Loving What Is : Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

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Summary: It can change your outlook
Review: Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has changed my outlook on many things in my life. The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is that it may not be what it takes to fix more severe problems in life such as mentioned in the review by Skye entitled "'The Work' may potentially harm". More severe issues such as those brought on by the trama of childhood molestation will most likely need more therapy then that contained in this book. But for those that find themselves looking at life, in general, the wrong way it is a must read.

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Summary: It's simple, it's usable, it works.
Review: This book is about a very simple tool to change your life: ask yourself 4 questions. Nothing more, nothing less. When you do this with every thought that gives you stress you end up where all the other self-help and religious books try to bring you: pure happiness. Happiness with what is, with reality. It works. And strangely enough: your life changes. Your relationships change, everything gets better. But you end up not caring whether they change or not, because you're happy anyway. Total freedom!
You don't have to change your thinking, you don't have to go through workbooks, you just ask yourself these four questions whenever you feel like they might help.
Just a quick note about the concerns of review 'True to a point...'. I've heard Katie say several times: 'When I've come to love someone unconditionally, it doesn't mean I have to live with them!' So if someone abuses you, you can learn to love them, but you can still leave! Simply because you've also learned to love yourself too much to be hurt this way. But you leave without pain, without resentment, without wanting revenge etc.