Cinematherapy for the Soul: The Girl's Guide to Finding Inspiration One Movie at a Time [Paperback]

Nancy Peske (Author), Beverly West (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 2004

Has your karma run over your dogma? Are you feeling anxious about the future, or wondering who turned down the dimmer switch on your inner light? The illumination you need is right at your fingertips. Settle into the lotus position, pick up your remote control, and let movies be your spiritual guide on your journey toward personal nirvana. From the bestselling duo who brought you Cinematherapy, Advanced Cinematherapy, Cinematherapy for Lovers, and Bibliotherapy comes CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL, a video guide guaranteed to help you become your own guru.

With 150 new reviews of classic and contemporary movies and thoughtful quotes to uplift you, CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL is guaranteed to help you discover that the movies will reinvigorate your tired spirit and help you find inspiration, one movie at a time.

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Has your karma run over your dogma? Are you feeling anxious about the future, or wondering who turned down the dimmer switch on your inner light? The illumination you need is right at your fingertips. Settle into the lotus position, pick up your remote control, and let movies be your spiritual guide on your journey toward personal nirvana. From the bestselling duo who brought you Cinematherapy, Advanced Cinematherapy, Cinematherapy for Lovers, and Bibliotherapy comes CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL, a video guide guaranteed to help you become your own guru.

With 150 new reviews of classic and contemporary movies and thoughtful quotes to uplift you, CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL is guaranteed to help you discover that the movies will reinvigorate your tired spirit and help you find inspiration, one movie at a time.

About the Author

Nancy Peske and Beverly West are best friends, identical cousins, and the coauthors of Cinematherapy for Lovers: The Girl’s Guide to Finding True Love One Movie at a Time, Advanced Cinematherapy: The Girl’s Guide to Finding Happiness One Movie at a Time, Cinematherapy: The Girl’s Guide to Movies for Every Mood, and Bibliotherapy: The Girl’s Guide to Books for Every Phase of Our Lives. They live in New York City.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 221 pages
• Publisher: Delta (February 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385337043
• ISBN-13: 978-0385337045
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,034,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Want to Rent an Inspiring Movie and Not Sure What to Choose?, February 7, 2004

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Julie Jordan Scott "Writer, Life Coach - Owne... (Bakersfield, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cinematherapy for the Soul: The Girl's Guide to Finding Inspiration One Movie at a Time (Paperback)

I am always looking for recommendations of those movies I truly do not want to miss, especially when I am renting and overwhelmed by the vast array of movies on the shelves at my local rental outlet.

This unique title is chock full of suggestions so that I can look at movies to fit my mood and inspire me accordingly.

They list "Antianxiety" movies (I was thrilled to see quotes from Adaptation: Charlie Kaufman as played by Nicholas Cage: an excellent movie!; movies about finding that significant love in your life, movies to inspire your meaning in life.... and much more.

Sidebars from the authors help us get to know each of them better and the quotes from movies are priceless.

They also have a unique section called "Junk Food for the Soul" which gives warning for movies which are wayyyyy to fluffy without much substance... and recognizing sometimes those very same movies taste so good, they are worthy of the investment of time.

Some new movies I had not considered before reading this book are "School Ties" (an early Brandon Fraser, Matt Damon film) and "The Misfits" a 1960 classic.

In fact, the only weakness I really saw was in the selection of movies. There were a lot of really current movies -- and I know there are lots of wonderful "oldies and goodies" although these may be less available for rental at our local rental stores.

I also saw from reading the back of the book that these authors have a slew of other movie titles. I am guessing they are all worth scanning.

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5.0 out of 5 stars fun for movie lovers, January 18, 2009

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This review is from: Cinematherapy for the Soul: The Girl's Guide to Finding Inspiration One Movie at a Time (Paperback)

this is a great book for movie lovers. have given it as a gift several times. seller was exactly as stated, fast, new, A+++