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Summary: What a relief
Review: A must read for dealing with all the "extra" headaches that come from moving. I was relieved to learn I wasn't going crazy but, experiencing many of the same emotional ups and downs as many other people who've moved across country. When ever I move again I will be much better preparded. Very well organized, no need to deal with issues around moving a family if you're moving by yourself, you can go directly to the section that fits your particular situation.
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Summary: What a relief
Review: A must read for dealing with all the "extra" headaches that come from moving. I was relieved to learn I wasn't going crazy but, experiencing many of the same emotional ups and downs as many other people who've moved across country. When ever I move again I will be much better preparded. Very well organized, no need to deal with issues around moving a family if you're moving by yourself, you can go directly to the section that fits your particular situation.
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Summary: Well written, clear and creative book .
Review: As a counselor of relocated family members, I can highly recommend this book as an articulate, and creative look at the difficult stages of transition. Goodwin writes about both the practical issues (how to find what where) and the emotional/psychological issues (how moving affects your identity in three different ways) creatively and with an upbeat tone that is supportive, informative, and fun to read.
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Summary: Dead Weight
Review: As a person affected positively and negatively by several moves I was looking for help in making a decision about a "big" move. This book opened me up to many of the ways in which "place" is so important. There's more to think about than packing boxes. I've read it more than once and am still working with the questions she raises. If you're undecided about moving somewhere...read it. Definitely a unique look at the interaction between people and their environment.
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Summary: Att: Independant Skilled movers
Review: I read this book one year before I immigrated to Canada from Lebanon .
I found it - eventough helpful - insulting to the more intelligent reader.
It has a somehow discouraging tone. It had no treatment for the case of independant movers. The section was just few things where a lot could have been said about Independant Skilled workers movers...It did not contain tricks and ideas that I was expecting...
However, few things in this book were really helpful.
Later, after I moved to Canada, I found that most of the fears that the book expose did not apply...maybe it helped me!
But I feel that I could write a much better book now!
The Winning point that makes you need to buy this book is this: This book is good reference to go back to from time to time
It entertain your immigrant souls it helps you clear your head about few things if you are too lazy to think that about them.
that is why the 4 stars.
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Summary: A Must Read For Movers With Kids
Review: My plans for the future include moving from my lifetime home and trying a new adventure.
This easily accessible book is providing much needed guidelines for how to proceed and what the literal roadblocks may well be.
Helps to pare down the anxiety to managable levels and get intuitive answers needed for life goals!
Enjoy!
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Summary: Dead Weight
Review: The book fails to offer constructive advice about how to overcome the problems it mentions. Yes, moving can be lonely and depressing. But I expected ideas, not just soft psychotherapy. Ideas like: Subscribe to the new place's newspaper for a couple of months before you go; Volunteer in the new place for Hospice, a soup kitchen, a women's shelter, a hospital, Habitat for Humanity; Get involved in political activity, your child's school, Neighborhood Watch, a religious group; Learn about activities in your interests before you go (classes, clubs, etc.) Subscribe to an email list about the new place before you go. It's possible that a few of these ideas may be somewhere in the book - in all honesty, the "pity party" tone annoyed me so much I didn't do more than skim some of it. And there's no index, a serious flaw if it does contain any real information. But in all honesty, it doesn't seem to. I've moved a fair amount - South, Midwest and West. I can think of one move, when I was very young and immature, when this book would have been helpful. Since then, I'd say it would be just dead weight in a moving box.
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Summary: Don't Leave Home Without It
Review: Thinking about a life change? I mean a really big one, in a word, relocation. Then "MAKING THE BIG MOVE" by Cathy Goodwin is the book for you. Don't leave home without it. Subtitled "How to Transform Relocation into a Creative Life Transition," this guide takes you step-by-step through the inner processes of relocation that impact your life. If you are looking for practical advice on how to pack or find suitable housing in a new area, look elsewhere. No, it is not another feng shui tome either. Goodwin, a marketing professor, who has lived in over a dozen cities across North America, gets to the heart of the whole matter - those underlying fears that turn a life transition into a moving hell. Goodwin's goal is to help us take advantage of relocation as an opportunity for personal growth. She does this by breaking the move into four distinct phases: separation, transformation, integration and maintenance. Those who have not yet decided whether to make a move will find Part 1 extremely useful. There are exercises to help you sort out your feelings and deal with your sense of loss as well as several identity crises: your self-identity, your social identity, and your paper or transaction identity. In Part 2, Goodwin delves into the various phases listed above and presents more practical exercises to help you deal with each one such as a "Plan for Fear" and a "Plan for Being a Newcomer." In the Oracle exercise, you get a chance to test your psychic predictions like "I'll have more cultural knowledge but my tennis game will be shot" or "I'll drink less, eat more, and take more walks on the beach." In Part 3, Goodwin provides information and exercises that focus on specific problems facing many movers. These chapters cover moving a family, moving along, moving out of the country, the corporate move and helping others move. While not exhausting, the exercises presented are rather time-consuming, but so if fear and stress. As Goodwin rightly points out: "Stress can distort your perceptions. A fearful, anxious person will make poor decisions, leading to more problems...Time spent worrying is time spent depleting energy that you are desperately going to need during a turbulent transition." That's certainly good advice, and Goodwin follows it up with a wealth of useful exercises and suggestion to reduce the fear and stress of moving. So, if you are planning a big move, remember: don't leave home with out "MAKING THE BIG MOVE."
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Summary: Don't Leave Home Without It
Review: Thinking about a life change? I mean a really big one, in a word, relocation. Then "MAKING THE BIG MOVE" by Cathy Goodwin is the book for you. Don't leave home without it. Subtitled "How to Transform Relocation into a Creative Life Transition," this guide takes you step-by-step through the inner processes of relocation that impact your life. If you are looking for practical advice on how to pack or find suitable housing in a new area, look elsewhere. No, it is not another feng shui tome either. Goodwin, a marketing professor, who has lived in over a dozen cities across North America, gets to the heart of the whole matter - those underlying fears that turn a life transition into a moving hell. Goodwin's goal is to help us take advantage of relocation as an opportunity for personal growth. She does this by breaking the move into four distinct phases: separation, transformation, integration and maintenance. Those who have not yet decided whether to make a move will find Part 1 extremely useful. There are exercises to help you sort out your feelings and deal with your sense of loss as well as several identity crises: your self-identity, your social identity, and your paper or transaction identity. In Part 2, Goodwin delves into the various phases listed above and presents more practical exercises to help you deal with each one such as a "Plan for Fear" and a "Plan for Being a Newcomer." In the Oracle exercise, you get a chance to test your psychic predictions like "I'll have more cultural knowledge but my tennis game will be shot" or "I'll drink less, eat more, and take more walks on the beach." In Part 3, Goodwin provides information and exercises that focus on specific problems facing many movers. These chapters cover moving a family, moving along, moving out of the country, the corporate move and helping others move. While not exhausting, the exercises presented are rather time-consuming, but so if fear and stress. As Goodwin rightly points out: "Stress can distort your perceptions. A fearful, anxious person will make poor decisions, leading to more problems...Time spent worrying is time spent depleting energy that you are desperately going to need during a turbulent transition." That's certainly good advice, and Goodwin follows it up with a wealth of useful exercises and suggestion to reduce the fear and stress of moving. So, if you are planning a big move, remember: don't leave home with out "MAKING THE BIG MOVE."
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Summary: Very helpful book..
Review: This book was useful to me. I realized that I was mourning a move two moves ago! :-) Explains a lot of the emotional stuff we go through as part of a move that we may not be expecting, may not understand, other may not be prepared to support us through. This book isn't a "how-to" checklist type of book. It was unique look at moving, how to decide whether to move, steps you can take to make the move smooth and derail any possible emotional upsets. Well worth the price.
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