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Summary: Get ready to work, BUT results are worth it!
Review: Do not buy this book unless you are serious about examining yourself closely and acheiving real improvement in your closest relationships. Dr. Phil is no nonsense! He comes on strong and won't let you get away with blaming all your problems on your spouse. As a result, people either seem to love him or hate him. If you are not ready to face up to your own mistakes then this is probably not the book for you. He makes you admit and take responsibility for your own bad behavior first. This approach is not for the faint of heart. It requires a lot of work, however I have found that it has helped me tremendously. I have faced my own actions that were causing most of the problems I was experiencing in my marriage. Previously, I had been blaming most of the problems on my wife. It seems simple, but Dr. Phil continually reminds the reader throughout this book that we can only change ourselves. This simple fact has forced me to get real and to look at my relationships in a new light. I highly suggest you buy this book, but don't do it unless you are ready to make a commitment to change!
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Summary: Unbelievably Good
Review: This is an unbelievably good book. Useful and well written, with lots of excellent, and sometimes uncomfortable, exercises to do with your partner. Dr. Phil skips the touchy-feely stuff and gets right to work on the symptoms of a marriage going sour, and real solutions to problems.I am not an Oprah fan and had no idea that Dr. Phil was connected to her or her TV show. Do NOT let the Oprah connection put you off to this book!! I cannot recommend it highly enough!
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Summary: It does what it says.
Review: This book challenges you to re-think your perception of marriage, what to expect out of yourself, your partner and what it really means to be married. After 20 years of marriage ups and downs sprinkled with expensive individual and couples therapy this was our last ditch effort to getting advice that wasn't glorified child psychology or full of 60's psychobabble. We went through the book and workbook separately and together. Yes, we even did the exercises in the back. If you are looking for gritty realistic help then this book is worth its weight in gold.
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Summary: Read It For Its Insights
Review: Dr. Phil's book has some truly useful insights into relationships but it struck me that it would be a cold day in hell before a woman could get her man to actually sit down and do the 14-day program in the back, replete with timers set for three minutes for each partner and scripts that include the perennial phrase "Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully." If there are any men out there who would put up with this, email me, willya please?
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Summary: Excellent information
Review: Connecting with one's partner is very important. I want to recommend Creating Extraordinary Joy by Chris Alexander where we can learn to be happy with ourselves. Once one is happy with oneself; being happy with one's partner is so much easier. Thanks Chris and Phil!!
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Summary: Boot Camp for Relationships!
Review: This book is an EXCELLENT book for examining yourself, your partner, your relationship. It is a great book to read even if your relationship doesn't need rescuing. I am using it as a "tune-up". I learned a tremendous amount - I did a lot of soul searching. It has really opened my eyes and my heart to a new and better, healthier way of thinking. It is not an easy task to take on, if you really use this book the way Dr. Phil intended us to. It did drag me down quite a bit, and I couldn't wait to get to the next stage of the book to feel better about things. In the end though, I felt so enlightened. This book teaches you how to have the upper hand, with YOURSELF. I highly recommend this book to any couple.
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Summary: Practical Steps to a Satisfying Relationship
Review: This book encourages-- no, insists-- that you examine your own contributions to an unsatsifying relationship as the first step to improvement. It offers practical, concrete, and clear approaches to changing the dynamics that have perpetuated a bad relationship-- no wishy washy group hugs or blaming others here! If you're ready to "get real," look at yourself, and start TODAY to rebuild a relationship this book WILL give you the tools. It's one of the most relevant and helpful books out there!
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Summary: Dr. Phil to the Rescue!
Review: He has some very interesting ideas, methods and approaches and the book is easy and interesting to read. In fact, Dr. Phil would "turn therapy on its ear" [my words]; his take on marriage counseling makes a lot of sense. My main reservation is with his apparent belief and insistence that EVERY relationship (except the physically abusive one) CAN BE SAVED. A bit dogmatic, though if you seek help for your relationship, this is a good place to turn to--along with a good therapist! We should remember that most couples who go for "marriage counseling" end up divorced, and that's not the fault of the therapist (most people really know they'll split up eventually, I think). But if both partners really want to stay together, this book will help.
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Summary: Excellent Book for People who are into this sort of thing
Review: Dr Phil's guidance on how to improve and maintain your relationships are very well-thought out and surprisingly effective. Although I have not actually practiced any of his methods, I base my judgement on seeing all the women on Oprah who always end up crying after talking to Dr. Phil and they come to some life-altering realization, and then I guess they go home and everything is ok. So if you're into the whole multi-step, self-awareness, tough-love, getting in touch with your core..type of program, this is definitely the place to start. But if you're from some country in Asia or the Middle East where your parents arrange your bride for you and you're taught to just put up with it whether you like it or not and there is no such thing as marriage counseling or four-step programs or weekend therapy retreats, etc.. this stuff most likely will sound like something from outer space.
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Summary: Saved me, save my marriage
Review: I have read and re-read this book. The clarity and common sense approach offered here is so intuitively obvious upon reading I almost felt ashamed not understanding before. Not only is it well presented, Dr. Phil serves as effective cheer-leader along the way making one understand how empowered we are. Everything is possible, everything is in reach. The steps are presented logically and he helps the reader reason through common pitfalls. He helped me change me and my mindset in ways that had results within weeks and prepared me for coming decades of love.
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