Exit the Cave: Ending the Reincarnation Trap, Book 1

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It was during his time at The Seattle School that he says, “It was time to go back to those stories, to those shadows, because I was reenacting them in so many heartbreaking ways to myself and to others. We had a blast collaborating closely over the course of a few months to help storyboard, pre-viz, and ultimately bring all the pieces together in post for a wild ride of a pickleball match up. The whole chapter "Love is a Net" about Blaine's trapeze lesson: When asking about the nets being replaced, he learned that they don't replace the nets entirely, but repair them immediately. Blaine: Which is where I stole and copied and pasted various parts of our conversation, to kind of weave the narrative together.

I found this book incredibly thought-provoking and insightful, and instead of just relaying his trauma stories, Blaine Hogan shows how he was able to reshape them and change his understanding of the past by changing the stories he told himself about his experiences. So grateful for Blaine not only doing the hard work but also sharing it all with us (the process, the difficulties and the hopefulness). And so creativity, I began to sort of redefine as not a thing, but really just not just a, new way of thinking, a new way of living. And in that sense of, we’re gonna be talking today about creativity, and also what gets in the way of creativity and how creativity can truly, come into a kind of flourishing to be able to reveal something about what it means to live well.And the real versus that, which is not unreal, but unsubstantial, and I think in so many ways, it, your, your story, and I don’t want to tell a story other than to say your relationship with your father, the harm that you endured, became the reality, when in fact, it was, and it was not. And that has been something you’ve been at war with for Lifetime is your own curiosity, yet it’s also the basis of so much or the brilliance of your creativity, again, through the book. I largely avoid self-help books because not enough of the author's story is told for me to care, and to see through their story how I can adapt my own to make changes. And so, again, you know, going back to your very original, the way we started this conversation, yes, the book is a memoir.

And the descriptions of this character, I’m like, I’m, I’ve often said I feel like I’m the French meter of normalcy, which in itself is really narcissistic, but I feel very ordinary. No longer able to hide behind the veneer of success or find comfort in the shadows of addiction, Blaine was forced to look at the story his life was telling. By purchasing the item from Charlies Chapters Ltd you agree that you are happy to receive a revised edition. And yet I had not done the work of going back into the particularities of those moments, of those stories so that I could actually change the past. So she one night breaks away, from Sarah and Abraham, she, you know, blasts through, the woods and finds herself at a river bed where the angel of the Lord appears and asks her two questions, Where have you come from?

And as I went back into those stories of my abuse, and I recognized the goodness of the boy who, was curious, the goodness of the boy who wanted care and touch and affection, and who wanted to be seen and taken delight in, it doesn’t remove the harm that happened. I hope that if I’ve pulled them through the ups and downs of the story enough, by the end of the treatment, they are dying for more. Dan: Well, it’s, in some sense, it’s the power of a group where there’s engagement with story and deep, heartbreaking, but also hope-filled stories. As a licensed mental health counselor, I've longed for a book like Exit the Cave to show others that managing self-destructive behaviors is not only ineffective, it distracts us from all the heartache and glory that our life stories reveal. Through his own personal revelations and insightful gleanings, he invites you to take up some seemingly radical practices and some not so, and be creative so you can tell a better story with your own life.

I was once, now I am it is, I once was and still am and am not, and will in one sense be forever moving both in and outta brokenness and beauty. In this exposed story of his young life, Blaine shares the stories that shaped him guided by God's greater story for living in a complicated world. Exchanging Valentines can be an awkward process, especially when you consider “Vinegar Valentines” and other snarky sentiments - whatever your tastes, enjoy the sweet and sour cards alike in this gallery! Each year they have a rack of books based on the summer reading lists from local schools along with a binder with info from each school.This book walks you through Blaine's journey in a way that feels so personal, you will read the last page feeling like he's a friend.