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I wanted to enjoy this, but it's Unkind & Disparaging Toward Girls & Women

Revisado: 04-01-25

You know how it is. You're always "on," working and studying away to be genius at something. Then you notice you're getting crispy around the edges, and you have more split ends in your psyche than a bad perm. Humming has stopped. Frowns and grumbling overtake smiles and laughter. You need a break to restore that lovely levity. Well, at least, I did.

I saw a few episodes of David Spade on Just Shoot Me years ago & thought he played his character well. When he was cast in Disney's The Emperor's New Groove, his voice fit the character he was cast as, so, I thought I would enjoy hearing him tell, in a comical way, vignettes about his life. I was especially stoked that he would be performing his book himself.

It begins well, with him speaking about his childhood, upbringing, brush with college, and how he ended up working comedy amateur nights. I enjoyed his descriptions of how the climb up the comedic ladder, including his experiences at SNL, and his astonishing ability to roll with fellow comedians' quirks as he majored in human relations and show biz while less than kind, supportive, and flattering treatment confronted him. I don't think I would have been able to handle the friends he had, but he depicts them in probably a better light than they showed and lets the stars shine, or simply and appropriately remains silent about the not-so-great-ones. His treatment at the hands of thieving maids, his massive assistant, and others was met with him choosing to retreat rather than press charges, but he rationally lays out his personal reasons, so you learn about the man and his values concerning those betrayals.

Unfortuantely, with over 3 hours remaining, I simply could not continue listening to his unapologetic, misogynistic, degrading treatment of and narrative toward females. If you, as a self-respecting person, had a mother, despite how she may or may not have been the parent you deserved & needed, are a teen, woman, or have or had a grandmothers, aunts, siblings, friends, co-workers, colleagues, a girlfriend, or wife that are genetically female or value the more than 50% of the population that are female humans, do not buy or listen to this book in any form, Hearing him go on about how women and teens were, for him, essentially inconvenient, clingy bores that deserved nothing more than to be sexually used then betrayed, lied to, spoken of derogatorily, and so forth was disappointing before slipping into distinctly cruel and dehumanizing ilk.

This is not comedy or entertaining on any level.

I wanted to love this but ended up regretting a purchase I could not return while being exposed to a person I mistook as a decent man. I am sorry to say this, good people, but if you respect yourself or at least other humans, look for someone like Tina Fey to give you the giggles.

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Beautifully spoken, hearfully shared, practically

Revisado: 12-24-22

With a depth and style of relateable grace, Michelle shares the anguish many of us faced in life, in our distorted political calamities, and some tips for how and why we need to individually and collectively steer ourselves and others from the heart's highest ethical, moral, and wisdom-hallowed chambers. There are tips from her Southern seasoned, hands-off mother tempered by our 1st Lady's Southside Chicago foundation and Barak's broadly Hawaiian and international spark. This is an affirmation of how and why we ALL need one another, can support, accept, rally around and open up to compassionate and loving relationships of all hues from friendly, encouraging nods to intimate embraces of the soul. The light show what and why, but the how is more elusive. Being from Hawaii myself, ohana, friendship, and welcome were part of everyday life and culture. Having lived in the Denver, CO region for nearly 20 years without garnering a single best friend or those just this side of acquaintanceship despite ongoing efforts, I can tell you the HOW is what would allow us to finally bridge that gap... I guess I really WILL have to move my okole and launch that podcast to bring those who want it into a close enough sphere to universally create and spread it. Michelle is right: we need to do and show this connection, not just discuss!

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Invaluable

Revisado: 06-18-22

Aloha Reader! The information shared in Mother Hunger is essential for EVERYONE who has a mother, wants to become a mother, or already is a mother. Too much of what passes for "normal" is overlooked as UNHEALTHY, INAPPROPIATE & DAMANGING leaving the cycles to expand as they continue. Kelly McDaniel labors to remove stigma while educating you on the differing levels creating Mother Hunger. If you, like nearly everyone I have met and worked with over the decades, have any wounds hovering around your childhood, be kind to yourself by sitting with a friendly cup of tea, a comfy blanket, a pillow, and a box of tissues in a quite place where you can listen to Kelly's soothing voice for the first few chapters. It helps to have your confusing dilemma of why you do, think, and behave as you do as if you are in a session with someone who, finally, really gets you and is pointing out things you knew were off, but couldn't quite put a finger on it. I removed one star, because it only focused on mothers and daughter as opposed to children. While her focus is specifically on mothers versus both parents, which would be a lot to cover in one book, the book would benefit to a salute to fathers and how invaluable they are as well. A child, male or female, needs both parents to provide for their emotional and physical needs period. Often, because we live in a society where we can substitute money to pay for therapists, other service providers, technology - from smart phones & televisions to computers and sex robots - and other things to surrogate for actual human interaction, we forget the basics that only a parent, close family member, real friends, and supportive community were always intended and created to provide. In her writing, she illustrates much of it without calling out the underlying damage we do to ourselves and one another here in the west, and in America in particular, as we assert everyone "ought" to be independent and capable of handling existance, needs, nurturing alone through the use of surrogates. The other reason for the subtraction is that, while comforting, and soothing, she doesn't change it from that pace for the entire book, even when you're "out of the woods" and could benefit from the conversation taking a positive uptick as she relates resources, studies, etc, or at other moments earlier in the book as appropriate. This is an excellent book I will be coming back to listen to again, and I'll make sure to have the tissues within easy reach, just in case. God bless you all. Aloha.

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Like to Smile & Love Life? Worth Your Time

Revisado: 06-05-21

Left me with a delighted smile on my face & made me laugh out loud, gasp at the twist & appreciate the generos capaciity of my fellow human beings ever so much more. Finally a contemporary piece that doesn't portray teens as temperamental brats & their parents as vapid punching bags catering to inappropriate behavior. This was sensitively, intelligently & maturely written & performed. I loved the twist, which I did catch on to early on but not so early that the way it played out wasn't fun to watch & appreciate as the audience gasped.

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Honest Yet Sad Reflection

Revisado: 03-07-21

Diane Lane's performance, as always, is superb and why I chose the book. The story shows how a flawed person finds a solution to marital destruction that helps his and other marriages while highlighting our internal collapse of values. It singularly highlights why we fail at marriage and relationships: it's us, our lapse of honorable values and genuine appreciation. He oversteps propriety triggering a cascade of trashy thoughts and hormones in her. Internally, she exposes the lack of personal dignity and self respect like a mutt in heat, traces back the dismissal of her husband (and he for her) as the justification of her adulterous wanderlust, and the modern conflict a society dismissive of personal responsibility and moral standards struggle with. The gem is she confronts the man with calm honesty sans armor or her usual fallback foibles, which is refreshingly empowering. Additionally, her husband reads the book itself, recognizes the merits, and suggests they put the principles into practice, which she agrees to do as well. What I love is that they do benefit from implementing them as imperfectly as humans do. But they keep doing their best. Yet she and her sister, do as most people are inclined to do, continue judging and criticizing the man as a hypocrite despite his confession that he, too, is imperfect and struggles to do his best. They gleefully poke at the one who provided the tools that not only improved and saved but enhanced their marriages. Rather than acknowledge the difficulties they faced as similar to his and being thankful he did the research and published his best effort and knowledge on intimate relationships, they are stunted at blame, judgement, and ironically, personal hypocrisy. It would be great to see them grow not in an airy-fairy but genuinely reflective and interactive way as sisters recognizing and thankful for the blessing and rewards they reaped by applying the principles instead of finger pointing at man who was doing his best, too.

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Some Great Stuff, Some ?

Revisado: 02-13-21

I RARELY review & this is my longest, ever. Much of Matthew's tone helps one to be clear in identifying what you want & politely holding to it. He lets you know when & why to walk away, and how to hold your standards with honor & dignity. While there seems to be an AWFUL lot of "being the bigger, better person" heaped on our side, I would say, in the end, you would be better served to do so, even if you would rather let yourself react & spout off some zingers. There is a lot of good to be said for responding like a lady vs reacting like a banshee. . . There are some really great examples of what charmed him & other gents while not taking their behavior - including rejecting you - in a way that cripples your heart vs sets you free . . . One "modern" standby I do reject is his inclining women to climbing onto or let someone climb into you sexually without any MUTUAL love & commitment. The threshold seems to be the "meritorious marker" of a 3rd date, even if the 1st 2 - which he rightly suggests - be brief tea & coffee get-to-know-one-another encounters. For me, while I do love sex, and I do mean REALLY LOVE IT, this is the level of engagement that comes at the highest level of love, intimacy & commitment NOT before, no matter how many encounters & dates passed beforehand. . . Hussey, because of male grooming, makes it seem as if THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP REWARD should be a given payout like doggy treats to keep the guy happily sniffing around for more - until he tires of you or realizes you're NOT "The One" afterall, OR happens to decide you are, indeed, the love of his life. Odds are you've already kissed a few toads, SO sliding into bed with a guy & THEN learning he REALLY IS YOUR PRINCE CHARMING are slim to none, and because of genuine responses naturally cascading from your body, becomes a devastating betrayal to oneself we either: 1. Try to numb ourselves to like guys by claiming, "oh, she/"it" meant NOTHING". By the way, that NOTHING was you and sex with YOU or 2. Become the wreckage we had thought we were avoiding by locking away our normal, healthy responses to the intimate touch of sex (which men also have but have been taught to ignore among other things they have walled off). . . . This is NOT about moralizing, but about self respect & being wise enough to find other ways to discern a wothwhile gentleman. A large reason why men don't, won't & then eventually can't commit: they can get rewarded anywhere with sex like pebbles, not forage & work for it like the rare, precious gem it actually is. . . HONEST OBSERVATION, NOT CRITICSM: This includes Matthew who hasn't married either & is just as hoodwinked as the rest of us fishes immersed in the water of male culture. . .Our grandparents & great grandparents were wise to hold this level of intimacy & companionship as EXCLUSIVE, so they watched over themselves AND their children like gems, NOT pebbles. THEN the men paid UP by proving themselves worthy. They were committed to wives, family, duty, raising their children, honor & other noble qualities IN DROVES because they were raised to AND HELD TO THAT STANDARD BY THEMSELVES AND SOCIETY. . . Ladies, we are NOT empowered if we let ourselves believe for a moment that playing around like men historically have (& we foolishly enable as the main way to win them "forever"). They may have given themselves permission to do so for most of our extensive history in most cultures, but it’s in no one's best interest to comply. This may be the custom, and like me, you MAY SINCERELY RELISH THE INTIMACY, SENSATIONS, & VERY ACT OF SEX, but relish it because it is the crown bestowed, not the crumb tossed to the ground. . . Holding yourself & your body as sacred & worthy is the secret sauce to bonding with your value, values, & dignity. THAT is what will drive a worthy many crazy & such a man WILL want AND HONOR that exclusivity with fidelity and other noble qualities. . .Saying you're in charge because YOU initiated the booty call is a hurtful mind game still engaging in objectification, the very thing we are called to rise above. . . Men DESERVE to be honored and treated like MEN not dogs or objects, and Ladies, we deserve the same.

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Deeply Practical

Revisado: 11-09-18

Dr. Michael Beckwith skillfully engages you with a gentle voice that is both energizing and calming. He usefully and carefully crafts pathways for you to come to your life purpose and a way to deliver it in its purest form. His explanations clear the way for his exercises & meditations to take root & make that difference in you so you can be that difference for yourself AND others. By easing into his soothing, comforting voice, Michael's meditations lead you to connect with the calling already placed upon you upon the moment of our creation, clear away the clutter & grasp the gifts you already have to allow it to emerge through you & your life . Powerful & lovely

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Honest, Uplifting & A Sweet Taste

Revisado: 04-04-18

Honest, Uplifting & A Sweet Taste of What IS Possible. Dive In. Celebrate. Be Healed!

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Order from Joe's Website Instead!!!

Revisado: 03-09-17

This is changing my life as I type this! Joe Dispenza truly helps you crack the code of HOW to create, feel your way into & live a life of dreams fulfilled. He delicately helps you undo all the accumulated programs, misperceptions & habits running from our unconscious. Since the unconscious runs 95% of our lives, this is the breakthrough I have been waiting for!

Rather than by it here, I wish I had gotten the audio from Dr Joe Dispenza's website for about $30, which includes all the diagrams, charts & pictures he refers to repeatedly during the book. They seem to be much needed & I am sure will help speed up the learning process.

I did get his meditation audios for about $5 ea & they are well worth it!!! I listen to them at least once daily & try to work them in each morning & evening as I can.

I am so grateful to Joe & the team he is leading to help us live the miraculous as we were meant to!!!

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Taught me how to pray again

Revisado: 12-02-16

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This book teaches you how to pray by leading you into the intricacies we have overlooked or foundered through. It is so simple, yet empowering.

I used to get "lost" in prayer trying to cover all the bases and details the way newagers said it had to be done in order to have success. I found it an awful lot of work with less than optimum results despite elaborate dream boards for various areas of my life, written affirmations stuck all over my bathroom mirror & home, and wasting countless hours sifting through tons of pics to make Mind Movies.

It reminded me I had once practiced this method of prayer and not realized it. Funny, because I had immediate success with it then, but I never applied it to all the other areas of my life, and yes, the prayers were over weather! Now I experience good things pouring into my life at the end of the day despite what obstacles were placed before me.

This is a very welcome and wonderful change after so many years of hopelessness, struggle, disappointment, despair and defeat.

Be willing to listen deeply and repeat as you go along to make sure the simplicity of the method and his message saturate you!

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