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Need medical reader

Revisado: 05-02-23

The content was good and helpful but I will need to read the actual book, which just arrived in the mail, and look into the research studies, before really knowing what I think. The reader was good overall but he mispronounced an obscene amount of medical terms. He even mispronounced “methylene” once, and also the word “urine”. That was good for comedic value. I think the reader needs to become willing to look up terms in advance of recording and he also needs to become willing to make corrections.

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Great except mispronunciations of medical terms

Revisado: 12-06-20

Wonderful book! The voice person here did a good job in general, BUT WHY OH WHY didn’t he look up to proper pronunciations of the medical terms??? I mean, almost EVERY medical term was mispronounced! Drove me up the wall to hear the authoritative voice, authoritative messages, but with ignorant and lazy (cuz like—dude, this is your JOB, so LOOK IT UP, okay?) pronunciations. But that aside, the book is very good. I enjoyed it very much. I wish he’d gone into a lot more detail regarding “the solution” but I’m happy with what I got out of this.

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YES!

Revisado: 07-24-20

I usually take a long time to get through a book. I hit a wall a while back with Trump and didn’t want to hear anymore—I had all the info I needed and it was no longer helping me. I was reluctant to try this book for that reason but I heard an intriguing interview with the author and after sleeping on it, I bought it. I could not stop listening! This is soooo well-written, so compelling, so human, and so insightful! I particularly appreciate the author’s use of the phrase “toxic positivity” and her examination of this manifestation of narcissism. I’m so very grateful to the author. She created a thing of beauty, something that has me feeling, for a short while at least, not the least bit alone.

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Mmm-hmm

Revisado: 10-06-17

This is truly excellent. I would really recommend purchasing the hard copy of the book, though, because the meditations are not presented here in a way that can be used as guided meditations. When listening to an audiobook, we usually can't stop and meditate on the spot, while the instructions are fresh in the mind (or even to write down the instructions). I'll be buying the book for the meditations and the self assessments, as well as other lists and resources. It's easier to thumb back through a physical book when previous points are brought up again and whatnot. But being in a place in my life right now where I cannot sit and read anything alone, this audiobook plus the hard copy will do fine. Again--freaking fantastic book.

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Perfect

Revisado: 07-22-16

Best book I've listened to in a long time. This is the portrait of a truly beautiful person.

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Good

Revisado: 07-20-16

I really appreciated her feminist perspective and her honesty. Her sense of humor was pretty fun. That said, it's a drag in places...mostly I just have trouble relating when folks talk about how they cheated on almost everyone they ever dated, and cheated with people who were also in relationships.

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Fantastic

Revisado: 04-27-16

Forward covers a lot of ground here and gives a lot of practical advice. I wish Toxic In-Laws and Emotional Blackmail were also available on audio.
I do feel, personally, that Forward was a bit soft in her relative lack of encouragement for "divorcing" toxic parents. I mean, if you can go so far as to call someone TOXIC, the implication is that even a small dose of them is detrimental to one's wellness. Also, any person who was raised by toxic parents has been systematically trained from day one of life to be a victim, so staying in relationship with said toxic parent(s) seems like an uphill battle of epic proportions--a lose/lose situation. I realize that many people hearing/reading this book are dealing with abusive parents who are not necessarily TOXIC, but the title states what the book is supposed to be about.
But it's a great book.

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She's awesome

Revisado: 12-25-15

Don't agree at all with her sentiments about or experiences with parenting or romantic (un)faithfulness BUT I understand where she's coming from and she's a good person who gives a shit and is very entertaining. Best reader of any book I've listened to. Another great perspective on the absurdity of the Church of Scientology.

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Sexist despite effort not to be

Revisado: 09-26-15

I appreciate a lot of things he said regarding gender politics, but he lacked awareness around several things that really bugged me. He matter-of-fact-ly mentioned that he specified in his online dating profile that he wanted to date younger women, even though his girlfriend is in reality older. He didn't at all talk about that whole common older-male power dynamic or how women live longer than men so this is totally backwards. He also gave a shallow and very skewed perspective on the subject of monogamy (in favor of "open relationships") that appears to me to be quite sexist. The book is kinda funny though.

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Pretty good

Revisado: 07-27-15

She's sweet and funny. I was personally put off by how little she is educated about birth, because I think of all the women who read or listen to this who may then also assume that what doctors tell them about "needing" a c-section is true, about the "need" for ultrasounds (that actually are completely inaccurate at determining the amount of amniotic fluid), etc. But I appreciate her discussion of the beauty standard and everything else. Very heartwarming and pleasant book.

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