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Summary: Good reading
Review: This book helped me to know myself better because I felt that she had written it especially for me. This is a book I have recommended to all of my friends and my family.
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Summary: Amazing Book
Review: This book was amazing. I recently had my heart broken by someone who I was certain was THE one. This book helped me realize that I have all the strength that I can ever need within myself and all the love that I can ever need from God. This author has an excellent way of helping the readers discover themselves and and making them believe in themselves. I would recommend this book to anyone suffering from a broken heart.
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Summary: CLEVER ANALOGIES FOR FINDING AND KEEPING LOVING RELATIONSHIP
Review: I liked Iyanla clever writting style very much. In a fun and light way she presents ways in which the reader can look at what works and doesn't work in their relationships with others and themselves. By "cleaning our windows" and "cleaning out the refrigerator" and so on, we can see what we have in our lives.Another great book that I recommend is called "Working On Yourself Doesn't Work" by Ariel and Shya Kane. I found the Kanes' book to be the BEST BOOK ON PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION I have read, it is a very humorous, easy to read and inspiring book. And as the title states without working on myself, the Kanes' book has enabled me to "see" how I operate in my life, including at work and in relationships, which has enabled me to create a REWARDING, SATISFYING AND LOVING LIFE. The Kanes have some great audio tapes aswell, check out their "Magical Realtionships."
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Summary: If it is meant to be
Review: I have read this book many times, and each time I find joy and comfort in what is written within the pages of it. I have read the reviews of others that said they got little to nothing out of the book and it didn't pertain to their particular life. Well maybe not, but it is an overall view of life and lifes situations. I truley belive that if you are not ready to accept the facts and the information she has given, you will be on of those people who do not like the book. If you are ready to stand tall where you are at, and in who you are, she gives you the tools to do so!
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Summary: Love, and more!
Review: Hey fellow spiritual readers, I am writing this review to tell you this is a GREAT book, about how we as people often mistake love, for lust, and when we think we NEED love above all! It's not true, and Iyanla Vanzant says this perfectly! She tells us how we need to love ourselves with many good personal experinces to friends issues themselves. If we don't want to be stuck "In the meantime forever" then this is a must read for anyone who wants to believe in themselves and love themselves!
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Summary: Internal Truth!
Review: This is a wonderful book that would be appropriate for almost all the women I know! It identifies internal turmoil and forces you to reach down inside yourself to find the strength you need to achieve self-acceptance and peace. I have bought this book for many of my friends. Enjoy the journey!
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Summary: Common sense, faith and integrity with a spiritual spin
Review: When I think of what makes some of the best spiritual/self-help books on the market great in terms of sales or actual content, I come to the conclusion that it is not so much in the revolutionary ideas the writers may articulate within, but the tried and true, basic, common sense your Grandmother taught you while cooking, or your Pops while fishing, that is put in today's vernacular. IN THE MEANTIME is a good example of that. The experience of being in limbo, not knowing what you want, where to go, how you got exactly where you are, where you should go from here, what you just lost and what you are about to lose- it is all stuff that every human being over the age of six can relate to (in fact, maybe, age TWO). And yet our ears are so closed, it seems, to our elders telling us all of what Iyanla tells us in this book, with the catchy metaphor of cleaning house and the equally catchy title ("... and in-between time"). Nonetheless- perhaps, as I said, specifically because of that- her book works well. It is by no means a masterpiece. The stories of falling in and out of love are pretty much standard rep for these kinds of books (and hers in particular). More stories of being in career or moral limbo- people discovering that their talent is bigger than their everyday dreams or cynicisms, or those Hamlet moments in life when you discover that everyone around you is lying about something around you- would have served her thesis and intent much better. And though she shies away from anything that could even remotely sound preachy or judgmental (which is unfortunate), her cleaning house metaphor works the best for those whose more obvious messes in life- though a symbolic product of their inner turmoil- are obvious and contributing to the confusion in their life nontheless. In other words, saying outright, "Keep your house in order", "Make your bed", and using outdated ideas and words like integrity and responsibilitiy even in the face of adversity, would have probably worked even better for most people. Iyanla, like every writer, has more liberty in these spiritually free times to rewrite some of the self-knowledge derived from Biblical quotes and behavioral expectations of men of integrity and women of religious virtue in the old days, without scaring people. Because that is really what she is saying; prepare for the "Lord's blessings" (in however you understand either part of that phrase) while walking through the valley of the SHADOW of death (the meantime), and be patient; "if you build it (and clean it up) they will come." This book makes a great gift, I think, better than a "keeper" in one's own library. I suggest buying it and reading it, with joy, and then wrapping it up and passing it on to someone else, with the same spirit of sharing. In that sense, where a Bible-type or conservative-toned lecture on virtue, etc. may turn somebody off, this book may plant the seeds of faith and trust you want planted in a loved one's mind and heart.
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Summary: One of my favorite
Review: My three favorite relationship books this year have been The RoMANtic's Guide, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love and this title (in that order). I like the free-spirited approach this book takes. An easy read and helps put love into a good perspective.
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Summary: I have to admit--I was a bit torn between 3 & 4 as a rating.
Review: I truly love the way Vanzant reaches out to her readers to let you know that she's there and she really cares about what you're going through. For that, I do commend her. There aren't many writers--or people, for that matter!--who have that wonderful gift. I bought this book shortly after a particularly ugly breakup, and I was able to gain a great deal of knowledge from it. That said, I am not without criticism. Though she tries to emphasize that "the meantime" is not a bad place to be--and that it is, indeed, a time for learning and inner growth--one has to wonder if they'll ever get up to the attic, which she considers "Nirvana" in her book. I think one of the most useful aspects of this book is that it forces you to get in touch with your inner-self, but it also makes it really difficult to just enjoy yourself and smell the roses...I've found myself not quite trusting my first impressions of men that I've dated...and, instead, submitted these men to a perhaps unfair series of tests to determine if they're "the one." Now perhaps this isn't what I should have gotten from this book--and again, I feel that it taught me a lot--but perhaps it isn't the book so much, but really the fact that there's so much static and noise in our lives. Please, Vanzant, do continue to write...
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Summary: A Book Every One Should Read!
Review: If you are at a point in your life where you feel unfulfilled in your love relationship(s) you have to read this book. This book is fantastic. Once you start reading it I guarantee you won't be able to put it down. It is such a wonderful guide to a deeper understanding of ourselves. You'll be amazed by the courage you will find in yourself to make the necessary changes to find the wonderful kind love that you so rightfully deserve.
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