What Will Set You Free: From Pain to Passion in 7 Weeks

by Cynthia James

Book Overview

This book is a practical guide that will help release you from any emotion bondage you might be carrying as a result of childhood abuse, broken promises, betrayals or rejection. What Will Set You Free... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977476189
• ISBN13: 9780977476183
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Thornton Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Uplifting book

Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Readers View (5/08) Cynthia James has given readers the chance to make a positive change in their life through her own stories, practical exercises, journaling and a wonderful meditation CD. It has been a while since this reader has read a book so compelling, one that gives advice you can use right that moment and one so caring. Each chapter is filled with stories of her own life of abuse, neglect, finding the wrong relationships and trying to find who she really is. Don't we all do that? Many of us have been harboring secrets for most of our life and can't figure out why we aren't happy. "What Will Set You Free" gives clear understanding of how we sabotage our goals and ourselves. We continually play the victim and blame others. Ms. James teaches us how to stop doing the negatives and focus on the positives we have with such exercises as: writing your story- word for word, making no changes. She asks, "Does your story drain you and make you fatigued?" Then follows with after reading your story ask yourself "Do you want to let go of the story and move on." As a psychologist I have read many self-help books, but none show this amount of enthusiasm or sincerity in helping you make a change in seven weeks. This is a book that I would recommend my students in my "Children and Violence" class to read and re-read. Even if we have taught ourselves to believe that we have had a perfect life, Ms. James will help you realize that there is no "perfect" life-- we all have issues, but you don't have to let them rule. "What Will Set You Free" is a very incredible read.

If violence in your past is affecting your life today - get this book!

The author lived with a violent upbringing too - being hurt and worse quite frequently. It affected everything in her life until she decided that "yesterday" wasn't going to affect "tomorrow" anymore! She wrote this book as a gift back to the world to help others accept and transcend the pain that brought them this far. The program and meditations are a safe path through facing the past and releasing their hold on your future. You owe this to yourself! You're worth it!

abuse recovery with spiritual healing

In any abuse situation (physical, emotional, substance) we tend to divorce ourselves from our bodies and our feelings and walk through our lives disconnected from our essence. "What will set you Free" companions the reader every day of their journey to healing. At the beginning of the book the question is asked "If there were no blocks how would you live your life?" What follows is a workbook that is much more than just another self-help book. It is a workbook for life change which will transform the reader from abuse to wholeness. Cynthia James has written an easy to follow road map to reconnection with your true self.

A powerful, practical and effective workbook for self-healing.

This book is brilliant in it's approach. It's laid out in such a simple way to follow the daily and weekly practices and tools for healing old wounds, judgments and unhealthy beliefs. I'm so grateful to have these tools which I'll be able to use throughout time whenever I'm in need of support. I also found the personal life stories written by various individuals to be quite helpful. Hearing other poeple's stories, insights and healings offered me a deeper inroad to addressing with compassion my own challenges. I'll be recommending "What Will Set You Free" to anyone I know that is in need of support.

Saved My Life

There was a time that I thought that I had no where to turn. Using the principles of this book have allowed me to hope and begin to live from a place of power. I encourage anyone who is challenged with life to learn the skills in this book. I believe it will be a life changing event. Susan