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Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame

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Beverly Engel is quickly becoming one of my favorite self-help book writers. This is her newest book, and a must read for anyone who was abused or who had a difficult childhood. Beverly Engel describes the various negative parental mirrors and how they effect children, and how these negative thoughts and beliefs about the self are carried into adulthood. She also provides are powerful step by step program (including journal writing) to help you move through your feelings, coming out the other side with a renewed sense of hope and with new tools to use for the furture. This may also be good for anyone who is harsh and critical of his/herself and would like some tools to be kinder to him/herself. Very validating and empowering book.

A simply amazing book. I have learned so much about myself and I am only half way thorugh. The book has already helped me to pinpoint the negative images I have and where they came from. This is my second Beverly Engel book and this one hit the nail on the head for me, whereas the other book was good, but not as appropriate for my needs.

I am not only learning to heal myself, but learning how to interact positively with my own children so they will not have the same problems I have. This book definately helps break the cycle.

I read the reviews before I purchased and they helped.

This is geared toward abuse survivors of varying kinds. But I think it is a must read for all women...for women who have lost themselves in motherhood, in their job, in their spouses. Her writing style is easy to follow and not condescending. The exercises in the book are thought -provoking and insightful.

...this is the most help I have received so far. I find Ms. Engel's books to be very helpful and practical.

No kidding, I have had over 20 years of counseling and going to support groups. I wish someone could have told me what she is saying in this book.

I'll be 50 years old August 2009 and I feel sad that I have lived my life with low self-esteem. I have read elsewhere that this is her best book so far (well next to the Nice Girl Syndrome).

I am in the process of studying her book. She offers very helpful techniques.

I've bought and read a lot of self-help books over the years. Most of them aren't worth the money or time. I found this book, though painful at times, extremely valuable for enabling personal growth and recovery.

I received this wonderful book a few days ago, and I was amazed by it! It has already helped me cope with the old festering feelings that I had with my mother. I had no idea that I had so many negative feelings about our relationship and it helped me heal old wounds. Now I look at our relationship in a more positive light. I will continue to read this book because I was impressed by how fast I was able to uncover my true feelings.

Fantastic and very, very helpful! She has a way of helping the abused and the abuser understand from where it started and how to get out of it. It is paractical, easy to read and understand. It is very thoughtful and I highly recommend it to anyone trying to escape abuse and prevent reabuse.

This book is great for anyone who has been emotionally or physically abused.
It was like the author wrote this book only for me. A wonderful way to start healing.

I previously bought "Adult Children: The Secrets of Dysfunctional Families "- it was simply terrible and extremely limited in its viewpoints.

I found this book to be much more complete and well rounded. It offers much more insight to those who have been emotionally abused. It breaks down the types of abuse you may have been a recipient of and helpful exercizes to help you along in your healing. The author/psychologist herself was a victim of emotional abuse which seems to offer her special insight for this book.

It is not a complicated read either and is clear and concise. Enjoy!

This is a fantastic book, I have a library full of self-help books, but I must say this is one of the very best and I am only half-way through the book.