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Summary: Anxiety...Panic Attacks...Depression? Read on!
Review: After my uncle, with whom I was very close, took his own life about 3 months ago, my life become almost unbearable. Anxiety, panic attacks, depression, re-occuring thoughts of very bad things, driving my wife crazy, you name it.Started to see a shrink, and use SSRI's. It was helping but not going the distance. This book helped bridge the gap. Not only did it help me understand what was happening, but also how to get past the underlying issues and deal with the symptoms. My shrink thought it was a good idea, too...PhD in psychology, not MD. My advice: Do exactly as he suggests. Get a journal, document, name your Inner Child (you'll see) etc... It was odd and a bit scarey at first. I can not stress it enough. If you're going through the same terrifying BS I encountered, this is a must read!
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Summary: A Easy Solution To A Complicated Problem!
Review: I applaud Dr. Luciani and his simple, no nonsense, common sense aproach to combating anxiety. I had to take a medical leave from work because my daily bouts with worry had gotten the better of me. "Self Coaching" helped me get back to work and on with my life by teaching me how to drastically reduce the amount of unnecesssary anxiety that I struggled with for so long. I suggested this book to a friend who was having similar problems. I'm happy to report that he is now on the path to an anxiety free life. He thanked me up and down for my suggestion. At first glance I didn't think a method so basic could be effective with a problem that was so overwhelming. Now, after reading and practicing "Self Coaching" I can't understand why I thought a cure for anxiety had to be so complicated ! Thank you Dr. Luciani.
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Summary: A simple but profound idea
Review: I found this book charming and well-conceived. Coaching oneself out of mild depression or anxiety is a great idea! Why rely on someone else to do it for you when you can do it yourself? It's a simple but profound idea. I don't think this approach will work for moderate to severe depression or anxiety, but it may supplement other treatments in those cases. This book cheered me up! Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".
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Summary: Self Coaching helped my personality and life in every way
Review: I have always struggled with anxiety problems, but until recently i have been able to overcome them and move on. That is what mattered most to me in my life. This book can help even if you don't have anxiety or depression.
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Summary: This book changed my life in every way it needed to be
Review: I have always struggled with anxiety, this book changed all that. I highly recommend it to everyone. Even if you do not have depression or anxiety it can help you. Give it a try, you will not be dissapointed.
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Summary: A Wonderful gift
Review: I have given Self-Coaching to my adult children, my friends and my colleagues. Dr. Luciani has a unique way of getting to the heart of anxiety and depression and then offering successful methods of dealing with these problems. This is a book to read over and over throughout one's life. Thank you, Dr. Luciani.
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Summary: This book saved my life!
Review: I purchased Dr. Luciani's book a month ago and found it simple and to the point. For many years I've been over-thinking my severe anxiety and panic problems. I just assumed the answer had to be more complex, more complicated. Self-Coaching taught me otherwise! I've been reading self-help for the past decade and consider myself somewhat of an authority on the subject. To be honest, I wasn't expecting this book to be the answer, but as they say, the proof is in the pudding.
Forget what you think about anxiety and expensive remedies (threapy and the many tapes on anxiety I've accumulated included), buy this book and find out the simple truth about how to start feeling better. In just weeks, Dr. Luciani's technique of Self-talk taught me how to break my anxiety habit. I wish I could tell the world how well this program really, truly works!
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Summary: You won't believe how this book will change your life.
Review: I've just finished reading Dr. Luciani's book and after reading a recent Amazon review suggesting that Self-Coaching is essentially a book about positive affirmations, felt the need to respond. No one who has actually read this book can walk away feeling it is JUST about positive affirmations. That would not be possible. This is a powerful book of substance, simplicity, and profound depth. As Dr. Luciani says, positive thinking and affirmations are only half the solution, the other half is positively believing. He goes on to say that positive affirmations are important, but not nearly as important as getting to a point of believing what you tell yourself. And that's exactly what his technique of Self-Talk teaches you. It's not that hard, not once you realize that anxiety and depression are merely habits, habits that can be broken. I've personally tried many "positive thinking" approaches and can say without reservation that this book goes the distance where others just promise. It did for me!
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Summary: Feel free and relived
Review: If (like me) you have been looking for books on self-help, because you need something to wake you up or calm you down... I think you will get a lot of help from this book.
It doesn't tell you about Karma or ways of life, or the stars, the forces of nature or how to shape you to conquer more.
It does 3 things I was looking for a long time - it identifies the problem, relates with it (tells you things that will remind you of your own situations) and then gives a slap on your bottom and tells you how to get going.
I have been looking for a long time for such a book.
At least, you should give it a chance if you are feeling depressed or anxious for some time now... you will feel relifed and liberated. And it's just so simple...
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Summary: To the point and with depth
Review: If you suffer from depression or anxiety this is the best book. Undoing Depression by Richard O'Connor would be the second book you'd buy. Luciani has a Phd and has over twenty five years of experience. He has excellent communications skills; he doesn't waste time on meaningless or fancy words. The exercises are very helpful; there are screening and treatment exercises. It is a fast read with depth, a rarity. The skills you acquire from this book are life lasting.
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