Book description
Magic Carpet Flying traces psychologist Pamela Ryan's journey
through her life's adventures, from the rapture of achievement to the
personal anguish of loss.
Drawing on childhood lessons in rural Australia and later work in
the Australian outback, Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world
where she travelled to help others tackle the darkness of mental
illness, suicide, and large-scale tragedy arising from terrorist
attacks and natural disasters, Ryan reveals how she not only survived
trauma but turned her journey into a "magic carpet ride."
Exploring what it is to "live truth," to "make
ourselves up as we go along," to aim for the stars, and to become
the "pilot in command" of our own destiny, Pamela Ryan's
unforgettable journey in Magic Carpet Flying reveals what it
means to be fully alive.
"Pam Ryan is an exceptional and remarkable person with a
combination of intelligence and empathy. She is a force for good in
the advancement of humankind in a challenging world. As founder of
Psychology Beyond Borders, aimed at reducing psychological suffering
in many affected populations around the world, Pam demonstrates her
deep understanding of the steps needed to ease trauma in people's
lives."
Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister
of Australia
PAMELA RYAN, born in Australia and now a dual citizen of Australia
and the United States, has deployed her training as a psychologist in
corporate, political, clinical, academic, and international humanitarian
fields.
