The Power of Letting Go
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- Author：John Purkiss
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Petra Gilang Ramadan
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Beban di masalalu menumpuk dan memberatkan langlah untuk terus maju kedepan。 John Purkiss punya cara untuk meringankannya！
Ghada
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The book is quite simple and basic but also useful。 I listened to it when I was feeling bad and it was mildly soothing。
Frankie Cronin
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An excellent self help book for anyone who feels stuck in their life and feels that they are being held back by negative emotions。The process of letting go of early experiences is stressed using various techniques。 Meditation to clear the mind of clutter is recommended， as is being present in the moment， not dwelling on past or future worries。Useful exercises to become one with the cosmos and clear any ego are explained。A shame I didn’t read this book when I was younger and bogged down by many h An excellent self help book for anyone who feels stuck in their life and feels that they are being held back by negative emotions。The process of letting go of early experiences is stressed using various techniques。 Meditation to clear the mind of clutter is recommended， as is being present in the moment， not dwelling on past or future worries。Useful exercises to become one with the cosmos and clear any ego are explained。A shame I didn’t read this book when I was younger and bogged down by many hang ups from my early years！ 。。。more
Navid
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There are plenty of self help books out there。 I really enjoyed reading the power of letting go。 What stood out for me were many examples as well as the executive summary after each chapter。 John Purkiss has managed to put together a book that is an excellent read。
Raquel H
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Good book generally speaking， feel like there's some better ones that cover the same topic a bit better but still good Good book generally speaking， feel like there's some better ones that cover the same topic a bit better but still good 。。。more
Nikki Brown
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Feeling enlightened！ This book is full of not just tips and pointers but the actual materials and directions you need to achieve the goal of surrendering。 I would recommend to anyone who suffers from anxiety etc。
Michael
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GoodI was able to connect and pick up some tips through this book。 Letting go is something I need more of in my life。
Nishi Shah
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Helpful ReadIt has been extremely helpful read for me。 It has showed practical ways to be present and let go of past。
Tonya Kendrick
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This book is excellent for the open minded。 For your more logically based thinkers （those who connect the dots on patterns， statistics， research）， youd probably consider reading something more or less instructed through a psychologist or therapist。 For those with a preference of intuition or feeling their way through things， it's like learning the alphabet。 It's probably life changing for the intuitives。 And for me， I'm a feeler and totally changed my perspective on a few things。 I'm super groun This book is excellent for the open minded。 For your more logically based thinkers （those who connect the dots on patterns， statistics， research）， youd probably consider reading something more or less instructed through a psychologist or therapist。 For those with a preference of intuition or feeling their way through things， it's like learning the alphabet。 It's probably life changing for the intuitives。 And for me， I'm a feeler and totally changed my perspective on a few things。 I'm super grounded in values。 And while my values are important to me， it helped me understand that is great and not to let that go。 It's just part of who I am and that's ok。 And it's ok to let go of those relationships， careers， and ideologies others may have that really aren't serving me in any way。 And most importantly， not to let others deter me from my own unique visions/thoughts/ideas/patterns。 To find comfort in leave in those characteristics in myself。 Anyone I've ever met in my life would greatly benefit from this book。 It's life changing in the sense that it changes your perspective and reduces anxiety。 Simply put like the author states: There are those who flow with life and those who fight against it。 So now I see how to flow with it。 。。。more
Allie
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Slightly hokie， but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would。 Helpful when you carry emotional baggage from relationships - at work， with friends， etc。
Andrea Burns
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After over 30 years of self-help books， this is the one I have been waiting for。
MindOverMatter
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I would not have read this book if it weren't chosen in a reading group I participated in （it was not chosen by me though）。 But the book is short and a quick read， so at least not much time is wasted 。。。 And with a deep background on mindfulness research and mindfulness practice， one may find it even a bit inspiring （some ideas are interesting， but not their particular execution by the author and not his explanations and overall focus）。 I personally found it surprisingly inspiring even though I I would not have read this book if it weren't chosen in a reading group I participated in （it was not chosen by me though）。 But the book is short and a quick read， so at least not much time is wasted 。。。 And with a deep background on mindfulness research and mindfulness practice， one may find it even a bit inspiring （some ideas are interesting， but not their particular execution by the author and not his explanations and overall focus）。 I personally found it surprisingly inspiring even though I cannot rate it high and I also cannot recommend it to others。 Before reading it， I suspected it to be a simple introduction to mindfulness techniques， but it is very simple at that and even worse: it consists of a mixture of misleading pop psychology ideas （amongst others relying on Katie Byron whose work I personally don't resonate at all with） with some useful and reasonable experiences around mindfulness meditation。 But even his description of meditation is connected with overly exaggerated effects such as "no thoughts" - even buddhist monks still have thoughts most of the time ;） and in all his examples， he only ended up with at most a few minutes without thoughts。 I also didn't understand why one even should chase that experience so desperately？ His teachings around mindfulness are generally oversimplified and cover only a subset of known mindfulness techniques used in buddhist practices and in mindfulness psychology。 The former he seems to not really like even though he reuses the classical anchor meditation in different versions in his exercises （selling each as different or not understanding the common denominator）。 The latter he obviously has no clue about。 He seems to be largely into a very spiritual and traditional hinduism Vedic practice and transcendental meditation。 His explanations for why those practices and classic meditation techniques work are largely useless and oversimplified。 Altogether I consider it to be a very basic， quite esoteric book without scientific background （and there is a huge host of scientific studies nowadays showing AND explaining the benefits of meditation - the latter done by neuroscientists）。 It's a bit funny when Purkiss writes that meditation is backed with science and lists 2 references but without publisher， no publication date， nothing that allows the reader to find the publications。 These are useless and there are so many more and so much better ones。 The book is useless and misleading to anyone who wants to learn about meditation。 2 stars， because some exercises were indeed interesting and usable with modifications and sometimes I did recognize statements of an obviously quite experienced meditator - but not one who understands why and how it works。 And also not one who can teach it well。There were many very annoying and misleading explanations and ideas in the book， but most annoying was the completion exercise where he literally expects the reader to remember the exact time when a negative core belief has been created in order to go back in time and re-live the experience。 The completion exercise is basically about being present with difficult emotions and resolving them （this is common practice in buddhism and meditation， just without having to find the the exact root cause in childhood decades ago， possibly when one was 3 years old 。。。 I mean， really？！？？）， but Purkiss insists each time he mentions this completion exercise （and he mentions it A LOT） on finding the root cause for any difficult emotion。 How can he even expect people to remember that precisely？ This is so absurd。 And it is also absolutely irrelevant as it is the present that matters and not the past。 Living in the past leads to rumination and rumination is surely a habit no one wants to end up suffering of。 。。。more
Jen Melham
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DNFI stopped after chapter 3。 I will skim the rest as I am leading a book club discussion for it。 I thought I was going to LOVE this book。 It seemed to align with a lot of what I was already learning through "thought work" which uses concepts from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy （CBT）。 Purkiss oversimplifies things dramatically。 I think this is a great book for people who have been through therapy， namely CBT， and already have an idea of "how to let go，" but in my opinion Purkiss expects a lot out DNFI stopped after chapter 3。 I will skim the rest as I am leading a book club discussion for it。 I thought I was going to LOVE this book。 It seemed to align with a lot of what I was already learning through "thought work" which uses concepts from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy （CBT）。 Purkiss oversimplifies things dramatically。 I think this is a great book for people who have been through therapy， namely CBT， and already have an idea of "how to let go，" but in my opinion Purkiss expects a lot out of his readers and their ability to therapize themselves。 For instance， he tells you to "just keep telling yourself your painful story until you get bored with it" and then doesn't tell you what to do if you don't get bored with it。。。 if it's still just as painful every time you think about it。 Granted， that's what therapy is for and he DOES have a disclaimer to discuss this with your healthcare or mental health provider。。。 but if I'm going to do that， why do I need your book， Purkiss？ Like I said， I thought I was going to love this book， and I WISH I loved it。 But I think I was looking for a silver bullet when it came to "letting go" of the things that hold me back。 I believe there are much better and more relatable personal development books out there on this subject。 。。。more
Pat McConnaughey
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Good Sound GuidanceThis book is a handy guide for anyone wishing to change their life。 From introducing the reader to yoga and meditation， to helping you relive and process painful memories ， and letting go to be free to reach for your goals， this book covers it all。 A good introduction to secrets to life change。 Well worth the read。
Victoria Valle Lopez
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WorkbookI really enjoyed reading this book but please be aware that this is almost a workbook。 It gives you things to journal about & as a visual learner it helps to understand the game。 I wish I would’ve bought the physical copy because it is a work book。
Melanie
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Something about it was hard to focus on。 Idk if it was just me but I found my thoughts wondering a lot。 I think it had a good message though。
Hayat Khalid
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I wouldn't recommend reading it if you've already read “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle。It has many mutual ideas with it but is explained in a more simplified way。 I wouldn't recommend reading it if you've already read “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle。It has many mutual ideas with it but is explained in a more simplified way。 。。。more
Jule
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This book is 90% about spirituality and meditation-like stuff， so you need to be very open-minded about these topics to enjoy the book。 For me as scientist it was simply exhausting。 I´ll give a few of the mentioned journaling excercises a try， but most of the stuff mentioned didn´t fit for my life。 I was expecting something more psychological and less spiritual， so I´m pretty disappointed。 one of the things that disturbed me the most was the fact that， by word count， approx。 the 3 contents （expl This book is 90% about spirituality and meditation-like stuff， so you need to be very open-minded about these topics to enjoy the book。 For me as scientist it was simply exhausting。 I´ll give a few of the mentioned journaling excercises a try， but most of the stuff mentioned didn´t fit for my life。 I was expecting something more psychological and less spiritual， so I´m pretty disappointed。 one of the things that disturbed me the most was the fact that， by word count， approx。 the 3 contents （explanations， excercises and successfull examples） were distributed equally。 I prefer books with less examples and more theory。 The explanations of the practical excercises were not fully understandable for beginners like me。 Overall the book is something which was ok-ish to read once， but all I can put into practice from it are approx。 5 usefull journaling excercises。 。。。more
Maria Gutier
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Amazing and practical book regarding mindfulness， meditation， and releasing our hold on the labels we put on ourselves。
Marmota
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Vamos por pedacitos。 Hay algunos capítulos o frases que son buenas y valen la pena leer。 Siento que el autor ha de ser insoportable en una fiesta con un trago en la mano queriendo que todos escuchen cómo alcanzó la iluminación letting go， y al mismo tiempo no me cae mal porque seguro diría: a huevo soy yo jeje。
Sara
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It’s more about how to let go rather than the power of letting go but still an easy， relaxing and enjoyable read。
Alyssa Marie
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This book was very educational
Regina Froland
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I found the techniques to be helpful and easy to understand。 I am sire to keep this book a reference when I find myself struggling with life。
Susan
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I felt like this was a Cliff notes version of many types of self-help with a heavy emphasis on Transcendental Meditation。 While the concepts are good， the author oversimplifies the effort needed to make significant change。 For example， he says if you simply relive a traumatic experience several times （relive to relieve） it will eliminate the pain pattern from your life。 There is also a lot of privilege in the examples （“while vacationing on the French Riviera。。。”; “studying under a swami”） that I felt like this was a Cliff notes version of many types of self-help with a heavy emphasis on Transcendental Meditation。 While the concepts are good， the author oversimplifies the effort needed to make significant change。 For example， he says if you simply relive a traumatic experience several times （relive to relieve） it will eliminate the pain pattern from your life。 There is also a lot of privilege in the examples （“while vacationing on the French Riviera。。。”; “studying under a swami”） that may be off-putting to people。If you’re looking for a detailed primer on meditation， this isn’t it。 If you’re looking for ideas on different methods to explore， then this book will give you a good start。 。。。more
Valeriia Klim
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From my rating， you can guess that i didn’t enjoy the content of this book。First of all， let’s see the good bits:• I liked the given exercises about letting go of past and worries about future。 Sometimes， people can get trapped in this vicious cycle of being stuck with past feeling and see future only through this lens。 so yes， i see the practical need in this。 • letting go of labels。 absolutely true， even though categorization is one of the most important features of our brain （this is a part o From my rating， you can guess that i didn’t enjoy the content of this book。First of all， let’s see the good bits:• I liked the given exercises about letting go of past and worries about future。 Sometimes， people can get trapped in this vicious cycle of being stuck with past feeling and see future only through this lens。 so yes， i see the practical need in this。 • letting go of labels。 absolutely true， even though categorization is one of the most important features of our brain （this is a part of people’s learning process， without it we would be just like any other animals）， it is important to keep an open mind to people， experiences， life as a whole。 there are always several perspectives on literally everything。 people should learn how to accept it。Now， to parts i didn’t liked:• constant reminders about “force above us”。 that this force， universe， god - call it anyway you wish - have the ultimate power over people’s lives。 of course， it is author’s worldview， but he presents it as an ultimate truth， but there are no proofs to it。 moreover， it is an ultimate topic of philosophy， but if we suggest that there is no “higher power”， what is it that guide us through life？ answer to this， is we ourselves do this。 there is no “plan” or “fate” that will magically work if we step down of our expectations。 only other people with their decisions， which outcomes will affect us the same way our decisions affect other people’s life （“butterfly effect”）。 ultimately， the only thing we should learn is to accept， that it doesn’t matter how detailed plan we got， something won’t go the way we want it。 and it is not destiny。• intuition。 more precise， that intuition is an answer for everything。 i especially “liked” how author mentioned Myers-Briggs typology when talking about labels。 true， it can be used by people just to create yet another categories for people in their lives。 but there is so much more beneath these types - cognitive functions！ this is what mbti is all about。 learning how people perceive world around and how they do decisions on that information。 i can go on for a long time about this topic， but if You want to learn about it more - just google。 there are tons of information about that。 ultimately， some people are better with real world - “sensors”， but other operate in abstract world - “intuitives”。 i， having introverted intuition as the most used cognitive function， was laughing about hearing that intuition is an answer to everything， because for me it is fairly obvious it is not the case。 both intuitive and sensing cognitive functions are need to be developed in order to operate properly in this world。 answer is in balance: yes， sensors need to develop their intuition， but for intuitives it is vital to develop sensing， so we will have connection to a real world。 i can say， that neglecting sensing function is super damaging for a person。 yes， intuition will give you hunches and insights， but without having real world to lean on - it is useless （example: intuitive eating is useless for people with food addiction。 as a person who have the last condition， my intuition can tell me that i need to eat properly and healthy， but with that it can make me eat big amounts of food （even if it is healthy， not having real-world moderation will make it unhealthy） or to eat something unhealthy and even binge。 this is why i need sensing: to moderate what my intuition tells me。）• us being only consciousness。 no we are not。 just as we are not only mind and body。 this things work in a triad - taking away at least one of this elements， we cannot be considered as humans at all。 person can go all consciousness and mind， but what will happen to the body？ or if one neglects consciousness， all the work with mind and body will be useless。 and in neglecting mind - ultimately， what that person will be good for？ nothing。 balance between everything is a key， you cannot just throw away one element and expect everything will be all right。 so， this is just my personal thoughts on what i saw and what i feel。 if this book works for you - i am really glad that this is a case。 unfortunately， it didn’t work for me the way i hoped it would。 maybe because i have absolutely different experience， worldview and mental structure， not to mention i do not believe in an “ultimate force” or whatever。 it doesn’t mean that one of us is right and other is wrong。 no， this is just different perspectives （and i really see how his words can be true） and this is how things should be - not black and white， but “in-between” gray shades。 。。。more
Davian
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The way this book affirmatively pointing out that humans aren’t fixated individuals， that humans could be selfish， could also be nice in meantime。 It inherently validates humans’ feelings， I think。 Why can’t I let this go？ This book told me that it could be started from something that I thought wouldn’t be a problem or a regret that could be irrational and hopeless like: “I am useless。”Then， try to recognize those beliefs until they won’t hurt you anymore， emphasize them。 As someone who tried an The way this book affirmatively pointing out that humans aren’t fixated individuals， that humans could be selfish， could also be nice in meantime。 It inherently validates humans’ feelings， I think。 Why can’t I let this go？ This book told me that it could be started from something that I thought wouldn’t be a problem or a regret that could be irrational and hopeless like: “I am useless。”Then， try to recognize those beliefs until they won’t hurt you anymore， emphasize them。 As someone who tried another method to let go of whatever event that was strenuous to forget， I think this book gave me so much refreshing insight。 Pretty recommended。Though， I don’t think it’s really easy to absorb it。 Some of the chapters are somewhat confusing。 4/5。 。。。more
Madlena Štauere
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There are some chapters i would recomend to read。
Andrew Wong
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The 1st book I read in 2021。 Letting go is necessary。 We create space for new things to happen。 We will be better for it。 Even if it does not fell like it right now。 Must read to start the new year。https://www。amazon。com/Power-Letting-。。。 The 1st book I read in 2021。 Letting go is necessary。 We create space for new things to happen。 We will be better for it。 Even if it does not fell like it right now。 Must read to start the new year。https://www。amazon。com/Power-Letting-。。。 。。。more
Jessica
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Excursions into audiobook land。 Not bad。 And as this is a very meditation heavy book， it allows you to just sit back， and listen。 Pausing when you need a moment of reflection or 5 minute meditations， etc。 I’m someone who has a hard time letting go。 Any help I can get towards being less of a stress ball， I’ll take。 This helps。 It ms all things I know of knew， but he helps you sort of just think in a different way。 To top dwelling， and living in the moment。
Amanda
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Surpassed Expectations！！I started this book in our book club thinking it would give some tips on how to relax and be more present but it was so much more。 It gave healing exercises， manifesting your desires， and broke down the layers of bringing more peace in your life。 Beautiful and helpful book！
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