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culinaryjules's review
4.0
An excellent book - very helpful. My only complaint is that much of it was redundant. I didn’t feel like they needed to be so repetitive. The concepts are extremely helpful and I’m very thankful I read it.
abbyhgarrett's review
5.0
I read this for counseling and my goodness did it help me! It put language to things that I was experiencing but didn’t know how to think or talk about. Now that I’m learning how to have boundaries with my own feelings, I’m able to invite Jesus into anything that I’m feeling knowing that he offers grace and healing.
txjpjenny's review
2.0
DNF. Read more than half for a book group, but bc of people’s schedules and what-not, the group has gone on longer than I anticipated, and I had to drop out. Which means I could toss the book aside. I’ve heard that IFS therapy can be helpful for some, but aside from this book not being very well written (quoting CS Lewis out of context is an automatic deal breaker for me—they did this with many quotes and Bible verses), I could not wrap my mind around giving volition to my emotions and talking to them the way these authors describe. It feels like the opposite of integrating one’s whole being/self. The title of the book and the endorsement by Curt Thompson roped me in, but I have found little to no help or insight on establishing boundaries on emotions. Their technique and this therapy model seems really odd and in some ways just taking old wisdom and turning it into something seemingly new and innovative. Their frequent mantra of “lead [yourself] with your spirit-led self” was a real mind-bender. It is definitely not in the same vein as Cloud & Townsend’s Boundaries series—though one of the authors talks about talking to Townsend at the beginning of the book, plus he also endorses the book… use of the word “boundaries” then makes it seem like a marketing scheme. Trying to Christianize this secular therapy model ended up being really weird to me, at least the way it was presented in this book. It doesn’t seem like the type of thing that should be written for a wide audience but I’m open to the idea that it be used specifically by a trained specialist for a client for whom this therapy would specifically benefit. I’m pretty grumpy about spending so much time with this book.
emmaledbetter's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.5