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Breaking Point 11 reviews
Martha Beck
Random House Value Publishing, 1998
The book I wish I had 20 years ago
I came up against conflicts and obstacles in my life as a 20-something woman--smart, good-looking, well educated, successful. I had no idea what kept hitting me. There were the reasons everybody cites, but there was something deeper that was insoluble, it seemed to me. I couldn't figure out why I was the only woman I knew who was stopped in her tracks, overwhelmed by the horror of people's ...
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Breaking the Cycle of Compulsive Behavior 4 reviews
Martha Nibley Beck, John C. Beck
Shadow Mountain, 1990
An invaluable help for overcoming addictive behaviors
This is the best book I have seen addressing the challenges of those who try repeatedly to break out of compulsive behaviors, but without success. Through real-life case studies of three individuals who successfully overcame compulsive behaviors (an eating disorder, a drug problem, and a pattern of homosexual behavior, respectively), the authors discuss the reasons for people's failures to ...
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Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live 99 reviews
Martha Beck
Crown, 2001
The only one you need...
Anything Martha Beck writes is fabulous but this classic, one of her earliest, is still my favorite. Beck is funny and smart and offers real wisdom on how to craft that ultimate life for yourself. There is much self-esteem building going on in Finding Your own North Star from dealing with emotions, saying "yes" and "no" and dealing with fear effectively. For a Beck sampling, pick up a copy of O: ...
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Critical Issues in Early Childhood Professional Development1 review
Brookes Publishing Company, 2005
the field was so ready for this. Thank you!
Whew! Talk about knocking one out of the park!!! In these chapters we find some of the most articulate and evidence-based conversations around the dynamic issue of professional development in the early childhood field. These chapters provide the foundation for fiscally responsible spending and informed decision making for entities that support early childhood workforce initiatives. Way to go ...
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Follow Your North Star1 review
Martha Beck
audible.com
Great if you are going through a big change
I liked this a lot! Just be prepared to sit and meditate while the CD is on-- definitly not a cd set to listen to while driving
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Expecting Adam190 reviews
Martha N. Beck
Piatkus Books, 2001
Not the story I expected
My wife insisted that I read this book. I would not have chosen it myself. Martha Beck tells a story about her son with Down's syndrome, a child that she was advised to abort. Her story is one that many will not believe. She has dreams that predict the future. She gets messages from her son through a medium. She receives aid from angels, or something very like angels. Through all of this, she ...
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The Joy Diet : 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life20 reviews
Martha Beck, 2003
Great recipe for creating more JOY in your life
I am a Martha Beck fan, having enjoyed and learned from the wisdom and insightfulness of several of her earlier books. After the heavy lifting done in "Finding Your Own North Star" (read it BEFORE this book if you haven't already), I was unsure if she could produce a substantive follow up. This book did not disappoint.
This book goes deeper into certain topics. It introduces ten daily ...
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The Four Day Win: End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace47 reviews
Martha Beck
Rodale Books, 2006
The answer to global fattening
This book is the answer to the global fattening epidemic. And yet - there is still a global fattening epidemic. What gives?
I think it's because - except for people like you - most human beings don't read anymore. Maybe life has become too busy - not enough brain cells to process new information - who knows? People WILL read diet books of the simple "eat lots of raisins and bacon" variety ...
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Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What11 reviews
Simon & Schuster Audio, 2008
Transformational Journey
*****
This latest book from Martha Beck was more of a journey for me than just a book to read. The author advises you in the very beginning that for you to really have this book change your life, you have to do the exercises. So I did, and I was glad. They really helped me to be able to apply the concepts and ideas in a way that benefited me personally and not just theoretically.
The purpose ...
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The Joy Diet: Ten Daily Practices for a Happier Life (Unabridged)1 review
Martha Beck
audible.com
a book everyone needs to read
A great outlook on the happiness of life!
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Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith 1 review
Martha Beck
Crown, 2005
Frustratingly inconsistent
For an ex-Mormon living in Utah, parts of this book will ring so true it's eerie, and this will provide a nice insight into Mormon culture for interested outsiders. Other parts, however, the author is clearly making up, though it's unclear whether she is simply lying or if she actually believes some of the things she says and is simply deluded--or delusional (for instance, her completely ...
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Wisdom from Finding Your Own North Star1 review
Martha Beck
Peter Pauper Press, 2005
nice
I guess I should have read the fine print... I expected a full sized book, but this was one of those mini-books, very small, and since I expected a larger book, receiving this little thing left me with an initial feeling of disappointment. Not the vendor's fault... mine for ignoring details!
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ABCs of Embroidery by Machine
Martha and Beck, Susan Sheriff
Bernina of America, 1999
70 Page Bible for the home Machine Embroidery Artist.
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The 4 Day Win: Change the Way You Think About Food and Your Body in Just 4 Days
Martha Beck
Piatkus Books, 2007
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Leaving the Saints 2 reviews
Martha Beck
Piatkus Books, 2006
Martha's Best Work
We know from seeing her on the Oprah show and from her other books that Martha Beck is nothing if not candid, funny, highly intelligent, wise, and self-revealing, and this book is the best of all of these things.
Highly entertaining and engaging, it is a "page-turner" that will keep you up all night. It is unlike anything else I have ever read, and I still think about it often and recommend ...
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Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith 194 reviews
Random House Audio, 2005
A long, warm Starbucks chat with a longtime friend - in your driveway!
MARTHA (NIBLEY) BECK IS A WONDERFULLY BROKEN AND IMPERFECT PERSON . . .
She is also a superb scholar and gifted writer.
I "read" the audio book and I had several "driveway moments" (when it was so hard to tear myself away from the story that I just sat in my car and listened to her narrative - she reads the audio book herself - until I could tear myself away). She's self-depreciating. She's ...
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