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UC Gratitude And Trust--CANCELED: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life (2000)

by Paul Williams(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0147516390 (ISBN13: 9780147516398)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

review 1: Gratitude & Trust was written by songwriter & actor, Paul Williams and TV & film writer, Tracey Jackson. Paul Williams has been sober for more than 20 years; from alcoholism and drug abuse. Tracey Jackson has never been an alcoholic or drug addict. Together, they have written a book for those who are not recovering addicts, but who face certain obstacles due to dysfunctional family issues, emotional eating, dealing with negative people, etc... They have created affirmations to be used daily in controlling or ridding ourselves of these self-sabotaging behaviors. In the beginning they have you go through a list of 'learned' behaviors, identifying how your childhood experiences mold you into the adult you are today; i.e. are you a 'workaholic', 'rageaholic', 'a victim', ... moreetc.... Once you identify what your particular category is, they present you with the six affirmations: 1. Something needs to change, and it's probably me.2. I don't know how to do this but something inside me does.3. I will learn from my mistakes and not defend them.4. I will make right the wrongs I've done whatever possible.5. I will examine my behavior on a daily basis.6. I will live in love and service, gratitude and trust.I followed their advice and read the book, from here, straight through. I will certainly go back and re-read the sections that I feel I will find most beneficial to me going forward; making notes, highlighting, etc... I have never seen a book like this before, where it is accessible to both recovering addicts and non-addicts. People like you and me who may need some guidance in finding out what issues/behaviors may be holding us back in our personal or professional lives. And then giving us the tools to work through it/them. You discover that you overeat at certain times, breaking the diet you've worked so hard on. You discover what has been triggering that self-sabotage, and you now have the affirmations and tools to begin helping you stop this behavior. That's just one example. I also liked the section on how to deal with difficult people; people who push your buttons whenever you're around them. Family members or co-workers or bosses. Also, inter-woven in each chapter, are personal accounts and experiences from Mr. Williams and Ms. Jackson. I liked reading their experiences, good and bad. It gave the book a personal touch that made them more 'accessible' - not reading a book written by a doctor or someone who you may feel is talking down to you. You're reading honest, heart-felt accounts by two people who work hard to live a good life and honestly what to help as many people as they can live better lives, too.Really good book!
review 2: I received this book free through Goodreads First reads. This book has at least one chapter that will speak to anyone, regardless of their situation. The reason it only got 3 stars from me, is because part of the content wasn't readable so there were things I missed. Anything that printed on the left side was very faint, especially anything that was in a shaded box (actually unable to decipher those at all). This was an uncorrected proof, but still, I can't rate it well if I can't read it. For the things I was able to read, this book could be truly helpful. You need to read it with an open mind, know that not all sections will pertain to you and you may not relate to some of the questions/scenarios, but it's still helpful. This book helps you self reflect but I would have to reference to it often in order to make serious life-long changes (to be reminded and encouraged to soul search). Nothing in this book is rocket science, your mind isn't going to be blown; but it reminds you of things that we forget in our hectic lives (Ex: the world is filled with nasty people and we have to learn to live with them.) I found myself seeing a lot of interesting facts like this which reminded me of those stock images people post on facebook and pinterest with witty snippets of text over them. Anyways, it's a good book but I just wasn't able to really get full use out of it due to the bad print on my uncorrected proof. less

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