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Summary: A Simple Idea, Very Thoroughly Explained
Review: The basic premise of this book is that holding on to your emotions can magnify the damage that one incurs in life. By releasing your emotional baggage, a person can experience the freedom to enjoy life in the moment. This is excellent advice that is explained in meticulous detail. While I think the level of detail is necessary to truly grasp and practice the concept, I did find it difficult to complete all of the exercises in the book. I found that I got the most out of the book if I set aside at least a half hour at a time to read and do the exercises. I found it interesting that the release of positive emotions, as well as negative ones was advocated. On a personal level, I found the techniques to be helpful, but not yet life transforming. There are audio courses available that I may explore as an extension of the ideas in the book.
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Summary: THE SEDONA METHOD has a positive message to teach
Review: The first thing that struck me about THE SEDONA METHOD is that it is well written. This is a rarity for self-help books. The second thing that struck me was the systematic way in which it provides directives for personal growth. What I found most interesting, however, was Chapter 7 "Letting Go of the Four Basic Wants." In this chapter Hale Dwoskin suggests that letting go of control is a step toward liberation: "When we want control, we don't feel like we have control." Yes, it's a message I've heard before. But it's an important message, one that I need to be reminded of now and then, a message THE SEDONA METHOD presents succinctly, systematically, and in a clear-minded manner. Andrew Parodi
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Summary: Hale Dwoskin does a brilliant job!
Review: The Sedona Method is an incredibly powerful technique that Hale lays out beautifully in practical steps and explanations that anyone can use right away for achieving peace of mind and releasing negative emotions in order to shift one's consciousness.
I use the Sedona Method frequently in my own life as well as in helping my clients release emotional patterns that have been holding them back from happiness and success. The results are quite amazing.
I highly recommend not only the book but the CDs as well. Worth every penny!
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Summary: this could be the best thing you've ever done
Review: The Sedona Method is just the key to everything. I've used the Method for three years now, and I've exprenced effortless success and every area of my life and you can too. The secret is letting go of all unwanted thoughts, feeling, and desires on the spot. Once you've mastered this wonderful technique, you'll find yourself using it literally thousands of times a day. If you want money release the desire for it and you'll have it. If you want healthy or mastery in any field release the desire for it and you'll have it effortlessly. This book shows you how. The greatest benefit from the book is not what it helps you gain, but he imperturbability that you get from using the Method. You reach a peace where nothing and no one could ever bother you. I highly reccommend buying the book.
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Summary: Good tool to have for the "worried well"
Review: The Sedona Method is simple and effective but over-promises a bit. For individuals that are the worried well, the easy to use questions for clearing anxieties and other troublesome emotions do work. My concern is that this book over-emphasizes the power of the intellect in healing people who are suffering from anxiety disorders. It can't not help but again, for people with deeply-seated emotional issues, this conscious cognitive style may not get at the root. Emotional concerns are to be healed emotionally. Like most self-help books, The Sedona Method, over emphasizes the mind. The intellect and emotions are separate parts of a person and getting something intellectually doesn't work if head and heart are not connected. Too much mind work can sometimes cause more conflict if the emotions are only stuffed down and ignored. How often do we meet highly functional and successful people who are an emotional wreck. Just my two cents on the matter.
There are tremendous benefits from using the Sedona Method in daily life on a regular basis. The techniques are valuable and work as well as they can work. For a wonderful book on emotional healing, try "The Hoffman Process" by Tim Laurence and "Getting divorced from Mom and Dad" by Bob Hoffman. Another gem is "Healing the Body, Mending the Mind" by Joan Boryshenko, co-founder of the Harvard Mind-Body Clinic.
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Summary: Good book.
Review: There are solid ideas for self-improvement in this book, but I have read many of these concepts in other books. I prefer ground-breaking books like The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People which provides a roadmap from dependence to INTERDEPENDENCE, and Optimal Thinking: How To Be Your Best Self which provides the thinking to be your best, bring out the best in others, and make the MOST of feelings and everything that comes your way. I recommend this book but you read the other two books to OPTIMIZE your life.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE!!!
Review: They should have this book at schools. I've read this book more then once in the past 8 months where i'm always referring back to it when i have problems. You must have heard this line more then once but it's true. "This book has changed my life!" I don't have any emotional problems thanks to this book and when i do, i let them go (release them)! First thing you learn in chapter 1. I lost my job, my long term girlfriend, my friends, my car, everything... I went completely downhill but other then that, i've always been one of thoese depress people you meet. I ask myself there has to be more 2 life! I spent alot of time online doing research and oneday I came across 'The Sedona Method.' Since then, i've never looked back! I've been cheerful 6 out of 7 days of the week and enjoy every day that goes by. I've also refer this book to a friend who is on Anti Ds and has been in rehab for drugs. It has changed her life as well where i find its been more of an impact on myself because i refer back to the book more often then she does when I have problems. I've had the worst week of my life and i have to say, i'm still smiling! So what if my life goes downhill, i know it will get better but only if i want to make it better. What you put out in life u get back in return! If you give out positive energy, u will receive positive energy back! If you want to be happy and emotional stress free for the rest of your life, buy this book!
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Summary: How to let go of bad feelings
Review: This book helps you to let go of bad feelings and move on. It took me a while to get through and I felt better after reading it. It is a useful book. I also recommend Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman (which explains the neurological aspect of emotional responsiveness) and Optimal Thinking-How to Be Your Best Self by Rosalene Glickman (which explains the value of every emotion, and gives you an optimal roadmap to best overcome emotions that inhibit your highest level of performance).
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Summary: LONG! Good message, but gets lost in examples.
Review: This book is 414 pages long! It would be much more effective if it were shortened to under 200 pages.
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS A MUST HAVE IF YOU WANT TO BE FREE!
Review: This book is an invaluable adjunct to taking the live Sedona Method Course, and as a stand alone! I was introduced to the Sedona Method approximately 20 years ago, while I was going through a very painful divorce. I saw how this approach was very simple, direct, and powerful, especially in helping me to go through the pain I was experiencing. I had studied many change processes, and had gone through many personal growth seminars, workshops and intensives prior to that time, and since then. I found the Sedona Method to be the most elegant and straightforward of the ones I have experienced. Even though I use other techniques and processes, I continually return to the simplicity of the Sedona Method. It has opened inner doors for me that have been sweet, and profound. It has allowed me to explore my inner nature in a very gentle, yet commanding way. I have used it with most of my clients in my private psychology practice, and have seen how it has helped most people make changes that are transformative in nature. And yet, it is so easy to learn and to apply on a moment-to-moment basis. It is truly a gift that comes from a place of purity and truth. I have also had the sacred privilege of meeting Lester Levinson, the founder of the Sedona Method, on a number of occasions prior to his death. I was always aware of how present he was, totally there for whomever he was with. His presence inspired me to continue the journey of releasing, and to go ever-deeper into the heart of my soul. The SEDONA METHOD BOOK has managed to capture the most important elements of the live course, and the essence of what Lester lived and taught. DO YOURSELF AND YOUR SOUL A FAVOR, AND READ IT TODAY! - Daniel Sternberg, Ph.D.
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