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Summary: A book the world needs
Review: As a psychologist, I have long been a fan of Dr. Edward Hallowell's best-selling books ("Driven to Distraction"; Worry"), and have recommended them to many people. One of Dr. Hallowell's gifts is his ability to connect with readers by approaching them with respect, and by writing in a warm, friendly, jargon-free style. He does it again in his latest and best book yet: "Connect." Reading "Connect" made a three hour plane ride go by as if it were three minutes. Hallowell sees "connectedness" as key to an individual's mental, social, emotional, and physical health -- and he traces many of our personal, interpersonal, and societal problems to the disconnectedness in our lives. The concept is so simple, yet so profound. Once you begin to think about it, you see how true it is. ATM's, virtual offices, and Internet shopping sever human connection; the stress-filled, hurried lives so many people lead have eroded connections with one's spouse or partner, children, extended family, and neighbors. Hallowell points out the importance of feeling connected to one's work, faith, and culture; to the past and the future; to nature and art and music. Hallowell's book includes a lot of autobiographical anecdotes, childhood remembrances, and stories about clients and other people the author knows or has read about. Far more than just a self-help book, "Connect" has the power and suspense of a novel. In a chapter that is destined to become a classic in the literature of psychiatry and psychotherapy, Hallowell writes about one of his patients, a schizophrenic with whom he first communicated by writing a line of poetry. The patient responded, and the two connected over "poem therapy." It is one of the most powerful, touching stories of two human beings connecting you will ever read. Hallowell wisely puts most of his "how-to" advice in one chapter. This not only makes his suggestions for increasing connectedness in one's life readily accessible, but frees the other chapters to be lyrical, philosophical, and moving. The construct of connectedness is one that people need to embrace if they wish to improve the quality of their lives and relationships. This book is destined to become a benchmark in the discourse of our culture.
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Summary: Every therapist should own this book
Review: As a therapist and specialist in Gerontogy, I believe that this book is a must. I have always been aware that isolation is leading to depression, decline of mental as well as physical health. This book not only verifies my theory, but also gives me ideas as to how to help my clients ( and even friends and others)to connect. Thank you,Ned for writing this book!
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Summary: "Connect" it does!
Review: Hallowell's Connect does just that-it connects us back to the reality of life and to its simplicity. His clarity and straightforward honesty are appealing and make one realize that life is what we make it. This man speaks from experience and from authority within his field. He is sensitive, honest, and optimistic-all qualities that are redeeming in today's society. I found his lines to jump off the page at times and to seem achingly familiar. He deserves an A for his honesty, his wit and his desire to ease our pain.
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Summary: "Connect" will help individuals and families.
Review: I loved Dr. Hallowell's book, "Connect", and I want to recommend it strongly. Like most excellent ideas, it seems deceptively simple at first, i.e. people feel better when they are connected to other people and to institutions and ideas, than they do when they isolate themselves. But as a counselor who has worked with runaway, homeless, and delinquent youth for the past 17 years, I can attest to the fact that this simple idea is not necessarily an obvious one. I have seen countless angry and despairing families who feel that their problems are so shameful that they have isolated themselves from all who might have helped them...extended family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and their religious leaders. Children who have been abused within their families feel alienated from all adults, and therefore seek support in gangs or drugs. What helps these youth and families is when they begin to reach out and tell their problems to others, and if they had followed Dr. Hallowell's guidance, their connections with friends and families might have helped them long before the problems became serious. When Dr. Hallowell talks about his own childhood problems and relationships he reveals that he knows that relationships can be painful as well as rewarding. I appreciate his courage in talking about his own childhood instead of staying safe and intellectual. It is this courage of his, far more than his degrees, that helps me understand and believe what he says. "Connect" is readable and wise. The world would be a better place if everyone read the book and followed its precepts.
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Summary: You must read this!
Review: I'm fortunate--just how lucky hadn't occurred to me until I attended a graveside service for a memober of our religios community. As I looked around at the scores of people gathered there, I realized I had a personal bond with each one. In CONNECT, Hallowell affirms the necessity of connected relationships for every individual: to onself, lGod, work, others, and community to mention a few. The latest research shows that connected people live longer and have healthier lives. Ah hah! That explains why nuns age so gracefully. I'm lucky--I'm one of them and this book affirms what I've known all along--how good my connected life really is. A well written and very personal testimony to this vital ingredient--in danger of extention in this electronic age. Also great reading for a monastic! Sr Clare Community of Jesus
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Summary: Among the many "self-help" books, this is one not to miss!
Review: It's generally poor form to move one's lips while reading. But, how about head-nodding? There's a lot of that going on with Ned Hallowell's new release, CONNECT. Psychiatrist Hallowell serves up "required reading" that is both pleasureful and powerful for today's warp speed, beeper-toting virtual society. A return to basics, by recalling our primordial need to establish and maintain meaningful connections in our lives. This is not a "touchy-feely" book; but, rather, a compendium of 20+ years of psychiatric case studies, including Hallowell's own disturbed childhood, from which emerges the irrefutable conclusion that connection...with family, friends, ideals, past, ourselves...will restore balance in our all too often out-of-round lives. With his Harvard English major background, Hallowell seasons his prescription with apt quotes from Conrad to Shakespeare, and makes his point time after time with true life stories both poignant and relevant. CONNECT is an eaay and enjoyable read...a spoonful of honey with the elixir of life. Clinically tested, hopefully addictive, and available everywhere.
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Summary: Connect by Edward M Hallowell
Review: This is an excellent writing. Dr. Hallowell's incite and awareness of the human need for connecting in all, and any, walks of life is of most important to the human race to enable us to better relate to the entire world...NEAR AND FAR!!!
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Summary: Connect by Edward M Hallowell
Review: This is an excellent writing. Dr. Hallowell's incite and awareness of the human need for connecting in all, and any, walks of life is of most important to the human race to enable us to better relate to the entire world...NEAR AND FAR!!!
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Summary: Among the many "self-help" books, this is one not to miss!
Review: When one evaluates the choices in a psychology or "self help" section in a bookstore (or online), the selection is overwhelming. Without a specific recommendation from a trusted source, it is often difficult to determine which authors have real credibility. Because I have gleaned many useful ideas from four of Dr. Hallowell's earlier books, I was pleased to see another. While I found Driven to Distraction, Answers to Distraction, and Worry excellent reading, my favorite to date was an out of-print book, Finding the Heart of the Child. Connect, while having its own distinct purposes, is similar to "Finding the Heart"in that it reveals the gentle and loving "heart" of the author, who openly shares his incredible life story in a manner that enables the reader to better understand the importance of his message. In our frentic "cyber-world", it is not possible to stay adeqately connected to family, friends and institutions without really intentionality. This book offers scientific, thought provoking evidence of the value of being connected. Supporting arguments in Connect are powerful because they are based on moving real-life stories of people who have managed rich and full lives, despite challenges that might have been ruinous for them and their perspectives.
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