Kelly Boys

The Blind Spot Effect is a well written self help book that is full of helpful insights and practical exercises to help you locate and shine the spotlight on your hidden blind spots. I found this book to be wonderfully enlightening and full of hope and positivity that I desperately needed in contrast to the dire and depressing events overwhelming us every time we turn on the tv or look at the dire events on the news flashing across the computer or pick up a newspaper.

Kelly Boys is a well qualified and educated teacher and trainer of mindfulness practices. Her writing flows smoothly and is easily digested and comprehended so that we are able to put the techniques and exercises described into practice. By becoming aware of our blind spots, Kelly tells us how we can accept them and welcome them rather than pushing back on them. It was welcome news to find out that we all have blind spots, and that I was not alone in some of the decisions I made in life that turned out so bad, particularly when it comes to love. There is an entire chapter on love and it was very enlightening to me as it explained why I made some of the seemingly inexplicable choices that I did.

Even the author's Afterword section had me glued to the page in fascination as she described some transcendent experiences in her own life. (I was also amazed to hear of a master's program she considered entering in Hamburg, Germany for peace research and security studies. There is such a study program? Why, oh why don't humans utilize such intellectual sources and embrace humanity and love, instead of war and hate??… (más)