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Spiritual Divorce

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When I went through my divorce 5 years ago I encountered this book and it CHANGED my life! This book stood out from the dozens of other self-help/divorce books by the results I created in my life as a result of reading it. Spiritual Divorce gave me a roadmap for using this devastating emotional experience as a powerful springboard to a new, more inspired, loving and positive expression of myself. So if your heart has been broken through divorce, or if you've ever had a broken heart, you must read this book. It will guide you, step-by-step, on how to turn lead into gold. As she points out, if we don't get the lessons of why we created these relationships in the first place, we'll simply keep on repeating those patterns in future relationships. Debbie Ford - on behalf of my three young children and myself, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for writing this incredible book!

If you like gushy mushy gab about relationships, love, and forgiveness, all told in parables and ancedotes, you'll love this book. The slant is from the issue of divorce but it is like thousands of other self-help books out there. If you want practical, analytical help don't buy this book.

This book gave me the tools to end my marriage peacefully and amicably with my now ex-husband. It allowed me to see the end of my marriage not as a failure, but as a success. As I got more into the book, the more excited I became over the rightness in me. I read it while on vacation and when the vacation was over and the marriage was truly winding down, I was able to truly thank my ex-husband for the lessons I learned about myself through him. I could not have done this without this wonderful book. I have since referred this book to many people and all agree that it changes their outlook on divorce in a most positive way.

Debbie Ford is a talented, thoughtful writer. As in her book "The Dark Side of the Light Chasers" (another MUST read), she shows you that out of the most painful experiences can sometimes come the most joyful lessons.

Everyone contemplating a divorce should read this book.

I asked how you spiritually go through a divorce and this book has helped me maintain the path I knew I wanted to follow. A wonderfull look at self and how to recognize and work through the divorce process. How to Identify personality traits, actions that we all do and have happen in relationships that cause difficulties. This book will help you see you and those traits that cause problems. Including real life stories and helpful exercises. This has helped me see a way to be divorced without guilt, or anger. I am a better person for this book and I thank Debbie for her insights! Divorce hurts, but see why and maybe the pain will be a little less.

My belief has always been that "There's a reason for everything" and along comes Debbie Ford's 'Spiritual Divorce' that not only supports this belief but beautifully illustrates, explains,and embellishes this idea. This book is not only for those that are in the realm of a divorce, but for anyone who wants to (like me) reach a higher level within themselves, and not let other people (or events) negatively affect their attitude toward life. This book is even for those folks who think they're 'OK', that they aren't in need of a 'makeover'...this book gives all who reads it an uplift in their life...it's an intriguing collection of thoughts and ideas and methodologies based on good old fundamental principles, trust in yourself and Fate, and Divine Intervention, and the simple belief that God has a reason for everything.

I need a new highlighter after reading this book...a favorite passage is (though there is many): "As you can see, you never know how life will turn out or why particular events occur. The Law of Acceptance teaches us that we always evolving, whether we are aware of it or not. What might look like the worst event that has ever befallen you could be part of a brilliantly designed plan that will lead you to a place of fulfillment, peace,and contentment. Accepting your circumstaces instantly relieves you of your internal struggle and frees you to start seeing new possibilities."

This book validated, as if it were written for me, almost every fear I knew or didn't know that I had. I learned my own faults through the self-realization practice that Debbie walks the reader through, and was able to talk to my husband honestly about some things for the first time in years. This book is easy reading and had me reading passages over and over in awe as to how much the book talked directly to "me"...and how articulately yet simply written the whole book is.

Another thing I liked about this book is that it talks freely and adamantly about God...not religion, but God and his Divine Intervention. I've always struggled with summing up my personal relationship with God into any particular religion, and thankfully, Debbie talked nothing of religion - but instead of God and the trust we should have in Him that everything happens for a reason. There's a story about angels in here that had me sobbing...with relief...with revelation that we are exactly where are supposed to be.

I guarantee that everyone will benefit from this book and while the each of us may walk away focusing on different areas than others, my opinion of Debbie's bottom line will be the same for all of us when reading this: We learn from each and every experience, no matter how bad it is at the time...Every relationship, every life event, is a lesson learned...and most importantly, remember that "...there is a very specific reason that we are standing in this exact place at this moment and time."

An incredible, excellent book...it's like a bible for the soul. Easily earns it's 5 star rating.

Happy reading fellow ... friend, and congratulations on the personal journey you are about to experience through Debbie Fords' 'Spiritual Divorce'.

"A Spiritual Divorce is one in which we use our divorce to improve our lives and our experience becomes one of gain rather than loss," Debbie Ford writes in the opening pages of her 209-page guide to an extraordinary life after divorce. "A Spiritual Divorce brings us back into the presence of our highest self and heals the split between our ego and our soul" (p. 5). After studying Transpersonal Psychology at JFK University (p. 29), Ford became a healing workshop facilitator at the Chopra Center for Well Being. She writes from experience, and she knows the pain of divorce.

The "divorce drama" leaves many of us feeling diminished and bereft. I've learned from my own experience there is no set timetable for recovery from divorce. After my divorce, while others advised me to "get mad and get over," my heart told me to embrace my loss and integrate it along with the pain into my new life. This is also the premise of Ford's book which, after several readings, has helped me move beyond a very painful place in my life. She encourages us to step into the storm of of our turbulent emotions, for "we can't heal what we can't feel" (p. 80). The painful experience of divorce represents "a sacred and significant time" in our lives that provides us with an opportunity to know our deepest selves (p. 80). In that respect, divorce is like a gift from the universe.

After an insightful Foreward by Neale Donald Walsh, Ford's book follows "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Divorce:" Acceptance (pp. 11-38); Surrender (pp. 39-56); Divine Guidance (pp. 57-74); Responsibility (pp. 75-126); Choice (pp. 127-66); Forgiveness (pp. 167-86); and Creation (pp. 187-210), showing us along the way, that the breakdown of one's marriage is for the highest good (p. 9), that suffering is really nothing more than the difference between what is and what we want it to be (p. 49), and that we have a choice in how we interpret our experiences (pp. 136-47). Ford encourages us to think of divorce as an enlightening experience, a spiritual wake-up call, and an opportunity for renewal rather than ruin. For anyone hoping to recover from a failed relationship, SPIRITUAL DIVORCE is a step in the right direction. And for anyone who has made the painful journey through a failed marriage, reading Ford's SPIRITUAL DIVORCE might just leave you wanting to send your ex-spouse a thank-you card.

G. Merritt

Debbie Ford has her finger on the pulse. In Spiritual Divorce she illumines a path that can lead you to the light. There is no more need to suffer, ever again.

I have read several books on divorce and this is by far the best!! It is a MUST if you have gone a through a divorce and are serious about recovering and moving on. I say the last sentence because while much of the book is calming and reassuring there are sections that will challenge and force you to really look at your part in the divorce. Lastly, this book is not just for people who have gone through a divorce, but for anyone in a relationship. BUY IT!!! READ IT!!!!

I have been divorced for 6 years, and found this book to be an amazing gift to my life. The exercises, the shifting of my perspective, the healing of my emotions....I never expected to have such a transformation from Debbie Fords insightful guidance. I have no doubt that I will attract a wonderful mate into my life as I continue to put into practice the insight I received from this and The Dark Side of the Light Chasers. Thank you Ms. Ford!

To express how truly wonderful and helpful and enlightening and potentially life-changing this book is. In a way it's almost unfortunate that the book has the title "Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as A Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life," because a lot of people are going to pass right by it on the book shelf because they are going to feel it doesn't apply to them. In fact IT APPLIES TO VIRTUALLY ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE AND SHARE THAT BEST WITH ANOTHER HUMAN BEING BE IT IN MARRIAGE, FRIENDSHIPS OR WORK RELATIONSHIPS. In other words, this is NOT just a book for couples contemplating separation or even a book just for couples. Anyone who wants to grow as a human being, get the most from what life and people have to teach them and get rid of the baggage or negative thinking that might prevent -- or is preventing --them from having a healthy, long-lasting loving, productive relationship with another person should read this book.Trust me it is THAT good.