Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose [Hardcover]

Robin McGraw (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 2006

I believe we were put on this earth to enjoy lives of joy and abundance, and that is what I want for you and for me. It's not my intention to give people advice on how to solve their problems (I leave that to my husband). But I've had my share of struggles over the years, and I know a thing or two about what has worked for me. I have chosen to be an active participant in my life rather than a spectator, and in so doing I have chosen how to be a woman, how to be a wife, and how to be a mother in ways that are uniquely my own. I offer the stories of these choices as evidence of the power of sheer determination, will, and faith in God.

You've seen her on television with her husband, Dr. Phil. But now it's time for a heart-to-heart conversation with Robin McGraw. In Inside My Heart, Robin speaks woman to woman, inspiring you to embrace and celebrate the many roles you play and encouraging you to make deliberate choices that lead to a richer, happier, and more meaningful life.

She shares with you the life-changing moments of her childhood years, dating and marrying Dr. Phil McGraw, raising two sons, and asserting herself as a woman in a man's world to show you that you have the power to make choices in your life. In fact, she's convinced that you must choose to go after the life you want.

With a deep and abiding faith in God, Robin McGraw shares her story so you too can make choices that reflect your own heart's truest priorities and highest goals.

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About the Author

Robin McGraw, wife of best-selling author and television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw, has made ""family first"" a priority in her life. Married for more than thirty years to Dr. Phil, Robin has made her marriage and raising their two sons, Jay (29) and Jordan (21), her priority in life. A constant presence on the Dr. Phil show since the very first episode, viewers worldwide have embraced Robin--whether she's discussing her experiences as a mother and wife or dealing with issues that women face in the many phases of their lives.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; 1ST edition (September 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078521836X
• ISBN-13: 978-0785218364
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #715,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robin McGraw, wife of best-selling author and television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw, has made "family first" a priority in her life. Married for more than thirty years to Dr. Phil, Robin has made her marriage and raising their two sons, Jay and Jordan, her priority in life. A constant presence on the Dr. Phil show since the very first episode, viewers worldwide have embraced Robin--whether she's discussing her experiences as a mother and wife or dealing with issues that women face in the many phases of their lives.

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, October 28, 2006

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Lois Lain (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose (Hardcover)

I'm very hesitant to write this review. Why? Because I am a huge fan of both Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw. I admire them both tremendously, and think both offer a needed dose of common sense and compassion in a "do what feels good" world.

However, my admiration doesn't help my opinion of this book. In fact, it may hurt it -- I expected so much!

I find that I learn more from people's struggles and failures than from their successes. And this book was loaded with the latter and didn't hold too many of the former. I wasn't sure how to take McGraw's advice... apparently she's never had a moment of self-doubt or lack of confidence in her life. For someone like me -- who questions everything from what clothes I put on in the morning to the direction of my life -- her "This is what I do and it works great!" advice doesn't help much. In fact, I ended the book feeling worse about myself than when I had started.

I don't think that was her intention at all, and I did enjoy reading more about her life with Dr. Phil. But I would have enjoyed even more hearing about her own experiences with questioning her path, times when she was unhappy and unsure of herself, and times when she didn't feel 100 percent loved -- and loveable. Maybe in Volume II.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Psych 101 - Lite, October 24, 2006

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The Truth is Out There - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose (Hardcover)

I love Dr Phil and have no problem with watching Robin on his show, but to ask me to fork over money for a book that was probably written in a week (if that long), that doesn't go into any depth ... what a waste! Her advice to make "good choices" is fine, but extremely simplistic - something most of us already know, but I guess not, considering all the rave reviews. Reading the reviews is just as good as reading the book, because there is very little depth.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Out of touch, October 1, 2006

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momofangel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose (Hardcover)

Sorry, I am a Dr. Phil fan and enjoy the peeks he gives us into his family but this book just got me angry. It does repeat constantly...how much Phil loves her, how wonderful a mother she is, how all around wonderful she is. You know, you can make the best choices throughout your life and still not end up in a fabulous life - like hers. Her attitude is lacking reality - perhaps her childhood was painfully real but her "confidence" rubbed me as arrogance. As a previous reviewer suggested, I think it would be a whole different book if she lived on $30,000 a year...oh, ya, that's right, she wouldn't make that "choice."