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Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt

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I knew Karen when she and my husband worked together in Dallas, TX. Karen is funny, real, and very down-to-earth; but she is also deeply rooted, spiritually. She writes from her life - warts and all. I picked this book up in the bookstore and began to read the first page. I read almost the whole first chapter right in the bookstore! I couldn't put it down! Just Hand Over the Chocolate is for every woman who has ever experienced stress or depression or just gotten in a rut and lost their joy in Christ (and then self-medicated with a 1/2 pound bag of m&m's).

This book deserves 20 stars.

This is one of those books that you thank God you were blessed enough to come across. This book is for every woman, every age. You will never again believe you are the only one going through rough times.

Ms. Linamen is a very down to earth and encouraging woman. As you read you feel as if she is sitting right next to you, sharing her life and giving you hints on how to muddle through the valleys full of stumbling blocks.

The author discusses: minivacations, friends, fine whine, depression, dreams, simplifying life, grudges, weight, our inner child and our souls.

I cannot recommend this book enthusiastically enough. You really must read it!

I was given this book after my first visit to the Stress Center for depression along with some chocolate and bubble bath. It was light hearted and made me laugh. It also had some really practical things you could do to beat the blues. I love practical guides. So many books are full of warm fuzzies or unrealistic "helps." This book made me laugh and gave me some hope. You see, the author, battled depression too.

Wonderful book, it could have been written about my life. Mrs. Linamen's great humor makes reading about a difficult subject easier. Would love to have her come and speak to the Ark Angel's womens group at our church. I purchased several copies of this book to give to friends who are experiencing depression, and they loved them also. Keep these books coming Mrs. Linamen. God bless you!

This book is a keeper! Loved it, Loved it! Loved it! Karen is a genious! She is histerical yet practical! Loved it!

This book is so fun and so good, you breeze through it in no time it seems!

This book gives practical advice about 15 particular life issues (or subjects), weaving humor in to make it more fun and the goals realistically obtainable.

I don't read a lot of "Self-Help" books, because a lot of them are drawn-out and boring. This book doesn't have one boring page, and it gets straight to the point.

I like this particular author, because she is a real person who has "been there". I've read other "self-help" or "advice" books, for example, by rich women who have never had children, and they give us some lousy advice about raising children and what to spend our money on. But this author is one I felt I could really relate to, and I felt she knew what she was talking about because she's been there.

Some of my favorites of the 15 subjects that she discusses are: Dreams, Simplifying Life, Forgiveness, Your Inner Child, Boundaries, and Your Relationship with God.

One thing I really liked about this book: the author never advised me to watch a movie. (She does have other books, and I've never read any of those yet, so I don't know if she advises movie-watching in those or not.) I've read other advice or self-help books that advise watching a movie for destressing. For me, a movie is the biggest self-inflicting, self-inducing stress maker. If an author tells me to watch a movie, I know that is not the author for me, and I will never read any of his/her books ever again. I hate/despise movies with a passion.

For both good humor and practical advice, this book is wonderful.

I must have misread something. I thought this book was supposed to be funny.