This book is good because it brings a lot from personal experience and ...
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This book is good because it brings a lot from personal experience and understanding of suffering from a biblical perspective. How to do constructive suffering, seems ironic but such an interesting subject! Read the book!
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This is a really good book with excellent insights. It's an easy read with a large number of the author's personal experiences interspersed which allow the reader to relate and apply the lessons that fit without feeling lectured.
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Though initially I was put off by the affectation of the author's name, there is actually a lot of good stuff in here.  It is like a coaching workbook of lots of things to practice, to increase your awareness of stress situations and practicing ways of defusing stress. But you have to be dedicated to working your way through the book and doing the exercises in it to benefit from it.
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I liked that the author shared some of her life experiences, especially the ones connecting to those who have died. There has been a lot of death around me lately and it has been helpful to share content from this book with my friends who have experienced loss.
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this is a good learning tool which the aurthor is very open about her own life and struggles it can be a bit difficult reading a times because sometimes facing the truth hurts;but it's a good book that can really help if you take the advice and actually apply it to  your life.
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Very helpful because it is clearly told from the point of view of firsthand experience rather than from the point of view of a doctor. Doctors are usually clueless about this subject so a book like this can be your best friend and guide in dealing with this subject in place of a knowledgeable doctor or support group. The book sometimes goes into some stories I didn't care about but just skip those to get to the good stuff about how to deal with your particular situation when you feel like it's another story. The anecdotes are good because they illustrate what others are going through and what is typical for people in your situation. I will also say that the book seems to recommend prescription drugs as the primary solution to depression and I mostly agree because therapy doesn't usually do much for severe cases. However there are ways to expedite the search for the best drug(s) rather than trial and error such as genomind that might help I don't think were mentioned in the book.
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I like to learn from others experience. Lots of wisdom here.
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Marianne Williamson share here personal reflection her experiences and offers advice based on her knowledge and personal experience. There is a lot of help advice to gleen for read this book!
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A really good read.  It is a very nice mix with content and personal stories.
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I think this book is fantastic. I love how the author included his own personal experiences, whilst including some very helpful tips/mental exercises.
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It gives much info on the problem.  It's good to hear it from others that have been thru it.
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I really liked this book. It was challenging and very personal.
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If you have ever wondered how it is to be a psychotherapist, then you should read this book. It covers the anecdotal issues such as getting payed, but more importantly it goes deep into the process of what is trying to be achieved with the patient. And it does this in a very personal manner: it the author's point of view, not some general recommendations. Yet is also tries to explain and argue why or who else believes the same. Still, it is this very personal voice that makes this book work: here is someone who knows her "business" and wants to share her understanding with you.

The book has a lot of content. Some may feel there is too much, while others not enough. The trickiness is its goal to provide important lifelong learning from multiple perspectives in a single book. I will not say that it was an easy read. In fact, I put the book aside many times, and all in all it took me a year to finish it. Yet I am still giving it five starts. It is true that the book is sometimes hard to read. First because if you are not a professional in psychology, some of these details are not very interesting. Secondly because the writing is often very heavy, with long phrases and overly burdening adjectives. Yet, in the end, by including both the mundane and exciting aspects of the job, the whole description rings more true. And also, in the end, even the heavy writing became a thrill as I found myself "cheering" the author for having yet again achieved a paragraph long construction of intellectual writing.

To summarize: a valuable and interesting book of what psychotherapists do, a very "likeable" author who's writing is a bit heavy but still readable.
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Very well written and brought back to mind a personal experience.
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This book is really good because it's not as technical as other books on memory. The author discusses memory from a personal perspective and tells a interesting story about how he became a memory champion. There's also fun cultural and historical details that makes this book fun and interesting. For example, he talks about why Europeans make better memory champions than Americans. He also talks about how even savants use memory techniques. If you're looking for a book on techniques solely, This book is not for you. But if you enjoy Learning through story, then this book is an excellent choice.
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I think the book is good for people who are afraid to meet new people. Meeting new people can be scary, but positive thinking can help having the right attitude. The book shows how someone who is not confident of himself or herself should react in new circumstances. I recommend this book to others because it teaches how to have a good conversation with new people, what to say or not to say and how to behave while dealing with a new person.
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I liked this book a lot because I felt it was an honest, heartfelt experience that was told or expressed with great care and truthfulness.  The experience was related in such a way as to make you feel a part of his life and as if you were a close friend or associate of his.  Good book!