Michelle Peets

Emotionally refreshing summer read

Revisado: 07-19-24

This was the second book of Ali Brady's I've read and I'm constantly impressed by the mature themes of grief, vulnerability, sexual consent and pleasure, mutual respect and individual growth that permeate the pages. It's fun to laugh, cry and feel alongside the characters and reflect on the universal themes the characters endure. Would recommend to anyone looking for a fun but thoughtful summer read!

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best book of the decade

Revisado: 03-02-24

As a therapist, I am always looking for new ways of seeing my clients. This has completely reshaped how I help people move through their pain toward transformation. Vienna's raw vulnerability matched with her emotional discernment of the clients she works with offers a powerful new take on what it means to live life with a heart and eyes wide open.

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Excellent overview for healing after an affair

Revisado: 10-20-22

I chose this book because I'm a clinician who treats couples who are recovering after an affair. It helped me understand the huge swatch of situations couples can face and the ways they can work through them. Wonderfully written and very thorough. Thank you for your masterful work on this topic.

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Entertaining but a little tone deaf

Revisado: 03-05-22

I appreciated Jimmy's re-telling of his experience as a Chinese immigrant in the United States. I think we need more stories of Asian immigrants and the difficulties they face in a new country, especially the U.S. I was just waiting for his acknowledgment of the privileges he had, such as supportive parents and what seems like a decent socioeconomic status into which he was born. I was waiting for an acknowledgment of his luck at making it in Hollywood while innumerable people are rejected and never get to realize their dreams. His "American Dream" story feels a little too sweet, almost as if he's saying, "if I can do it, you can too. You just have to believe." Yes, he took a huge risk and it paid off. But what about all the other people out there who followed their dreams and didn't reach the same success?

Also, there was so much dehumanizing language about women. I would have thought as a Hollywood actor and someone who's been debased off his social status as an Asian in America that he would understand not to talk about others in disrespectful ways. He sounded like a 13 year old teenage boy in a locker room at certain points.

Overall, I appreciated that he shared his story. I take him to be very sincere. But as a woman, I didn't feel completely safe in his conceptualization of the female sex.

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Exceptional explanation for political polarization

Revisado: 01-17-22

This book is an exceptional explanation for why we see the political polarization in our country today. I feel invigorated to approach loved ones with different views and offer them the respect they deserve after reading this book. Thank you for dedicating so much time to sharing all your hard earned research with us in a way that's accessible and understandable! Two thumbs way up.

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Interesting view into sociopathy

Revisado: 04-24-18

I was to a sociopath and this book gave me amazing closure about what I experienced (and also made me grateful I left him).

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Great information on every day sociopaths!

Revisado: 03-22-18

This book had me gripped the entire time. Super helpful information on how to deal with sociopaths in your every day life.

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Phenomenal. Would recommend to anyone single.

Revisado: 03-06-18

This book was everything I needed to understand in order to break the cycle of dating individuals who are destructive to both my mental health and theirs.

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Phenomenal book that will open your mind and heart

Revisado: 09-19-17

A fantastic read for anyone seeking to better understand the alt-rig movement and the tea party activists. Would recommend this to everyone considering how politically divisive our country has become.

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Great read on how the brain can form patterns

Revisado: 07-21-17

loved Shermer's take on the believing brain and how its tendency to form patterns that might not be there!

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