When Hope Can Kill: Reclaiming Your Soul in a Romantic Relationship (Paperback)

~ Lucy, Ph.D. Papillon (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: Everywhere Press (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580291007
• ISBN-13: 978-1580291002
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #627,116 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let Go of Hope and Regain Your Soul back, January 13, 2001

By	Nancy Conway (Cave Creek, Az) - See all my reviews

We have been told most of our life that it is important to always have hope. However, there are times when holding hope can be more destructive then constructive. Lucy Papillon shows how you can regain yourself back when involved in a soul mugging relationship regardless of whether you are living with that person or have ended the relationship. She has given over 200 questions to help you to come to an understanding as to why you have allowed someone to take your precious soul. The questions sometimes are difficult to answer because of the truth you must face. Lucy Papillon guides you through the questions one step at a time. She increases the probing of your inner issues slowly. She gives you tools to help you to know how to become the person you know you were meant to be. It may take some time to get through this probing and self discovering book but in the end you will find a strong, secure and happy person who knows exactly who they are and where they need to go to find peace in their life.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When Hope Can Kill, July 14, 2001

By	Mary Jean Horn "[e-mail]" (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews

This book has saved my soul. My only regret is that it was not there 5,10,15 years ago when I needed it most. The book is easy to read, direct, helpful and explains in the simplest terms why we do as we do, why and how we were programmed to accept certain behavior as normal and how to climb out of the abyss. Following the guides for recovery helped me to identify my core issues and after three days with the book, I felt as if I had been to a therapy retreat, drained but healthier and wiser. I particularly like the way it is written with no blame placed on parents who after all did the best they could as we have done with our own children. It also does not blame the romantic partner we have chosen, but instead places all of the challenge of recovery on our own wise selves within. Thankyou.

12 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Better with a different author, June 14, 2004

By A Customer

Perhaps the saddest part of this book is not the pain the author claimes to have gone through but rather, the pain she created for others in the process. If she were just a psychologist writing a book it would be different. After learning that she calls herself a "minister" and then learning of her sordid affair with Walker Railey, (a name worth researching), I read the book. How DARE she financially benefit from such a book. She may have once had her soul mugged-but she also mugged the soul of Peggy Railey and the Railey children!