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Summary: A classic reference for our society's cries for help
Review: A RETURN TO INNOCENCE, written as letters exchanged between Dr. Schwartz and his young sixteen-year-old friend Patrick Buckley, is a cogent message to adults and youth of our present society, urging us all to rediscover and re-embrace the customs and traditions of moral values which we have so long abandoned or shrugged off as no longer necessary for our existence.Infused with information from today's scientific research on the chemical changes the brain can undergo, the book also details, using historical accounts, how such changes can come about when a person's mind--i.e., a person's will--makes conscious decisions and choices necessary to alter the brain chemistry. In essence, a person can therefore choose constructive brain chemistry as opposed to destructive brain chemistry. The book also broadens the application of the basic principles that were presented in Dr. Schwartz's book entitled BRAIN LOCK, especially the principles concerning mindfulness and the "Impartial Spectator." The book gives the reader a look into a surprisingly tender and most honest communication between two men--one the regardful father figure, the other, the respectful teenage son. Matters of morality, love, self-preservation and honest friendship are explored with heartfelt conversation between the two friends. Dr. Schwartz also addresses the issues of OCD in this book, and definitely adds to the dimensions of understanding this disease and how behavior therapy methods can help a person control this chronic condition. It is a book which can help redirect our thinking in answering society's urgent cries for help
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Summary: Obvious advice, borring, full of it, etc...
Review: I can't believe this got good reviews. If you want some obvious advice from a guy who loves to dish it out. This guy is so fake and full of it. Maybe if he would tone it down a little I would have gone for it, but I don't buy it.
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Summary: Fabulous
Review: I'm not an extremely educated person, but I have always had some level of understanding in why people behave the way they do. This book seemed to help confirm my feelings. Being based on both science, and spirituality, I believe that this book portrays a truth, that people should try to understand rather than ignore, and hopefully try to Return to Innocence which is good for everyone.
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Summary: The Road to Becoming a Mature Adult
Review: Return to Innocence is a thought provoking guide to the physical and emotional development of older teens. This is an ideal gift for a sixteenth birthday. Written as correspondence between a young man and distant mentor, young women can also benefit, learning about themselves as well as about young men. Rather than preaching rules of behavior, Schwartz provides enlightening and inspiring perspectives on the wonderous abilities for young adults to develop a strong inner self control over impulsive behaviors; the ones that are destructive and counterproductive. As a high school nurse, I found this book to be a great resource for inspiring those teens who are at the crossroads of life - looking for which path to take. Mostly they want to be inspired; to often they are not.
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Summary: The Road to Becoming a Mature Adult
Review: Return to Innocence is a thought provoking guide to the physical and emotional development of older teens. This is an ideal gift for a sixteenth birthday. Written as correspondence between a young man and distant mentor, young women can also benefit, learning about themselves as well as about young men. Rather than preaching rules of behavior, Schwartz provides enlightening and inspiring perspectives on the wonderous abilities for young adults to develop a strong inner self control over impulsive behaviors; the ones that are destructive and counterproductive. As a high school nurse, I found this book to be a great resource for inspiring those teens who are at the crossroads of life - looking for which path to take. Mostly they want to be inspired; to often they are not.
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