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Summary: A great concept and practical ways of making it happen.
Review: I'd give this 5 stars but I haven't finished it yet. What I have read, however, is a powerful statement and justification of taking some time off for yourself and how that can be done regardless of the demands on your time. The biggest obstacle in our way is our reluctance to be selfish - putting ourselves first for a change and realizing that if we don't take care of us, we really can't take proper care of anyone or anything else.I'm looking forward to choosing the focus of my year and putting it into practice!
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Summary: It's been done better before.
Review: It's not just that there's nothing new under the sun -- there's nothing new here. I finished reading this yesterday, and today I can't remember one affirmative, original concept from the book. On the other hand, I read Stephen Levine's "A Year to Live" six months ago, and the concepts and images from that book are still crystal-clear in my mind. I'd skip Mira Kirshenbaum and go straight to the heart and soul -- Stephen Levine.
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Summary: It's been done better before.
Review: It's not just that there's nothing new under the sun -- there's nothing new here. I finished reading this yesterday, and today I can't remember one affirmative, original concept from the book. On the other hand, I read Stephen Levine's "A Year to Live" six months ago, and the concepts and images from that book are still crystal-clear in my mind. I'd skip Mira Kirshenbaum and go straight to the heart and soul -- Stephen Levine.
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Summary: Life Changing & Uplifting
Review: Mira Kirshenbaum spoke to the suffocating woman inside of me. I know she speaks to all women when she asks, "how does a part of yourself ever turn up missing in the first place?" This was a gift from my mother for my 25th birthday. As a wife, full-time working mother of a four year old and all around self-inflicted super woman, I had a "sense" that a small part of me (okay a huge part) was slowly drowning in that turbulent sea we call everyday life. I trusted & loved my mother enough that if she felt it was important to give this book to me - than perhaps I better read it. I couldn't have anticipated the amazing transformation my soul would undergo. Through reading this book I was given the tools to find a center again that was in me, rather than outside of myself. I have a renewed anticipation of the wonders my life has to offer me. I have now purchased four copies to give to my closests friends, including my mother. I truly feel that it is that crucial and rewarding for all women to read this book. If you THINK you need to regain your spirit at the start of this book you'll KNOW you need to by the end. Be prepared to have a few good crys and to have a weight lifted from your shoulders, namely the world. You really can breathe again and she'll show you how.
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Summary: Life Changing & Uplifting
Review: Mira Kirshenbaum spoke to the suffocating woman inside of me. I know she speaks to all women when she asks, "how does a part of yourself ever turn up missing in the first place?" This was a gift from my mother for my 25th birthday. As a wife, full-time working mother of a four year old and all around self-inflicted super woman, I had a "sense" that a small part of me (okay a huge part) was slowly drowning in that turbulent sea we call everyday life. I trusted & loved my mother enough that if she felt it was important to give this book to me - than perhaps I better read it. I couldn't have anticipated the amazing transformation my soul would undergo. Through reading this book I was given the tools to find a center again that was in me, rather than outside of myself. I have a renewed anticipation of the wonders my life has to offer me. I have now purchased four copies to give to my closests friends, including my mother. I truly feel that it is that crucial and rewarding for all women to read this book. If you THINK you need to regain your spirit at the start of this book you'll KNOW you need to by the end. Be prepared to have a few good crys and to have a weight lifted from your shoulders, namely the world. You really can breathe again and she'll show you how.
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