[Dianna1395]

I've been reading a collection of books by someone blogging about us, from the "inside" of the Trans* club.
Several pages seem pretty useful for managing our minds, to be realistic in our expectations and possibly avoid transition.

I gathered from when I bought the books that distribution was OK, especially since most is freely available on the blog anyway...

I'd be interested in what others mentioned that have to say in response. I'm looking at the "management"angle at this point, since I really have too much going on right now to deal with my issues correctly. (Been losing my marbles, like an over-wound mainspring.)

But managing can be very helpful for now.

Root URL is at: http://transcendmovement.com/

Interesting posts:
http://transcendmovement.com/how-to-mana...ynephilia/
http://transcendmovement.com/late-onset-...arratives/
http://transcendmovement.com/an-introduc...tion-test/
http://transcendmovement.com/10-minutes-...er-people/


Books are about $15 (British pounds, though.) Can't upload, too big. :-(
It's an epub you can pull it from here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_ljm9...52Y2t5VDhn

-Dianna

[The First Aria]

Just glanced at it. I wonder what credentials he has. Just wondering, cause here, we don't charge for our musings..

[julieTG]

The author is the one I suggested a few months back
Both books were quite interesting

Julie

[Dianna1395]

Sorry, Julie! I'm sure I saw it, and then... Life happens.

:-)

IABoy,
As I read through, it seems the credentials are (1) he has the same issues we do, so is writing from being here; (2) He's a counselor. While I'd rather an engineer be recognized, too, I'm not so sure we've gone the right way with our emphasis on certificates for everything. Which is better: the engineer who has never turned a wrench, or the mechanic with 30 years of makeshift repairs behind him? :-)
I think we here generally fall into that latter category; even Lotus, our research guru, is more the second category, who has decided to get the engineering certificates. ;-)

Most of the books are on the site for free, too, just a few pages so far have been password protected - mostly on the "fusion" pages, unfortunately. Since they're in the books, I was willing to make the trade.

If it works, it was money well spent. If not, it wasn't that much. :-)
And we generally don't think in terms of controlling her as much, so there's that different angle I wanted to consider. Far cheaper, might help get the rest of the house in order.

-Dianna

[giggygig]

I have read alot of this, its mixed for me. I think he has alot of in-sight for fetish crossdressers. If you believe yourself to be trans be careful. It leans on debunked literature about autogynephilia. He uses made up fictional terms that are communicated as fact,

What you will read is his own opinions and experiences; but they will not always be communicated as such.

Autogynephilia has been de-bunked by the medical establishment. It was made up by Ray Blanchard to prove that transgender is psychosocial not biological.

That said I think he communicates very well and makes alot of interesting points. Its nice to read about other people going through similar struggles.

[julieTG]

The author soon changes tack in the 2nd book and realises its biological

love his style of writing though

Julie