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Summary: If you're a guy and your relationship needs major help....
Review: The thing about Dr. Phil is that 1)He knows what works and what doesn't and 2)He speaks in languauge that men understand.
I am plowing through this book right now and, for once in my life, I feel like I have a pathway to rehabilitating my marriage. If you're ready to be honest with yourself and your marriage is in trouble buy this book, read this book and see what happens...
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Summary: Dr. Phil is The Man!
Review: This guy pulls no punches and gets right to the very heart of the matter. He is one of my favorite authors, right up there with genius Tom Leonardi's "Secrets of Sensual Lovemaking" and Clint Arthur's video/dvd "New Sex Now". Rock on, Phil, Tom, and Clint! You are doing great work to help the relationships of America to stay solid!
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Summary: Janice Scott-Blanton, Author of Succulent Sex
Review: Dr. Phil is one of my favorite personalities on relationships. In Relationship Rescue, he puts it out there without the sugar-coating. He tells it like it needs to be told. Kudos Dr. Phil
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is a wonderful book for eliminating any barriers between you and the emotional relationship you want to have with another person. Along those same lines, "New Sex Now" is a wonderful companion piece for eliminating any boundaries between you ant the ecstatic physical relationship you want to have with someone you are intimate with.
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Summary: Our destiny is within ourselves
Review: To find that you have fallen under the relationship bus late in life is--to say the least, devastating. You can see a wonderful life suddenly in danger. With some professional help and support from family and a few insightful books you can recover. Dr. McGraw's RELATIONSHIP RESCUE is one of my books. Sure, some of it is good common sense, but when we are twisted we don't always see that path or follow it. Also, you don't have to swim out of a lot of excess verbage to grasp what he is telling you. I have paid $80. a session for no more than I realized from a few dollars spent on this book.
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Summary: Very helpful and a fresh perspective
Review: I found this series very helpful. I purchased the CD version and 2 workbooks. I actually listened to the cd's with my partner using headphones... but we did the workbook separately. The workbooks are always supposed to be private. The thing I have to say about Dr Phil is that he gives you new perspective that you can take away with you... The first thing to work on in the relationship is yourself, not focusing on what your partner is doing wrong. I found this very helpful as I was all rev-ed up to hear what the other person was going to be doing wrong. And truthfully the whole *whose wrong/whose right* issue is a no-win situation. So not starting there was helpful for me. I found that Dr Phil puts things in a new light. If I am feeling like my partner isnt doing thier half... I remind myself that in a relationship it isnt really 50/50...its really up to everyone to give 100% not just the 50%... It was those kinds of shifts in my thinking that i found most helpful. and continue to find most helpful. I know Dr Phil has his detractors... In general I find his advice deals with shifts in your thinking becasue what you are doing isnt working in your life. And that can be quite empowering. I enjoy his folk-sy style and sense of humor and i have found his advice to be sound and full of common sense.
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Summary: For people ready for real change
Review: We all have the tendency to try to blame others and change other people when they don't like something about their relationships. In this book, Dr. Phil convincingly shows us that we need to first change ourselves if we want to improve on our relationships. He explains how our relationships are truly a reflection of who we are inside and guides us through a step by step procedure to change ourselves (and consequently, our relationships) for the better. Another book that provides an even deeper understanding of relationships without getting into expert terminology is Dr. Toru Sato's "The Ever-Transcending Spirit". It is already a bestseller among my circle of relationship counselors and I'm sure it will be for anyone interesting in improving their relationships.
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Summary: Rescue and Then Regenerate
Review: According to McGraw, the first relationship to rescue is the one we have with ourselves. Unless and until that is achieved, our relationships with others will probably remain (to varying degrees) dysfunctional. To paraphrase Thoreau, many of those involved in relationships of various kinds feel trapped in "lives of quiet desperation." Approximately half of all marriages end in divorce. Perhaps as many as 70% of all corporate mergers fail. It is probably impossible to determine how many once close friendships deteriorate or end acrimoniously. How many of these relationships could have been rescued? Presumably those who purchase McGraw's books feel a need to improve their effectiveness as human beings. In this volume, he suggests a rigorous seven-step strategy for "reconnecting" with ourselves as well as with others. 1. Analyze the relationship: What happened? What's wrong? What's missing? 2. Assume personal responsibility; eliminate consideration of "blame, "guilt," etc. 3. Also eliminate all negative ("wrong") thoughts 4. "Embrace" relationship realties ("truths") 5. Understand and then apply the "Formula for Success" he offers 6. With total honesty, "renegotiate" the terms and conditions of each relationship 7. Then commit to sustaining mutual love and respect in harmony In First, Break All the Rules, Buckingham and Coffman discuss what could be characterized as "business tough love." They insist (and I wholly agree) that if a supervisor sincerely cares about the welfare of those for whom she or he is responsible, it is imperative to be totally honest with each of them, especially when there are unpleasant issues to resolve. Long ago, my own experience in the business world convinced me that constructive criticism has credibility only when those who offer it are respected and trusted by those who receive it. Moreover, constructive criticism is most effective only when those who receive it are convinced that those who offer it sincerely care about them. McGraw presupposes that those who implement the seven-step strategy do so in good faith. In terms of the relationship with his reader, he obviously sees his function as providing no-nonsense guidance and (yes) encouragement throughout the difficult process if implementation. It is indeed a very difficult process because the most powerful of human emotions are active in dysfunctional relationships, notably love and, of course, pain. McGraw's credibility with readers has much less to do with his credentials and celebrity status, I believe, than with the fact that he speaks with a candor that is credible because it is so rare. He cares deeply about helping people to face and then cope with unpleasant realities, challenging them to have the courage to trust what is admirable within them and nourish it with total honesty in the most important relationship of all: with themselves. Because so many of McGraw's ideas in this book are compellingly relevant to relationships in business, I hope he will write a book for those in the workplace and especially for those with supervisory responsibilities. It would be a mistake to distinguish between dysfunctional personal and dysfunctional professional relationships. The causes of the former are certain to be virtually the same for the latter. But to repeat the thought with which I began this review, "the first relationship to rescue is the one we have with ourselves. Unless and until that is achieved, our relationships with others will probably remain (to varying degrees) dysfunctional." The choice is ours. It always has been and always will be.
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Summary: Hard work that pays off.
Review: Dr. Phil has a knack for getting right down to the important stuff. He doesn't mess around. That is definitely true of this book. Be prepared to think and work when you read this book. You'll need to think about your relationship and write about it and then think some more. You need to be willing to make changes and be honest with yourself. This book is a wonderful starting point to a better relationship with your spouse/partner/significant other. The book starts the process but you, the reader, must continue it. I recommend this book.
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Summary: Coming Face to Face with Me
Review: This is by far the best resource I have ever seen for doing focused relationship repair/building work. I initially picked up this book at a friend's house and found the cover to be enticing. Dr. Phil was blowing apart some long-held myths about relationships and I was intrigued. By the time I got ahold of the book my own relationship was needing some serious attention and I drove in with both feet. I doubt my fiance will ever even see this book and it really doesn't matter. I'm a hypnotherapist and I work a lot with people who are looking for change in their lives. I understand the power of taking responsibility for my side of the street and the difference that can make. I'm a little more than halfway through the book and things have improved dramatically between my fiance and me already. I am learning more about myself than I ever imagined I would, and what I am learning will be useful for me going forward in many areas of my life, not just the romantic love relationship that I'm in. I rarely endorse this kind of self-help, but this book is excellent.
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