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Veronika Bond's avatar

Many Congratulations Joe! This is truly a big step on your journey, a huge achievement!!!

"I’ve been working on this for 30 years, and it still is not finished. I’ve had to face that I’ve bitten off way more than I can chew (and I’m losing my teeth). I keep trying to wrap this book up, but every time it approaches completion, new insights come, new ways of framing things, new dot-to-dot connections; and the whole thing begs to be reshaped." — I know the feeling so well. I never thought I'd meet someone on a parallel journey to mine... not because I thought I'm 'so unique' (which of course we all are), but because it is such a crazy unbelievable journey...

And here we are. Two of us on our parallel crazy journeys. I feel that our meeting here on substack helps us believe in ourselves (it certainly has done so for me). Helps us realise that your work (like mine) not so crazy after all.

In a world that is going mad, we need this work more than ever — and people crazy enough to pursue it over three decades and counting.

Thank you so much for your tireless work ~ a priceless gift to the world 💗🙏

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Joe Shirley's avatar

Back at you, Veronika! Thank you so much for being there, for doing what you do, for making it not seem so crazy lonely out here.

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Veronika Bond's avatar

looking forward to reading your book

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Lisa Fitzhugh's avatar

Hooray with great abandon!!! I sense we all

Stand at a threshold and here you are showing us a way through.

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Ellen McCord's avatar

Joe, this is fabulous! What an accomplishment. May your work find its way to everyone who can benefit from it personally and use it to assist others. Wow. Many good wishes on your work being applied and used in the ways you hope and imagine. <3

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Joe Shirley's avatar

Thank you so, so much Ellen! All the best to you, too, as you continue in your new vocation.

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Jennifer Browdy, PhD's avatar

Congratulations Joe! I look forward to getting a copy of your book and exploring psychotopology more deeply.

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Joe Shirley's avatar

Thank you Jennifer! It should be available on Amazon very soon (search for psychotopology), and I'm happy to send you a PDF if that would be helpful to you. I look forward to chatting with you about it and answering any of your questions sometime when you've had a chance to dip in a bit.

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