting beliefs which can undermine our full potential.
Feelings of inadequacy in our personal and professional lives are symptoms of a core belief of not being enough and are the manifestation of separation of who we really are. If we believe we are not smart enough, rich enough, thin enough or attractive enough, we are only labeling ourselves and confirming our limiting beliefs. To break these negative, patterns in our life, return to wholeness and become the person that has always been there requires a shift in consciousness. It necessitates jumping off the merry-go-round of old patterns and practices and re-drawing our own personal blueprint. But, it is not an easy journey. We must leave behind familiar places and move into the lesser-known identities of our true selves, the self that has always been there and is waiting to be re-discovered.
Dr. Patenaude takes us on our journey of self-discovery and shows us how the core belief of our own inadequacy originates and takes hold, and how it develops into limiting beliefs. Through case studies and powerful techniques, she shows us how to eliminate our own limiting beliefs and self-destructive patterns effectively and permanently.
Until we clearly see our own truths and shift our consciousness we will continue to be too tired to keep running and too scared to stop. However, once we have dissolved our limiting beliefs and achieved self-discovery, free of judgment, we will then have the opportunity to express our true gifts and manifest our potential.
“I promise you this is a transformational book …. Start reading, Believe me, you won’t be able to stop until you’re finished.”
John Bradshaw
Bestselling author of
Healing the Shame that Binds You and Bradshaw on the Family
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“This is an insightful and thorough analysis of the power of limiting beliefs and an effective process for recovering personal wholeness. Anyone will be helped by reading this book, and I recommend it wholeheartedly.”
Harville Hendrix
Author of Getting the Love You
Want: A Guide for Couples
by André Serge Patenaude
This adventure was all new for me. Here I was a thirty-two year old man with an ex-wife and a ten-year-old daughter. I don’t have a job. I don’t have a place that I can call home. I had been working since I was fourteen years old. And since my daughter’s birth I had been working two jobs to make ends meet. And now I’ve taken my life back and I have difficulty feeling the appreciation of this beautiful phenomenon in front of me. This was real. The Pecos River flowing into the Rio Grande before my very eyes was real. Not a movie, not a picture but nature at her best and I was numb. The only experience I was having was my mind trying to figure things out and analyze the view. After about an hour of viewing the bluff and the two rivers meeting and the sound of waters rushing and the blue skyand the fresh air and my dog and myself, my mind started to quiet down enough so that enthusiasm and gratitude and appreciation could be felt. Then I started to look for a campsite.
I finally located a spot close to the rivers so that the sound of the rushing water would cancel out the traffic noise from route 90. Again I built a fire, fed Krishna, dined on carrots and peanut butter and finished off my feast with dessert, a Payday candy bar. While lying in my sleeping bag, a familiar fear started to creep in. Here I was on this beautiful site with the light of the stars increasing with every minute, the faint sound of the rivers and just enough of a breeze so that I can tell that the air is moving across my sleeping bag and I start to get paranoid. What if some redneck finds me and kills me because I have long hair, I thought. Or what if some evil guy comes by and robs and kills me. Or what if some cowboys know where I am and come and kidnap me and tar and feather me. Now I can’t even enjoy whereI am anymore. I’m not afraid that some wolf might come looking for my dog Krishna and try to eat it or that some bear may come and maul me or even that a rattlesnake (I’ve been told to be aware of them) might crawl into my sleeping bag and bite me. No. I’m afraid of human beings. How crazy and paranoid is that? What kind of messages am I walking around with about human beings?
One Man's Search For The Divine
“The writer shares in-depth information about his struggles and journeys in an attempt for instant gratification. He is raw, authentic, and genuine which makes readers connect with him immediately."
Lily Amanda
Pacific Book Review
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“One Man’s Search for the Divine is an insightful and enlightening memoir about the search for joy. Patenaude’s written a personal and transcendent memoir that will be memorable to readers."
Hollywood Book Review
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Integrated Trauma Release
André has been doing mind/body work for forty years and has been trained in professional numerous trauma release disciplines. For more information and a complimentary consultation, contact André at
www.integratedtraumarelease.com
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Andres is also available for speaking engagements. Please use the contact form below for inquiries.
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Andre's recent interview discussing his book, One Man's Search For The Divine
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