Healing the Sensitive Heart: How to Stop Getting Hurt, Build Your Inner Strength, and Find the Love You Deserve

This book is an excellent read for those of us who continually make stupid relationship decisions. Why do I let myself fall for the same type of person over and over when I know it will only lead to emotional pain for me? This book tells us so much about the ways of getting into these kinds of patterns, how to recognize them, and then how to move on. Everyone should give this book a try, even if you think you've never had any problems.

As a therapist myself, I am on the look-out for books that would be helpful to my clients. "Healing the Sensitive Heart" is an outstanding resource! Written with clarity, compassion, deep respect for people, and belief in their capacity to change and grow, it resonates with authenticity. It provides an excellent analysis of the inner life and behaviours of the "sensitive-hearted", and clear, effective strategies for restoring balance and achieving a healthy relationship with self and others.I highly recommend this book!

So many of us are damaged in childhood, many times carrying around unresolved baggage that keeps us stuck and unable to live our best lives. This delightful and insightful book helps us understand what has molded us into who we are, and then gives us the tools to move towards a more rewarding and fulfilling life. 'Healing the Sensitive Heart' compassionately takes us on a journey of a millions miles by encouraging us not to be afraid of taking the first step. Jacqueline Marcell, Author, Elder Rage

I found reading Healing the Sensitive Heart an insightful and pragmatic exploration to help me in understanding how childhood wounds can be transformed into strengths and allow us to thrive in relationships with ourself and with others. This excellent book is carefully written with a deep appreciation for the wounds that each of us carry and a step-by-step approach that isn't preachy or too clinical. It is one of the most sensitvely written and humanistic books I have read on the subject. The book promotes awareness that can lead to compassion and real life changes for anyone open to exploring their past and how it intersects with their present. The book is written with a holistic perspective that helps people intergrate not only psychological issues but the physical and spiritual aspects of onself as well. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is not only interested in healing the past but in creating a future with hope and dignity.

I had started reading Dr. Phils book "self Matters" and didn't finish it. Healing the Sensitive Heart is much easier to read, I couldn't put it down! Dr. Mandel gives examples of what she is talking about and how these circumstances may relate to you. I saw myself over and over through out the pages in ways that I would have never imagined without this book. The exercises are simple and clear. She explains in laymens terms how we become the person we are today and how to change. I'm on my way to healing the sensitive heart that I didn't even realize I had. I recomend this book to anyone that would like to improve their relationship with themselves and or others.