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Summary: This is hard to read, and I think the author needs God
Review: My opinion in reading half the book, in segments because it puts me to sleep, is that the author is dealing with some deep seeded problems and taking them out on others. I think she needs to get a life and leave the writing and counseling to caring, helpful people.
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Summary: Mean-spirited and circular
Review: Myss makes a good point when she talk about people wearing their wounds as badges of honor..then proceeds to trash a woman for making a casual comment about her incest support group. The book is too full of these examples of people Myss deems as not ready to heal. Like a lot of fuzzy New Age thinking, her book presents arguments that allow her to have her cake and eat it, too. If you "heal," then it means you have "forgiven," according to Myss. If you don't, it's probably because you aren't ready to heal. Either way, you've bought Myss' book and earned her some money.
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Summary: why people dont heal and why they can.
Review: the book was very interesting and informative. i would recomend it to a friend.
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Summary: this book was very nformatve, and nterestn
Review: the book was very interestng and had alot of helpful information. i realy enjoyed it.
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Summary: Makes sense.
Review: The first time I read about Dr. Myss' theories, I went "Aha! This makes sense!" According to Dr. Myss, the reason people often don't get well is because the energy they need to focus on healing, gets used up dwelling on the past. The author, a medical intuitive, believes that if people would reclaim thier soul from the entanglement of past issues, they would have the capacity to generate more personal healing power. Makes perfect sense to me. If you are struggling with an illness and want some guidance in how to reconnect with your precious energy sources, read "Why People Don't Heal."
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Summary: You are not your trauma
Review: Therapy had me think about and relive the painful experiences that I have had over and over again. Instead of helping me get better, it just kept the trauma fresh every day. Dr. Myss' book shows you that you can break free from past trauma and not have it continue to consume your body's physical energy. This leaves you available to live and enjoy your life today with enthusiasm and vitality. I find it continually inspiring. Definitely worth the money. Another book that supports these theories is "Working on Yourself Doesn't Work" by Ariel & Shya Kane. They also stress that living and being here in the present moment is more important and makes you more alive than constantly looking to your past for problems.
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Summary: Self Identification is the only way...
Review: There has been millions of research to justify everything Caroline teaches. She's not critizing the wounded and neither is she arrogant. Facts are facts, and she delivers the facts in a way that people who are not serious about making some changes will easily get affended, because that's the easy thing to do other than looking at themself and saying, "Hey, I brought this on myself. And I could fix it myself." Carolyn is terrific! But if you are not serious about self improvement, don't bother.
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Summary: 'Blame the victim for their illness' would be a better title
Review: These days, people are looking beyond traditional western medicine to realize that there are other systems and traditions of medicine that are also effective. I think this is a good thing, and the more people can become critical about existing methods, and more aware of all of their options, the better. Indeed, one of the common threads among these non-western medicines is the holistic idea that the body and spirit and mind are intertwined and that any of these elements affects the other. Western scientists are repeatedly proving correlations between outlook, attitude and physical wellness. Of course, now that the door has opened to new ideas about medicine, it has also opened far enough to allow frauds and snake-oil peddlers a place to prey. The sad thing is, most of the people that are preyed upon are truly ill, and truly desperate. I'm not going to say Ms. Myss is one of these frauds. She'd probably find a way to sue me. On the other hand, she claims to be a PhD. Has she ever said in what? I've researched it--she is a PhD in Medical Intuition, and get this--from an institution that she started herself! Its not accredited by anyone! She offers this same 'PhD' for others too--after a week-long workshop at her overpriced school. As for her other degrees, I think she has a graduate degree in anthroplogy or something (sorry, I forget). She was apparently given her 'special powers' by a Native shaman woman that she met once. Come on, give the native peoples of this hemisphere a break. Isn't it enough that their land and culture was decimated, that they don't have to continue being exploited with the ridiculous New Age stereotypical ideas. Wanna know what some Lakota people think about Ms Myss? Try this page: http://www.aics.org/war.html I could go on, but in the interest of priority, here is why this book is dangerous: It leads people to beleive they are the cause of their own illness. While a person can grow and empower themselves by analyzing their lives or reading a good, inspirational book; and while it may be good to try to rid oneself of negative thoughts and misconceptions, desparate people do not always have the ability to deal with things like that on their own. People that are truly ill and desperate are not necessarily going to feel better, they might just end up feeling guilty and even less inclined to seek real help. Even Chinese medicine accepts that sometimes people 'just get sick'. And practitioners of these older traditions go through a lot more rigorous training than a few days at some seminar. Don't insult them or the Lakota people by reading Caroline Myss or her ilk. And don't insult yourself either. Find real hope in your life--it exists. Don't get your personal strength from some huckster, find it in yourself. It's there.
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Summary: Good points but too much talk
Review: This book has some good points. I bought it after I saw the author on Oprah. I thought what she had to say made sense to me. I also felt she knew what she was talking about -Tough love-. However, you will not get much more of the book than what she already had to say on the show. It is too long, too boring for my personal taste and leaves me wondering, why did I bother?
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Summary: This is a negative review and should provide some balance.
Review: This is one of the most mean spirited books I have ever had the misfortune to read. The treatment of the incest survivor in the Findhorn Community dining room is particularly ugly involving an apparently flagrant disregard for limits and lack of respect for the woman's personal boundaries, no matter what her flaws might be. The criticism of such people who exhibit "woundology", the main thrust of the book, reeks of hubris. DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. Instead read anything by a TRAINED and EDUCATED Jungian. (please be advised that this is a revision of the review I sent earlier and should replace it.)
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