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John Gray is an American relationship counselor, lecturer, and author. In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor. In 1992 he published the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, which became a long-term best seller and formed the central theme of his subsequent books and career activities. His books have sold millions of copies.
Very deep insight into human emotions we all experience presented in simple, easy to read and follow way. It help very much to understand ourselves better in many blind spots we have, and it also help to learn easy and effective techniques to heal our suppressed emotions and deal better with the current ones.
I highly recommend it for everybody not partners only.
In this book, John Gray explains how relationships can be made better with the opposite sex by knowing the communication styles of the opposite sex. Often we fight because we assume the other person thinks like us, and when we see actions that don't match what WE would do, we get upset.
The other person isn't necessarily doing something that is intended to make you angry. Sometimes it is something that seems completely normal to that person. Knowing the tendencies of thinking for the opposite sex helps you to create more understanding in your relationships.
Inspirational eye-opener !! Loved every bit about it, most parts of this book I identified myself in it and discovered ways I could improve on or loved applied to me and commended myself for my own self-worth. Amazing writer and Dr :):)
The leading content in this book was somewhat enlightening but nothing special. However, what made this book worthy of four stars is the activiies in the back. I thought they were helpful and well constructed from a psychological point of view. Although the activities in the back might seem awkward at first, they are a great way of releasing pent up emotion,understanding one another, and bonding. They can also be applied to a variety of relationships including spouse, parental, and even workplace.
A wonderfully illustrated book, that takes you into a deeper journey of self and relational knowledge, it offers useful tools that one can apply to enrich relationships, the book tackles things in a brief manner , and it focuses on male/female relationships
Great book!!! would definitely recommend this book for all those struggling in relationships. I learned a lot of techniques in dealing with my 9 year boy. And it works!
Amazing book and amazing author! I loved the heart techniques and I applied them in my life. I loved the sequence of feelings and how we can be blissed by love and enjoy this incredible feeling 鉂わ笍
expressing negative feelings rise in any relations is not a sign of weakness but a sign of your strength as you are committed to melt any negative feelings hinder feeling love all the time
Fabulous! I read this one as quickly as a fun fiction book. The cartoons on nearly every page was probably a big help. ;) And this took things to the heart and gave great tips to mend relationships.
I said it last year and I will say it this year as well! I plan to read a book by John Gray each year. A powerful lesson that in order to cure and heal your feelings you must feel them and experience them so that they can surface and pass from you. In a world that historically has dismissed the importance of feelings and emotions, Gray points out how they are messengers meant to tell us something and will continue to return until the message is delivered and received.
If you suppress your feelings, they will eventually mutate into the 4 Rs: resistance, resentment, rejection, and repression. These unresolved feelings will store in the mind and body which many people mismanage with addictions, overeating, and overworking. Eventually the long-term consequence of carrying the four Rs with you throughout life can manifest as disease or depression from lack of resolution.
Gray teaches that our emotions resemble an iceberg and in order to get to the root (love) we must travel downward going deeper until we can let go of the negative emotions and replace them with love.
Remember, anger is not the antithesis of love-apathy is. If there was no love, then there wouldn鈥檛 be any anger. Even though Gray鈥檚 tactics and insights are to be applied in a romantic setting, I do feel like the concept is applicable to other arenas of life. Imagine how much of a higher functioning society we would be if we were taught these things earlier in life so they wouldn鈥檛 be mismanaged in adulthood.
Only feedback is there was some outdated content (like using tape cassettes and recorders) where the language needs to be updated to 2023. Until next time! Happy reading all!