Wilkie Au, a spiritual director, and Noreen Cannon, a Jungian analyst, focus in this book on the path to holiness and wholeness. They believe that self-appropriating (having and holding a self) and self-transformation (giving of self to others) are the essence of spiritual transformation. Some of the blocks to this process of growth are co-dependency (being a person without a center), perfectionism (a pseudo-wholeness), envy (comparison of self with others), and overwork (a hindrance to wholeness). Au and Cannon contend that intimacy is the main workshop for spiritual renewal and that compassion and collaboration are its expression in everyday life.