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Get a Grip: Your Two Week Mental Makeover

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I was lucky and got an early read of this book. Don't let the melodramatic weeping female on the book cover fool you... this is a serious book that challenges readers to get a better understanding of themselves. For 14 days, Dr. Belisa Vranich takes you through topics that explore aspects of who you are. These aspects include your past, how you and others see yourself, your goals, your future, things that upset you, etc. For each day of exploration, Belisa guides you with strategies used in regular therapy, examples from real life and philosophical examples from all points of view. After taking everything in, you are asked to respond without fear into your journal. The journal is the equivalent of lying down on the therapist's couch and talking. It may seem intimidating to write down your thoughts, but Dr. Belisa provides good guiding questions to get you started. At the end of 14 days, you will be amazed at how much you've opened up.

I was impressed with the book's straight forwardness and friendly tone. Dr. Belisa informs but never talks down to you. It's heavy in ideas and each day's topic could easily branch off into weeks' worth of work. Therefore, this is a book that is useful in multiple phases of your life. I myself have reread sections and reworked the journal questions to gain a deeper understanding.

'Get a Grip' reminds us that there are no easy and gimmicky tricks to understanding ourselves. It requires hard work, persistence (trust me, there were some assignments that i didn't want to do but I made myself do it anyway), and a willingness to listen within. This experience is as rewarding as you want to make it.

Whether frumpy, uninformed, or simply boring and inarticulate, too many self-help books have one agenda: to make the author a superstar. THANK GOD FOR BELISA VRANICH, who is *already* a superstar, and an incredibly quick-witted one.

From page one, Belisa's knowledgeable and modern approach, ability to call out the reader on their BS, and realistic solutions stands out from the barrage of emotional makeover books that completely miss the mark. Whether you're coming out of a relationship, making a career switch, or beating yourself up for things you can't change, there's something in this book for anyone in crisis...and probably most people who have it relatively together.

Get a Grip is consistently concentrated on pushing the reader to do real work instead of applying a quick fix. Two weeks of applying honest methodology designed to make you more self-aware and pro-active can yield real results. Belisa's book is a winner.

Don't judge this book by its cover - the cover should be champion raising his or her fist in victory, because that's what I felt like after Dr. Belisa's book. I've tried other self-help type books, and they were all too long. I lost interest halfway through and didn't finish. And then I felt like I had let myself down for not finishing! This book, which takes two weeks, was the perfect amount of time. It's not too long, and there is something to do every day. It's pretty intense to delve this deep in such a short amount of time, but it really worked for me. If ever there was a shortcut for getting your head screwed on straight, this is it. Dr. Belisa's writing is upbeat and accessible and inspiring. I recommend it!

Thanks to Belisa for her guidance and support for confronting critical areas of my life. Highly recommended!

If you've ever left your therapist's couch and said 'now what?' this book is for you. It offers a straightforward, specific plan-of-action to get past the rough spots. Thank you Dr. Vranich

Finally a book that actually helps us help ourselves! Not everyone can afford or has the time to go see someone - but now you have no excuse. Guess what my girlfriends are getting for Christmas!

Truly an amazing and inspiring book. Thanks Dr. Vranich once again for your elegant and witty prose and for sharing your expertise!

Highly recommend!!! Amazing! If you are uncertain and feel like you could use a change... this book is for you. It could be any change. This is another great thing about this book. It is not about this or that (relationship, career, etc). It is about getting you where you need/want to be. So it helps anyone in any situation. You work with the author's guidance - like you are in a therapy session!

This is a great book for anyone who feels like they are ready for a change, but not sure where to start. I love that it's action oriented, so there's no guess work involved. It's all spelled out for you. It helped get me create a more positive direction in my life so I highly recommend everyone read it asap!

ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE IN EVERY WAY, MUCH NEEDED AND THE TIMING IS PERFECT. JUST WISH I COULD GET MY HUSBAND TO READ IT, HE'S STUBBORN AND A TYPICAL MAN. ANY SUGGESTIONS HOW TO GET HIM TO READ IT? HE NEEDS THIS JUST AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE THAN I DO!

THANKS AGAIN......GREAT BOOK!