I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.
Read from November 20 to December 13, 2015
Read from November 20 to December 13, 2015
Sypnosis:Too busy to take up a
meditation practice? You don't have to with this collection of short
essays by Catherine Auman, LMFT. The reader will experience mindful
awakenings about spirituality, relationships, love, tantric sex, and how
to become a better person. "Catherine Auman's intelligent work inspires
my heart and mind and echoes with her profound humanity. I feel
grateful and happy that people can learn and practice with such a
trustworthy guide." --Trudy Goodman, PhD, Senior Vipassana teacher and
Founder of InsightLA "The psychological teachings are eye opening and
are weaved in with nuanced spiritual wisdom...She is a wonderful
teacher." --Alan Gettis, PhD, author of It's All Part of the Dance:
Finding Happiness in an Upside Down World "I love the wisdom that
Catherine offers; her writings always bring me back to a more humbled,
in-tune and spiritually-connected place." --Sara Lederer, PhD, Licensed
Psychologist and Professor at Argosy University "Brilliant and
Inspiring...Her insights are down-to-earth, thought-provoking, and
life-changing. I love to share Catherine's amazing essays with my
clients, as I know each one of them will be transformative and
impactful." --Saida Desilets, PhD, author of Emergence of the Sensual
Woman
Pages:266
Rating:★★☆☆☆
Thoughts: Mostly skimmed through and very closely became and DNF, but I forced myself to skim the rest.
Although this book had great insight, I didn't like the set up of a different short story/essay on every 1-2 pages. It got confusing. I'd want to hear more about one subject but the author had moved on to the next. The setup of the stories reminded me of Chicken Soup for the Soul and I wish it had chapters such as Family, Friends, Sex, Etc so that I could easily go back to some pretty good advice on certain pages. I also kept wanting to insert tabs or highlight in the book for pages/chapters to come back to.
Although this had some great advice, this book wound up seeming more like an advertisement to go to a psychotherapist.
Two stars because it had me stop skimming dead in my tracks a few times to soak in great advice such as the pages/chapter titled "You don't have to kill your parents", "Top-ten non drug treatments for depression", and "You have to let them drown", but I didn't like the setup nor the fact that it began to come off as an ad for psychotherapy.
Although this book had great insight, I didn't like the set up of a different short story/essay on every 1-2 pages. It got confusing. I'd want to hear more about one subject but the author had moved on to the next. The setup of the stories reminded me of Chicken Soup for the Soul and I wish it had chapters such as Family, Friends, Sex, Etc so that I could easily go back to some pretty good advice on certain pages. I also kept wanting to insert tabs or highlight in the book for pages/chapters to come back to.
Although this had some great advice, this book wound up seeming more like an advertisement to go to a psychotherapist.
Two stars because it had me stop skimming dead in my tracks a few times to soak in great advice such as the pages/chapter titled "You don't have to kill your parents", "Top-ten non drug treatments for depression", and "You have to let them drown", but I didn't like the setup nor the fact that it began to come off as an ad for psychotherapy.
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