Get a Grip: Your Two-Week Mental Makeover

by Belisa Lozano-Vranich and Belisa Vranich

Book Overview

Learn how to change your life for the better-in just two weeks

Everyone has things about themselves they'd like to change, relationships they'd like to be smoother, or something in the past they'd like to be more at peace with, but it's not always easy to know what to do or how to get started. Now clinical psychologist and advice columnist Belisa Vranich helps you jumpstart transformation with a remarkable 14-day program of self-action and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470383194
• ISBN13: 9780470383193
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Get a Grip--not just a book for weeping females

I was lucky and got an early read of this book. Don't let the melodramatic weeping female on the book cover fool you... this is a serious book that challenges readers to get a better understanding of themselves. For 14 days, Dr. Belisa Vranich takes you through topics that explore aspects of who you are. These aspects include your past, how you and others see yourself, your goals, your future, things that upset you, etc. For each day of exploration, Belisa guides you with strategies used in regular therapy, examples from real life and philosophical examples from all points of view. After taking everything in, you are asked to respond without fear into your journal. The journal is the equivalent of lying down on the therapist's couch and talking. It may seem intimidating to write down your thoughts, but Dr. Belisa provides good guiding questions to get you started. At the end of 14 days, you will be amazed at how much you've opened up. I was impressed with the book's straight forwardness and friendly tone. Dr. Belisa informs but never talks down to you. It's heavy in ideas and each day's topic could easily branch off into weeks' worth of work. Therefore, this is a book that is useful in multiple phases of your life. I myself have reread sections and reworked the journal questions to gain a deeper understanding. 'Get a Grip' reminds us that there are no easy and gimmicky tricks to understanding ourselves. It requires hard work, persistence (trust me, there were some assignments that i didn't want to do but I made myself do it anyway), and a willingness to listen within. This experience is as rewarding as you want to make it.

In flux (and seriously, who isn't)? Here's your sanity guide.

Whether frumpy, uninformed, or simply boring and inarticulate, too many self-help books have one agenda: to make the author a superstar. THANK GOD FOR BELISA VRANICH, who is *already* a superstar, and an incredibly quick-witted one. From page one, Belisa's knowledgeable and modern approach, ability to call out the reader on their BS, and realistic solutions stands out from the barrage of emotional makeover books that completely miss the mark. Whether you're coming out of a relationship, making a career switch, or beating yourself up for things you can't change, there's something in this book for anyone in crisis...and probably most people who have it relatively together. Get a Grip is consistently concentrated on pushing the reader to do real work instead of applying a quick fix. Two weeks of applying honest methodology designed to make you more self-aware and pro-active can yield real results. Belisa's book is a winner.

awakening

Highly recommend!!! Amazing! If you are uncertain and feel like you could use a change... this book is for you. It could be any change. This is another great thing about this book. It is not about this or that (relationship, career, etc). It is about getting you where you need/want to be. So it helps anyone in any situation. You work with the author's guidance - like you are in a therapy session!

Empowering!

This is a great book for anyone who feels like they are ready for a change, but not sure where to start. I love that it's action oriented, so there's no guess work involved. It's all spelled out for you. It helped get me create a more positive direction in my life so I highly recommend everyone read it asap!

LOVED IT!

Brilliant book for those searching to transform their life. Dr. Vranich's therapeutic techniques were very helpful. I loved it! Great book for HIM and HER.