DISENTANGLE

When You've Lost Your Self in Someone Else

Paperback, 196 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2001 by 1st Books Library.

ISBN:
978-1-4107-3090-9
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OCLC Number:
64629798

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2 stars (1 review)

3 editions

4 areas of work with one fundamental flaw

2 stars

This book should get a higher rating. The sections on Facing Illusions, Detaching, and Setting Healthy Boundaries are incredibly valuable. These make up three of the four areas of work the book covers. The remaining area however is spirituality.

The book defines this as finding a higher power and recognizing that you are not in full control of your life. There is something here that is true, but the message is tangled in all this talk of higher powers. While it attempts to leave that part open to interpretation, I could not help but feel that it fell into the trap many religious authors do trying to "include" atheists but ultimately using language that excludes them. Because of this, I cannot recommend this book, even though at different points I want to.

I want to be able to recommend this book when its talking about setting boundaries, not just in …

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