The Art of Letting GO: How to Let Go of the Past, Look Forward to the Future, and Finally Enjoy the Emotional Freedom You Deserve! (The Art Of Living Well) Paperback – 1 Mar. 2022

I started this book after my last relationship failed and ended with me being ghosted, and me not being able to let go of the person and the hope.Thanks to this book I understood how it is vital to forgive myself for my anxiety, forgive him for his ghosting, and mostly understanding why it was so hard but inportant to let go. I suggest this book for everyone. There is much to learn. The chapters are short and light. The exercises opened my eyes, I already knew and did some of the things the exercises ask you to do, but other were very interesting, for example the practicing gratitude one and the "what would make me happy?". I realise how what I have in my life now can make me happy if I just pay attention to it.

Bought for me as a self- help read because I was struggling separating from a narcissistic relationship of long history,at an emotional level. It’s a relationship I will need to stay in on a practical level without continuing to be emotionally vulnerable. Not one I can let go.To be fair, I think it’s for people who struggle with self awareness - and I’m not one of them.It did summarise very well how I have been feeling & there is comfort to realise this is normal and shared with others.. I’ve pretty much done the tasks set, in the course of working my way through ending, on an emotional level, a co- dependant relationship on my own,over a period of three months by keeping a journal and engaging in self care, talking about and reading about narcissism. I think some of the reviews are overly harsh. Not everyone is self aware or capable of helping themselves - if they were, they wouldn’t need this book.I found it helpful and reassuring to know I’m on the right track.

Good read . Some interesting points

Although this book may be useful for some for me it focused too much on negative feelings and emotions. So rather than leaving me feeling up lifted I felt the negative emotions. In other readings the focus seems to be more on not focusing on the negative thoughts but replacing them with positive one. Unfortunately this book did not do that for me.

Great find, inexpensive, full of easy to understand material and exercises helping you to see yourself, were you go wrong and how to make the changes you want. Very impressed.

Good book

I loved my wife. She left me. I cried. I smashed up my house. I didn’t socialise. I starved myself. Then I cried some more. I bought this book. I read it and all was good again. Now I have a new woman in my life and she is better than my ex-wife.

I read the majority of this book within hours of getting it (finished it the following day). Come morning, having just read the majority not having done any of the activities, I felt clearer in my mind. I felt like I finally had a way out of feeling the way that I was.It's definitely given me a different perspective on my thoughts and feelings and that we do have the ability to change our perspectives and when we put things into place we can take back control.It also helped me to let go of lots of resentment that I held, especially against my partner. To understand why and where it came from and gave me those tools needed to push through it. I'm still a working progress but I would definitely recommend this book and feel it's steps are definitely helpful. I couldn't believe how many times I could identify with what I was reading.