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    <body><![CDATA[I debated putting this book on my profile because I found the title a little embarrassing. But then I realized the irony of that thought. This book is about how you project what other people are thinking of you and how harmful that process is. So my embarrassment about reading this book had to do wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36446596">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[UM, OK Byron Katie is a genius. She's done what so many have failed to do, which is to elucidate a clear pathway from unhappiness to happiness with a few easy questions. This book is an expansion on her previous work, &quot;Loving What IS&quot;...which is the closest thing to a bible for me really. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52154212">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm crazy about Byron Katie. I think she has the most amazing technique for handling life. I really loved &quot;Loving What Is&quot;. With that said, this book didn't do that much for me. I definitely would not recommend reading it until after you had read &quot;Loving What Is&quot;, but as a compan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65385856">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, this was my first exposure to Byron Katie. It wasn't a bad book but it was a new thought process to me, and I didn't really absorb the book the way I should. I might read it again, after the initial concepts sink in. Basically, her process is to question everything, every thought. And I find t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38943571">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is so helpful! I am learning how to just be me!  Thanks Byron Katie!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Doing &quot;the work&quot; has changed my life!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[we are a lot stronger than we think, sometimes we seek the ok from others, but the answer lies within us the entire time.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Work of Byron Katie applied to relationships. So simple yet so profound. When you begin to ask &quot;Is that true?&quot; about your thoughts and expectations, you begin to look at your partners, friends, loved ones, <em>yourself,</em> in an entirely different light. Healing begins. Your world shifts. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent look at all the mental games we play with ourselves in relationships with friends, business associates, lovers and mates. Teaches a simple process of inquiry to shift limiting thoughts. Watch the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheWorkofBK">authors videos on YouTube.</a>]]></body>
    
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