This guide discusses the idea of finding feelings that have been lost, and regaining the respect and love for yourself that is a necessary pre-requisite to giving and receiving love from others, in sexual and other relationships.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Excellent!:
I believe this is one of John Gray's first books. It will show you how to heal your past, so you can live life again. He uses the simplest and most entertaining of terms for anyone to enjoy this process. Everyone should read this book! Merna Throne
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Navigating Negative Emotions:
"The major cause of human dissatisfaction and frustration is the absence of love." ~ pg. 2 "What You Feel You Can Heal" is an uncomplicated guide to emotions we all experience. John Gray encourages the reader to express their negative emotions in order to create an environment in which love can flourish and grow. The main premise is that repressed emotions block the flow of love. Each page is illustrated with an amusing cartoon, which makes this book a quick read. In a matter of hours you can... more info
Emotional Communications--4+ stars:
This is a fun pop-psych book with some valuable insights, techniques for releasing negative feelings in relationships, & 100 author-drawn illustrative cartoons. It's a very fast read. His basic premise is that TACT ="Telling the Absolute Complete Truth" will free you from negative emotions. If you repress them instead, you experience "The See Saw Effect--When we push down a feeling, it comes up in our partner." This is an interesting take on projection & repression. The 3 methods to deal with these... more info
AWESOME!! Simple but powerful. Funny!!:
This book is so easy to understand, in a humorous way, the intricacies of our emotions. It is hilariously entertaining with cartoons drawn by the author. John Gray, in a playful yet insightful way, shows us all the different styles in which we repress our emotions and act in ways that are not straightforward. It also shows how we keep love from ourselves. I have used this book in my parenting work for many years as a map to emotional fluency for family health. It has been delightfully received as a work of... more info