Journal to the Self : Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth - Open the Door to Self-Understanding by Reading, Writing, and Creating a Journal of Your Life

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Summary: The 79-cent therapist
Review: This is a great book for begining writers, writers with writer's block or people trying to move along in therapy. I find that most of the best self help therapy books are actually books written for writers. I have tried oh so many books on building my self esteem but find that the books on writing do a far better job. I don't mean to imply that this is a book on self esteem but when you learn to go beyond the blocks that stop writers, you also get beyond the personal blocks that stop you in your day to day life. This is a book of lists that you create and they are about you and your life or the lives of those around you. This book helps you move beyond someone else telling you how to live your life and gets you going on drawing your own path; it's about finding out which ways work for you; what you enjoy doing and what you would like to be doing. It appears to be just about making lists but while your left brain is making lists, your right brain is having time to create and see what it can do with all these different ideas. I would recommend this book to writers, counselors and therapists and people just wanting to get out of the parking lot of their life