Loving Healing Press (2010)
ISBN 9781615990177
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (02/10)

If you’ve ever wondered why you keep recreating the same problems over and over again in your life, you will find the answer in “The Evolutionary Glitch.”   The author, Albert Garoli, MD, has an interesting and varied background in specialties that include Internal Medicine, Ayurvedic traditional medicine, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Acupuncture, Electro-acupuncture, Phytopharmacology and Homotoxicology.  Through his studies he developed a theory that humans have developed a “glitch” in our neural network.  He states that this “glitch,” “…is at the root of human physical and mental suffering.”

Negative conditioning has caused many of us to develop a persona that leads us into creating negative patterns by which we live our lives.  These personas are separated into six categories: The Sanguine Persona; the Lymphatic Persona; the Nervous Persona, the Melancholic

Persona; the Bilious Persona and the Phlegmatic Persona. By exploring our conditioned neural networks, we can identify which persona we have embedded in ourselves, and use the techniques offered to overcome the glitches.  In doing so, we will be able to live the life that we were meant to live, not the faulty one which find ourselves stuck in. 

I found “The Evolutionary Glitch” to be absolutely fascinating. It is written in a manner that combines science with philosophy.  Rather than calling it a “self-help” type of book, Dr. Garoli refers to it as “self-challenging.” The process of identifying our personas so that we can overcome our glitches is going to be challenging, because our personas do not necessarily want to change.  Even identifying which persona we have takes some in-depth thought and discovery.  However, the idea that I can get past those, “Why do I keep doing this, or thinking this way,” thoughts is incredibly appealing and makes me realize that it will be well worth the effort required so that I can live the life that I was meant to live, instead of the one that I find myself stuck in.