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practical and spiritual way to find out your true identity, There were many good and practical handles I learnt from this book!
What I'd like to immediately apply.
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. Taking care of others and being compassionate in our times of distress can actually improve our resilience, hmm
. How we respond during stressful moments is more important than how frequently we experience stress, So good and useful for me!!
Highly recommended read if you want to change the way you think and live in your prefect you, the way God had intended.
: Can I just start by saying the Dr, Leaf is smart Like Jeopardy smart, I appreciated that about this book, I will say that as someone who not overly scientific in general, much less
in the field of neurology, some of this book got a little detailed for me.
Also, I felt like the tests were overly long, By all means, usequestions when you're working directly with a person, but for the book, bestquestions would have yielded the same results with quite a bit less work on our end.
Especially since so many questions were basically repeats which I know researchers do to reinforce the answers, but its unnecessary if they aren't analyzing the data.
Which is my only other complaint, I already know what I know, It would have been helpful if there had been brief guideline along the lines of "So you're not good at Linguistics.
Now what" just something to help point us plebians in the right direction,
Overall a good read, but it did take quite a bit of work, :
The title The Perfect You may lead one to expect a poppsychology book with its simple slogans and four easy steps to “discover ones real self.
” But that is definitely not what this book is, A more accurate description is that The Perfect You is cognitive behavioral therapy on steroids from a religious perspective.
The book incorporates Biblical principles in every chapter with aspects of Buddhist mindfulness added to the mix, The presentation is very scientificoften too much so for the average lay reader, An example is a header in the book: “The Quantum Angle of the Perfect You and the Geodesic Model” Dr.
Caroline Leaf, The Perfect You: A Blueprint for Identity, Baker Books,, p,. I doubt that all readers will understand what that header even means, Yet, the expectation of the author, Dr, Caroline Leaf, is that the reader can indeed appropriate all the “deep thinking” and “mindfulness” necessary to banish fearbased/toxic thought clusters and “think, feel, and choose” p.
attitudes in sync with “our godly wiredforlove design” p,. A repeated word for that process is “selfregulate, ”
A familiarity with the principles of neuroplasticity will help readers better understand all the scientific language and diagrams in the book.
Dr. Leafs book is a great contribution that field and worth the time needed to digest her principles, For the readers who can do the hard work of selfregulating how they think, feel and choose, it will be transformative.
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Wow I havent read a book as complex and scientific as this one in a really long time and Im still trying to wrap my head around everything in it.
This is one of those books that I know I would have to readortimes in order to really get a full grasp of everything covered in it.
But after this first reading I can say that it is definitely a book worth those rereadings! The idea of the Perfect You the unique way that God created only You to think, feel and choose is really interesting and the science that Dr Leaf shares behind it is absolutely fascinating.
I think my favorite part of this whole experience was the fact that I was validated in and learned the science behind a bunch of things that for whatever reason I already instinctually understood.
I found myself making tons of notes to the effect of “This is exactly what Ive always thought/said!” and it was cool to realize the places where I was right, as well as the places where my assumptions were totally off base.
If you want a book to help you live more in line with who God made you to be, correct your thinking and take every thought captive for Christ, and inspire you to do the work necessary to become the best version of you that you can be, this is definitely a great option.
Fair warning though: it is not a simplistic easy read you can breeze through in a day and if you are actually going to get the most out of it, youll be spending a LOT of time in selfreflection answering questions.
But if youre up for that, this for sure a book you should check out!
Favorite Quote: “We cannot truly live for God or transform our societies if we hate what we see in the mirror.
” Dr. Leaf has again written another fantastic book about the way our mind can transform our brain, What I appreciate about this book is it brings neuroscience down to basic understanding and helps make neuroplasticity a word anyone can understand and utilize to transform their thinking and their life.
My favorite aspect of The Perfect You is that it takes Biblical truth and translates it into science and practical life simultaneously.
While this book will not tell you all you want to know about yourself, it will teach you how to enjoy the journey of becoming the best version of yourself.
Totally worth reading if you want to transform yourself and your life, This is simply the updated version of The Gift in You, I was disappointed to see that this was merely an expanded version of The Gift in You, It is written a little better and goes into more detail, but I actually find the assessment in The Gift in You to be better and easier to follow.
There are a lot of personality tests out there designed to label you and put you in a particular box.
But Dr. Caroline Leaf says there's much more to you than a personality profile can capture, In fact, you cannot be categorized!
In this fascinating book, she takes readers through seven steps to rediscover and unlock their unique IFactorthe brilliantly original way each person thinks, feels, relates, and makes choicesfreeing them from comparison, envy, and jealousy, which destroy brain tissue.
Readers learn to be aware of what's going on in their own minds and bodies, to lean in to their own experience rather than trying to forcefully change it, and to redefine what success means to them.
Released from the suffocating box of expectations, they'll embrace their true identity and develop a clear sense of divine purpose in their lives.
Knowing and understanding our identity empowers our choices, Unlocking one's IFactor is not optionalit is essential, I received a copy of Dr, Caroline Leafs book The Perfect You: A Blueprint for Identity in exchange for an honest review,
This selection reads like an easily accessible textbook, While that may conjure an image of a boring book, it provides a lot of insight, The idea of understanding how your thoughts work and how you can shape them to improve your life gives you not only knowledge but hope.
As Leaf explains, a lot of people feel stuck in their negative thought patterns, and she shares understanding and guidance to alter those for the better.
Leaf divides the book into sections, separating the parts that explain how the thought processes work and the biblical bases she uses with the assessment tool and explanations on how to apply it.
The flow generally made sense as it gave a foundation for the information so you could have a strong base to use the assessment rather than simply take the assessment and have no background for it.
I preferred the first two sections most as they provided all the information, However, the assessment could be used as a workbook for further reflection, I would like to spend more time on nit to use it as an ongoing source of encouragement and growth.
The assessment has a lot of questions and depth to it, so it seems like this can be used over a lengthy time for best results.
I enjoyed the book overall, both for its insight as well as its tools for improvement, Leaf knows her brain as well as her bible, I particularly liked how she ties them together, She makes the information accessible and relatable to real life by pointing out how people feel when they do good and how we tend to steer our thoughts.
Then she anchors the hope for improvement using biblical principles on how God created us and continues to shape us.
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