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Bezig met laden... Help Me!door Marianne Power
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Interesting book. Lots of ups and downs for the author. Not sure some of the stuff isn’t exaggerated, but a sort of fun read none the less ( ) This book came to my notice after a dry joke by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his latest book. Because hasn't everyone wondered if they really work? I'll fully admit to skimming most of the middle section. Of all the books to focus on, my least favorite got two chapters. I was already aware that the attitude the writer (of the book Powers was focusing on) was seeking led to a bad place(mentally). But, as soon as I slipped past that part, I started to become engrossed in the subtle personal developments. I was really impressed with the epiphany the writer had and was immensely glad that yet another person is normalizing therapy. Her finale was quite good, as were her mother's observations. Now I'm furiously browsing through my shelves to see how many self-help books I've actually read and loved. Are they worth it? I was a bit shocked with Power's blunt honesty about her perceptions of herself: did she really see herself like that? And I realised probably yes... so how refreshing to have this authenticity, vulnerability and humour to share with her readers her darkest hours. Power probably went much deeper than most in her ambitions - and certainly misguided in her application of the advice in the books she read - but she's also a testimony to who we can be as people: extreme, fun, dark, passionate, depressed, victorious... this book has all the emotions with the sharp eye of the journalist. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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For years Journalist Marianne Power lined her bookshelves with dog-eared copies of definitive guides on how to live your best life, dipping in and out of self-help books when she needed them most. Then, one day, she woke up to find that the life she hoped for and the life she was living were worlds apart--and she set out to make some big changes. Marianne decided to finally find out if her elusive "perfect existence"--the one without debt, anxiety, or hangover Netflix marathons, the one where she healthily bounced around town and met the cashmere-sweater-wearing man of her dreams--really did lie in the pages of our best known and acclaimed self help books. She vowed to test a book a month for one year, following its advice to the letter, taking what she hoped would be the surest path to a flawless new her. But as the months passed and Marianne's reality was turned upside down, she found herself confronted with a different question: Self-help can change your life, but is it for the better?With humor, audacity, disarming candor and unassuming wisdom, in Help Me Marianne Power plumbs the trials and tests of being a modern woman in a "have it all" culture, and what it really means to be our very best selves. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)158.1Philosophy and Psychology Psychology Applied Psychology Personal improvement and analysisLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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