Insecure, stubborn, retreating. We all have thought and behavior patterns that disturb or even harm us. When we repeatedly fall into the same traps in life, it is because we are following unconscious patterns: the anxious or angry child within us or the strict judge who threatens with punishment and withdrawal of love. Psychotherapist Gitta Jacob demonstrates that there is another way. Numerous exercises and impulses help to free oneself from fears and compulsions in order to achieve lasting confidence and inner peace, and finally to forge new paths.