Tracy Mehoke

A good reminder toward personal authenticity and societal inclusion

Reviewed: 08-01-20

I started listening to this book because I was hoping it would give some helpful suggestions for laying the groundwork to be able to represent oneself more authentically to others in a way that makes the conversation easier.

The book is actually more about the ways that women often feel required to bend or obscure their own truth to fit into society. So, it does have useful ideas and examples for questioning expectations, and learning to trust your own interpretations, but not very much about specifically finding ways of communicating these to others. (At least, not beyond being more aware of them for yourself, which is always good)

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Insights into emptiness

Reviewed: 02-05-20

The author offers insights from her extensive experience identifying and treating patients suffering from the adult side-effects of “emotional neglect” as children.

It’s a very helpful framing of how the things that /didn’t happen/ to children can affect them later as adults and how to provide for those things in adulthood.

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Excellent description of psychology of resume and ptsd in context

Reviewed: 01-31-20

Aside from the well-researched and fascinating information about psychological and physiological effects of trauma + successful therapies, the book also addresses some of the historical and “political” context of the struggle to see and recognize and properly diagnose/treat patients. Really well-done.

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Concise framing and exploration of navigating self and others

Reviewed: 12-27-19

This book is relatively short, does an excellent job of framing the invisible and unspoken issues that many face in the typically women’s role of maintaining relationships, often at the expense of the self. This book interestingly describes intuition and the sometimes counterintuitive role of anxiety in reacting and reinforcing old structures of relating (describes in helpful ways I don’t recall seeing in other books on relating and communication). I would have appreciated further elaboration on typical patterns of response that the book describes as “predictable”, in addition to the few clear and detailed examples provided.

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How to succeed by navigating conflict with empathy

Reviewed: 03-09-19

Especially if you are a woman

or similarly disadvantaged when it comes to negotiations, this book might really help you! I expect that you will recognize a lot of skills you already have, and will understand how to put these to work for you when negotiating with people in power.

If you are in a position of leadership and dont see how things like emotions (yours or others) can help drive a good bargain, definitely read this book. It could be that the skills that will most help you are those you have been avoiding or devaluing, and we all need you to have those skills.

Within the frame of navigating negotiations, the author references other important communication, relationship and empathic skills. This book is a treasure trove of best practices.

From the mistake of viewing counterparts as “crazy”, to the importance of understanding your own internal default role and improving yourself, this book provides a mix of methods, examples, anecdotes, and explanations that present the information clearly and memorably.

Especially considering the current gender wage gap due to different expectations in salary negotiations, and the current political environments causing conservatives and liberals to clash and demonize one another, this book underscores the importance and absolute advantage of being a decent, honest, well-informed person ... and offers tools for making sure you do that.

I never thought Id be grateful to a book on negotiations for making the world a better place.

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Wish I'd read/listened sooner

Reviewed: 05-11-18

Revolutionary research explained in an understandable and actionable way. Outlines a theory and case studies that Im sure will change the future of how we work, grow, and learn.

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A good talisman for your own hero story

Reviewed: 03-18-18

Peterson organizes and describes his 12 basic rules for an honorable and useful life, though stories of personal experience as well as conclusions his research in psychology, philosophy, religion, and ideology. Listeners of Jordan B Peterson's podcasts will find a lot of familiar, but reorganized information and stories here. With these stories and encouragement, he hopes to give listeners their own resources to bravely live their own lives in a way beneficial to them and to their communities. In the hero journey, the hero is the person who endures trials, adventures, and even hell to bring back some treasure for his or her community. This is something that everyone can do. Near the beginning of the journey, the hero usually receives a protective amulet or talisman that will aid them in the upcoming trials. This book and the stories in it will be that encouragement and protection for people who want to challenge themselves to live well and be beneficial to themselves and others. It most certainly will not be easy. Best wishes for us all.

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If you've been listening to Jordan B Peterson,

Reviewed: 02-25-18

Between literary analysis, archetypes, Joseph Campbell, and Jordan B Peterson, I can't believe it has taken me this long to actually read/listen o Jung himself. Wealth of insights and well-explained. I took a lot of notes.

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A life's work worth learning from

Reviewed: 01-28-18

Wish I could benefit from the tools/PDFs in the print version, but its more efficient for me to listen to it as an audiobook. Very encouraging to hear a lifetime of dedicated practice on living and working well to affirm you where you are the only one ad challenge you where you need to improve. Good to know that these things which seem so easy to believe in really can work in practice.

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One of those must-read historical narratives

Reviewed: 10-01-17

This book provides a starting point and a format for thinking not only about American history, but about any history concerning people, societies, nations, and the dynamics of power that inevitably set people and systems against one another. The information in this book covers many of the important narratives that have been missing and left untaught or unexplored in most schools. This is the kind of understanding that will help us recogize and avoid "repeating history", and look for ways of building a future that benefits not necessarily systems, corporations, nations, or political parties, ... but rather that benefits the people. As we are all people, this seems to be a fitting goal.

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