David Richo

Please join us: Thursday, January 20th, 2011 7:30pm Books Inc. 2275 Market St. (at Noe) San Francisco, CA 94114 415.864.6777 About the Event: David Richo will be joining us to share from his new book Daring To Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy. According to the author, all the major ... (more)relationship struggles are fundamentally trust issues, whether it’s fear of commitment, fear of abandonment, communication problems, jealousy, or a tendency to be controlling. In his new book, he explores the importance of trust throughout our emotional lives: how it develops in childhood, and how it becomes an essential aspect of healthy adult relationships. About the Author: David Richo is a psychotherapist who leads workshops at the Esalen Institute. He is the author of several books, including, How To Be an Adult, and The Power of Coincidence. He lives in Santa Barbara and San Francisco. - - - - - Books Inc. is a locally owned and operated independent bookstore with 10 locations in California. Books Inc.’s origins date back to the Gold Rush days of 1851, when Anton Roman struck it rich in Shasta City, California and set himself up in business selling books. That small bookstore was moved, bought, sold, burned, rebuilt and renamed, and became Books Inc. as we know it today in 1946. Today, with 10 stores and 200 employees, Books Inc. serves as a shining example that independent bookselling can survive and prosper, even if we must dance among the elephants. This event is FREE at Books Inc. 2275 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114 For questions, contact Darrell Scheidegger, Events Coordinator, at 415.864.6777 dscheidegger@booksinc.net ; on the web at www.booksinc.net and www.myspace.com/booksinccastro www.facebook.com

Local author David Richo will be stopping by to read from his new psychological book “Being True to Life: Poetic Paths to Personal Growth.” This book offers a fresh and inspiring approach to personal growth, one that taps into our inherent creativity and the versatility of poetry. In" Being True ... (more)to Life" psychotherapist David Richo explains how writing and reading poetry can be a rich path of self-exploration and emotional healing for anyone, no matter one's poetic abilities. Richo offers a range of practical exercises for exploring how poetry can help us to become more aware, to heal, and to grow emotionally and spiritually. Exercises include free writing; composing autobiographical poems; writing a poem to your fears; and composing poems based on childhood memories, significant experiences, and dreams. Richo also offers guidance on how to read poetry in a way that can be personally transformative. About the author: David Richo is a psychotherapist who leads workshops at the Esalen Institute. He is the author of "Creativity of Your Dark Side," "How to Be an Adult," and "Shadow Dance," He lives in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California.