The Velveteen Principles for Women: How to Shatter the Myth of Perfection and Embrace All That You Really Are | 
|  | | | Title: | The Velveteen Principles for Women: How to Shatter the Myth of Perfection and Embrace All That You Really Are | | Author: | Toni Raiten-D'Antonio | | Publisher: | HCI | | Type: | Book / Hardcover | | Publication Date: | 01 May, 2007 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 075730561X / 9780757305610 | | List Price: | $16.95 | | You Save: | $4.24 | | Amazon Price: | $12.71 | |
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The Velveteen Principles for Women is a motivational guidebook for those who want to identify the sources of their unhappiness and become genuinely Real themselves. It is essential reading for women who want to free themselves from self-doubt, silence their inner critics, and live as the Real, unique, and valuable women they are meant to be.
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• The Velveteen Principles For Women 21 January, 2008
This was a gift for a special friend. She read a preview on it and wanted to read more on it. She said she enjoyed the book. She said sometimes we just have to be REAL!
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• Absolutely Essential! 09 July, 2007
From the very first chapter, I was so glad to have picked up a copy of The Velveteen Principles for Women. This is an important book for women of all ages and all walks of life -- it is written in a way that can surely speak to the questions and confusion that each of us experience. Toni Raiten-D'Antonio's writing is simple to understand and the book is filled with humor and insight into many common problems. I have found so much comfort in The Velveteen Principles for Women, and learned a great deal from the unique strategies and new ways to rethink trouble spots. While some other "self-help" books seem preachy and touchy-feely, this one is terrifically smart and extremely practical.
The Velveteen Principles is a must-read! I cannot recommend it more highly.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3KAXYQJ6YOWFT
• Excellent, Practical Real Life Tools You Can Use...... 21 July, 2007
An excellent book you will want to keep out and re-read. Applicable real-life tools you can use.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3NPIIMZFA82DW
• Title Is A Stretch 06 October, 2007
Borrowed this from the library,ran out of time & bought my copy.
Have not gone beyond the middle of the book.
If you are into self-help books for women, this might be considered a starter.
Nothing much new.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A34TEZVCKVAAWD
• Keeping It Real 20 June, 2007
I picked up this book by chance at BEA, and discovered it really defied all my expectations. This book does not give you permission to lower your standards or fail to meet your goals--rather, it encourages you to make your OWN standards and make sure the goals you're aiming for are truly YOURS. It allows women to take some time out of their daily care-giving routines to nurture themselves. I find myself returning to this book often and recognizing behavior and thought patterns that severely limit my joy: "I should lose weight; these extra pounds are so embarrassing. My skin should be tanned and free of blemishes; I feel hideous and shouldn't go outside. I shouldn't make any demands or act emotional in front of my boyfriend, or he won't want me." Should, should, should. NOT the Real me! The super-ego can be a wonderful thing; it helps regulate our own selfish desires so we can get along smoothly in society. But sometimes, in the quest for generic perfection (which doesn't really exist) we girls forget to keep it real, and our inner critic keeps insisting we have to twist ourselves into a pretzel because our Real, imperfect selves aren't worthy of love. This book shows us how to stop worrying about other peoples' expectations, and to redefine our own. I'm a happier person for reading this book, and very grateful to Raiten-D'Antonio for putting down on paper what must be racing through millions of women's minds. Velveteen Principles for Women is written in a tone so supportive, plain, and full of common sense, that upon reading it, it's almost impossible to deny that perfection is a myth, and Reality can be extremely satisfying. I recommend this book to anyone, especially to men who wish to better understand a woman's experience. I'll be sending copies to all my close friends and female relatives.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3Q0UZJMTWYMGA
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