Love is a Choice Workbook: Recovery for codependent relationships (Minirth-Meier Clinic Series) by Robert Hemfelt, Frank Minirth Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Love is a Choice Workbook: Recovery for codependent relationships (Minirth-Meier Clinic Series)
Book Review: "Love is a Choice" is one of the best choices I've ever made
Summary: 5 Stars
In a state of depression and desparation I felt an overwhelming urge to drive to [a bookstore] in search of help. I didn't even know what I was looking for. I did know my search would defintely begin in the "Self-help" section. I picked up several books on relationships and read the backs of them. The third one I picked up was "Love is a Choice", and when I read the back I started to cry. It was like divine intervention because I had only heard the term "codependent - I didn't know exactly what it meant and certainly didn't know that it applied to me. Boy, did it ever. This book was such an eye opener for me and truly has changed my life. I know I have a long way to go in the healing process (maybe a lifetime), but now I have hope and the power of knowledge on my side. The greatest (and most unexpected) benefit of reading this book was that it helped me to get to know God - someone I didn't think knew me or loved me. I am so thankful that this book was written, and that there are people with the knowledge, experience, and expertise out there willing to work hard to make a happy and healthy life a reality for so many of us. Thank you!Book Review: Worldly Philosophy Under A Veil of Religion
Summary: 1 Stars
As a social scientist and a Christian, I found that too many of the ideas presented in this book were Biblically off base. I read this book when it first came out and found that it presented secular ideas as Christian truths. However, these ideas seem to be based on a philosophy that views the nature of human relationships as being artificial and conflictual to the point of being unnatural. While some social science theories may make this claim, these are not Biblically based ideas. For example, the authors claim that in "healthy" relationships, human identities are tangent to, but never overlap each other. This seems counter to the claims of Jesus Christ when He prayed for Christians to be unified. Here Jesus presents unity as being a condition where "...You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us...I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them as You have loved me" (John ch. 17 vs. 21 & 23). According to the ideas presented in this book, however, I would logically conclude that someone who would make such a statement suffers from co-mingling their identify with other's identities. Furthermore, the author's ideas are not the final word about human relationships in the social or behavioral sciences. I suggest that the way to improve one's relationships with other people is not through impersonal rules, as suggested by the authors. This merely results in alienation. Personally, I received more insight into human relationships from reading C. S. Lewis' book, The Four Loves.Book Review: Love Is a Choice Workbook
Summary: 5 Stars
This stellar book has helped me discover the cause of most of my problems. Now, I'm on the road to recovery. At first I read it for a thesis paper dealing with compulsive behaviors (which it is extremely helpful for), then I read it for myself! It changed me; it's the best!Book Review: Love is a Choice
Summary: 5 Stars
Take your first steps toward real freedom from codependency. This book show you what codependency is and then gives you a ten step process to help with recovery. Great bookBook Review: Changed my life!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can honestly say that this book changed my life. I first read a page of it during a boring sermon at church, at a time when my marriage was going downhill. It sucked me in so fast I couldn't put it down. It was a shocking experience to read my entire life story written by complete strangers