Riding The Dragon Paperback

With over 50,000 copies sold, Riding the Dragon has for a decade made itself an indispensable spiritual and psychological guide to readers experiencing seasons of adversity. This anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author with personal reflections and fresh perspectives on today's challenges.

"Don't try to slay your dragons; learn to ride them!" Drawing on Eastern and Western traditions, psychologist Robert Wicks emboldens readers to face life's difficulties--the "dragons" that escape from the cave. Readers will find guidance and encouragement to engage problems as a means to growth and transformation, to ride their dragons rather than slay them or drive them back into their cave. Wicks fashions ten simple lessons on identifying and confronting the everyday dragons readers meet: from engaging darkness to finding simplicity to keeping perspective.

About the Author:

Dr. Robert Wicks is a Professor in the Graduate Programs in Pastoral Counseling at Loyola College in Maryland. Dr. Wicks, who received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College, is a graduate of both Fairfield and St. John's Universities. Wicks maintains a private practice and specializes in the prevention of secondary stress (the pressure that results from reaching out to others in need) and the integration of psychology and spirituality. He is a frequent lecturer in the United States, Canada, India, Europe, Central America, Asia, and New Zealand. He has worked with professionals from the English-speaking international community in Cambodia helping the Khmer people rebuild their nation following years of terror and torture; and was also responsible for the psychological debriefing of relief workers evacuated from Rwanda during its bloody civil war.