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Summary: A must in any Home
Review: I am sixty seven years old and after listening to Relationship Rescue, I have purchased four more for friends and family. The best self-help book I have ever come across. I will forever be endebted to Dr. Phillip McGraw. This is a book that should be taught in our schools and especially for those becoming engaged to marry.
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Summary: Unbelievable
Review: This is a "in your face" wakeup for anyone who's relationship is in trouble. The fourth book that I have read on relationships and the first to really acknowledge the root of the problem. A must have for any relationship in trouble or not.
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Summary: Best Therapy!
Review: I'd recommend this book to people who are married, but better yet to those who are thinking of getting married. I wish I had this book BEFORE I got married because it would have allowed me to see some important things. God definitely directed me to this book. It's down to earth, cut to the chase therapy. Phil doesn't give you any sob stories or foolish psychological jargons. The book makes you look at you. We tend to point our fingers at the other person so much, that many times we forget to look at ourselves. The book makes you TOTALLY examine yourself till about three-fourths through the book....then you begin to focus on the other person. That's where healing really begins. Don't share this book with your partner in the beginning. I know my husband didn't want anything to do with the book. He hates books like this. Little did he know, it was because of the book that made me heal and change. Phil even talks about how begin to talk about what you learned to your partner. Don't waste your money on hours of marriage couseling....this book is all you need. The self-assessment tests that are included are awesome. I saw things I never thought about. I am not a reader, but I couldn't put this book down. If your relatioship is empty or has lost it's spark or has fallen on hard ground...this is the book to bring life back if both of you really want it.
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Summary: Great book...
Review: I bought this book after my husband "almost" left me & my son for another woman. Since I thought everything was back to normal, I kept the book in my drawer & left it unread for 3 months. Then suddenly, my husband wanted "out" again... and he said, that this time, "it's for good". There is no other woman involved (not to my knowledge) but he thinks it's over between us. After few sleepless nights without him, I thought that I would need a book to read... and I found this book again in my drawer. I started reading it... and still reading it (almost finished). The book is helping me not only to rescue my marriage but to better myself... and ifever my husband and I will not end up together... I will be "practicing" what I am learning from this book... The book is absolutely to make myself a better person not only to my partner but also to my son, family & friends.
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Summary: The Companion Book to "Rescue"?
Review: What amazes me more and more as I read these types of books as that virtually every author says that, bottom line, one has to take the focus off what the spouse is or isn't doing and focus inward, looking at what one's self is or is not doing and why. Phil tries to ingrain this point on readers over and over both on Oprah and in his book. He does, indeed, tell it like it is. His style might not always be kind and gentle, but I think that's a strength where he is concern. In any case, I highly recommend not only this book but Debbie Ford's "Spiritual Divorce" which I think is the perfect companion book to "Relationship Rescue." And before you dismiss it because you are not thinking of divorce or separating from your particular, I very much suggest that you give this book a look-see. The title is a misnomer since it is so much more than a book for people divorcing. If you are trying to figure out how to improve your marriage, save your marriage, better a relationship with a a friend or a co-worker, prepare yourself for a relationship with a significant other or just improve your relationship with yourself, this is so the book for you.Like Phil, Ford emphasizes the need to look within at one's own self.Do the work on yourself and the rest will to a large extent fall into place. Her style is, like Phil's straighforward, but in a different, maybe more "spiritual" way. I guess it's no accident that both Phil and Debbie Ford have appeared on Oprah. Two separate styles but one mind.If you have both these titles on your nightstand, and you really put them into action, I can't see how they cannot help you on your life's journey. They are definitely helping me.
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Summary: A must for anyone in a troubling relationship
Review: Mr. McGraw has the ability to get straight to the root of the problem and give common-sense solutions. This is like a slap upside your head to where you are saying: "Ahhh, so that's why?" He makse sense on Oprah Winfrey's show, and he makes even more sense with his book. If you have a relationship problem, he has probably already heard it before, and here is where you will find a possible solution. One of the best books out there for this subject. Perry Rose, author of I Love you...Will You Marry Me?! & Women, Sex And Dating, For The Single Man.
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Summary: Hooray, Ok, but it ain't easy to do
Review: I love the premise, but then I love how the love story unfolds in Defenders of the Holy Grail (Once I got past that first chapter). It is too easy these days to chuck and say your spouse bleeps! Too many people encourage us to "move on" and kiss off our past. So, I say hooray for this book.
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Summary: Very happily married
Review: This book was very helpful after the birth of my first child. My husband and I have always had a loving and communicative relationship but of course, the stresses of becoming new parents can be many. The motivation was to maintain, rather than 'improve' the quality of our relationship. The book actually accomplished both. It more than met our expectations and is amazing in its ability to ask frank questions that reveal a tremendous amount of insight when answered honestly. At a point in our lives when time and energy were scarce resources this book disabled the over-tired, under-appreciated and 'reactive' response mechanism that was beginning to surface in each of us and instead helped us navigate a clear path to meeting each others needs. Speaking personally, it enabled 'hormonally challenged and lactating' me to get a grip and act decisively instead of just fumbling in confusion or becoming defensive. I can only gratefully guess how many hurt feelings were avoided as a result. I am a better wife, mom and human being because of this book. I really do think that everyone has something to gain from reading it. -- Well worth the price.
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Summary: Beyond Rescue
Review: "Relationship Rescue" is helpful and clear. I agree with a previous reviewer that the best follow up to read is "relationship Pain" by Ralph Schillace, Ph.D. "Relationship Pain" is an in-depth, clearly written consideration of romantic, family and workplace relationships. The author uses clear examples, case histories from his practice and understandable ideas. For example, he explains the difference between constructive and destructive relationship pain, how all our relationship experiences are related, why betrayal and rejection in intimate relationships can cause extensive, life-long damage and then how to cultivate healthy relationships which contribute to personal fulfillment.
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Summary: More relationship help
Review: "Relationship Rescue" is helpful and it whets your appetire for more information. Try "Relationship Pain" by Ralph Schillace,Ph.D. for a more challenging consideration of relationship issues in romantic, family and work situations. After the rescue find relationship health and joy.
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