The Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Those Who Are Divorced or Separated [Paperback]

Bob Burns (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1998

The Bible-based insights included in this revised and updated edition will give you the practical tools you need to recover from the trauma of divorce and complete the journey toward wholeness after the painful breakup of a marriage. Questions, self-tests, excercises, and practical information will enable you to:

• Find the right lawyer and settle your divorce as fairly and as quickly as possible
• Decide whether mediation is right for you
• Regain self-esteem and faith in God
• Move beyond betterness and anger into forgiveness and spiritual freedom
• Negotiate successfully your reentry into single life
• Deal with tough financial issues that inevitably arise

Filled with hard-hitting information, The Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook allows you to personalize each concept and focus on specific areas you need help with as you face the challenges of divorce or separation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Nelson Books; Rev Upd edition (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785271929
• ISBN-13: 978-0785271925
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook, May 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Those Who Are Divorced or Separated (Paperback)

Divorce devistated me. I went into deep depression. I began this workbook, and after 1 chapter, it became my lifeline. I couldn't stop working in it. It gave me hope. I thought, by the title, that it was going to help me recover my marriage. Instead, it helped recover me - as a person. I have gone back to some of the exercises 2 years later, and have noted amazing results. No longer was that bitter, distressed person (who wrote in that workbook 2 years earlier) in me. My answers were different now, my feelings were different, I had gone on. I recommend it to anyone who truly wants to recover from the devistation of divorce. Marriage is like glueing two pieces of paper together, divorce is like ripping those two pieces of paper apart. Some of the glue and paper from his sheet is stuck on you and visa-versa. This book helped me see which pieces were me, allowing me to tear the other pieces off!

47 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The single best book on divorce recovery availlable today., June 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Fresh Start: Divorce Recovery Workbook (Paperback)

Writen by a former pastor who went through the pain and tramma of a divorce, this book is the most difinative work on the subject. Perhaps the most incurraging aspect of the book is that the reader will find that most of the feelings they are experiancing are not uncommon for anyone going through a divorce. The Book will outline the different stages of the recovery process from shock, denial, anger and depression to acceptance, recovery and eventually forgivness.

This book is actually a workbook with questions that help the reader asses what stage they are at in the process and identify feelings and emotions. The book is also used very sucessfully as a guide for divorce recovery and support groups

If you are going through a divorce this is a must read. If you have a friend or loved one who is going through this ordeal, this is the best gift you could give them.

This book saved my life

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars uplifting, November 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Those Who Are Divorced or Separated (Paperback)

A wonderful and useful tool to gage your recovery. It shows you're not alone in what you're going through and that divorce can happen to anyone. The exercises are wonderful and inciteful. If you're going through a divorce and you're wondering, "will this ever end" this at least gives you something tangible to gage your progress by. It also helps you find coping mechanisms to deal with feelings and thoughts.. Wonderful!