- Hardcover: 230 pages
- Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco (Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 006251119X
- ISBN-13: 978-0062511195
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,002,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this sequel to 'Codependent No More', Beattie invites readers to follow her through teaming Casablanca, war torn Algeria and the caverns of Egypt's great pyramids as she embarks on a new kind of spiritual journey.
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Why this book is different, yet the same....
I personally love this book. It challenged me on many levels, and it was written from a spirit of adventure, rather than pain. For readers expecting a didactic, spelled-out "how-to" format -- don't. After the initial burst of recovery from codpendency, the lessons came more subtly -- each one, like solving a mystery. That's how I wrote this book. It is multi-level, and intended to speak to you, hopefully, the same way your life does. You don't have to go to Algiers to have your adventure -- you're living it right now. Thanks. Melody --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
I personally love this book. It challenged me on many levels, and it was written from a spirit of adventure, rather than pain. For readers expecting a didactic, spelled-out "how-to" format -- don't. After the initial burst of recovery from codpendency, the lessons came more subtly -- each one, like solving a mystery. That's how I wrote this book. It is multi-level, and intended to speak to you, hopefully, the same way your life does. You don't have to go to Algiers to have your adventure -- you're living it right now. Thanks. Melody --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Format:Hardcover
Beattie's "Stop Being Mean to Yourself" promises to guide you to a place of self-discovery; however, the book is more about Beattie's own inner journey than it is a how-to guide on how to find your own spiritual path. Beattie takes a trip to the Middle East, where she is repeatedly detained in airports by efficient young women who question her about the purpose of her trip, and last-minute changes in her itinerary. The airport detentions frame the book, as Beattie tells her story to both the custom officials and to the reader. We learn how she discovers friendship and the mysterious "Powers" inside of a pyramid in Giza. We read about her field trip to the desolated countryside in Algiers. Beattie tells us about being bestowed with the gift of the end of her karmic cycle by a Bhuddhist monk. Exactly what form that gift takes, she isn't at liberty to reveal. Ultimately, the reader realizes that the path to self-love and enlightenment is an individual path that one must find for one's self. No book and no author, regardless of the promises made in the introduction, can guide you on your spiritual journey. While enjoyable to read, the title of "Stop Being Mean to Yourself" might be more apt if it were changed to "How Melodie Beattie Stopped Being Mean to Herself." The reader is left with the feeling that Beattie has gotten hers, but it's up to you, the reader, to get your own.
Format:Paperback
Melodie took me to places I have always wanted to visit. I was fascinated that she would undertake such an adventure alone . There were some details of her visit that were left unanswered at times but I felt myself holding my breath and wondering what might happen to her next.There were some very insightful passages about toxic relationships and self-discovery that I felt were directed right at me. I needed to be reminded how quickly and how subtly we give our power away and how we need to get it back. Life is worth living.
Format:Hardcover
Melody is a wonderful writer. I have learned much about my life since I began reading her books. My psychiatrist and psychologist recommended her books to assist me in learning how to stop being co-dependent. I did not realize until I started reading her books, just how bad I was a co-dependent. Thanks for the wonderful books you have already written and to the many more that all of us hope you write.
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