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Goodbye to Guilt

By: Gerald G. Jampolsky M.D., Diane V. Cirincione Ph.D.
Narrated by: Gerald Jampolsky M.D., Diane Cirincione Ph.D.
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Love is where there is no fear. Fear is where there is no love. In our age of anxieties, most of us live by complex expectations about what we should achieve, how we should act, and how others should treat us. As a result, we are victimized by guilt and fear - guilt because our standards haven't been met in the past, fear that they won't be met in the future. Inevitable, these negative emotions wreak havoc on our personal relationships, self-esteem, and peace of mind. But what if we let go of our fear and guilt? The transformation can be miraculous, says world famous psychiatrist and author Gerald G. Jampolsky. The secret lies in healthy perception of yourself. Dr. Jampolsky points the way through fourteen lessons that can change your life. These lessons show:

  • How to quiet the ego-self that creates fear and guilt.
  • How to accept genuine love and give it away.
  • How to stop judging others, thereby to stop judging yourself.
  • How to listen to your inner voice to receive support and guidance.
  • How to forgive others so that loneliness and separation become illusions of the past.
  • And much more.

Here is a book for everyone who seeks the key to life's most satisfying reward. A book that tells you how to throw off the burdens of the past, and learn what it can mean to truly love.

©1985 Nightingale Conant for Gerald Jampolsky, Diane Circincione (P)1985 Nightingale Conant

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A bit of interesting stuff.....Terrible audio qual

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Overall not really worth it. Some good bits, a lot of nonsense.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. and Diane Cirincione, Ph.D. ?

The Narrators weren't the problem. It must have been recorded on an Edison phonograph.

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Every 3 sentence is about God.

Every 3 sentence is about God. I had thought this was a more scientific book by a doctor

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A very good guide or total guilt and forgiveness

This is a very good guide towards moving releasing guilt and onto forgiveness. Very good recommendation to read many times over.

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Useful and Applicable

I like the lessons in here, it helps to implement the lessons. Good concepts to, I got a lot out of it. I do think there was some extremeness in the language or examples but over all I took a lot away from this. Great book for someone like myself who’s always been taught every bad that has happened is a directly my fault because I was good enough, a hard enough worker, smart enough and so on.

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Needs the chapters labeled - where's action?

I will change my review if I can get through this book.
I am a believer that there is an action step to letting go of fear and guilt.
I would love more info on the Action Steps to get rid of it.
Telling me to "Let go of the guilt, forgive others, forgive yourself" is an excellent "Idea" in theory.
But it's not that easy.
And as I listen (all anxiety ridden, there's a reason I bought the book) I want to know if they tell me the "how" of it.
Not just the "why" of it. Honestly I'm feeling more and more pressing guilt as I listen thinking "I must be doing something wrong because I can't just let go" and to me, that is coming from a inner place of God saying "You can't just "will yourself" to forgive, you need to take action, THY WILL be done, not Mine. You know?
So I look to see if there are any chapters indicating if there are action steps and they are just numbered.
So I'll try to keep listening.

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Absolutely Superb and Worth it

I was skeptical, esp the cost was oddly high.
out of despair I bought it.
What a revelation, identifying the EGO.
It uses God as a core fix but Not in a crazy religious way, but in Principle of Love as the cure.

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Great Book

I really like this book. I'll read it 5 or 6 more times to let the principles sink in.

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Warning: Very god-heavy

While there is zero mention of God, religion, or faith in the synopsis, this is definitely a faith-based book. I should have read the reviews. If you are more scientifically minded, give this one a skip. Like I did.

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Very disappointed that it's a faith-based approach

I chose this book purely because of the title and description. I was hoping for something between a self help book and something targeted for psychotherapists. Unfortunately, this is a book devoted to god. I soldiered through the first 3 chapters and while there were some good things, there was nothing useful for me (therapist that works with heavy trauma) in it. On the one hand, I am happy that it presents some useful tidbits, like some basics from CBT and eastern philosophy/teachings. On the other hand, everything goes back to "embrace god's love and let go of the hurt" and while that might work for some people, it isn't relevant for me personally. I could have left it at that, but what annoyed me most is that there is no mention in the description that this is a faith-based approach. I could have spared 1h of my life if I knew that beforehand.

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Eye Opening Content

We're all mirrors of each other! What we see and do to others we do unto ourselves. Wow, where have we heard this before?? And yet its so hard to adapt and follow, as we were instructed to do so.

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