Love Is Not Enough

Helped me gain understanding

People generally say if you have challenges in life, it's best to talk to a therapist. True, talking to a therapist will be specific about your issues. This audio book is basically therapy sessions where you here what the client and therapist say. Plus in the book he gives an example where someone should speak to a liscensed therapist.The clients problems are different and broad enough where the listener can resonate it into their life. It's a brilliant approach where the listener will get a meaningful connection! Before buying this book I read that he's not a licensed therapist. However, I don't think that discredits his expertise in the subject matter. I'm sure if someone has a problem and they talk to a friend or family member that isn't a licensed therapist than you have gotten valuable information. It's up to you to decide if you would like to go through with the information. I suggest, do your research on the author if you mostly agree with him than buy it. If you don't, than don't buy it.

Simply a fantastic Read...... Or should I say listen! :-) Loved it

This “book” is like a multi episode podcast, in that you listen to multiple interviews intercut with insights and reflections on relationship themes. The various people interviewed have different types of baggage and are trying to understand themselves, be better, and move on. Mark is not a licensed therapist, but he is insightful and compassionate.I found the book very helpful, and listenable. It is not a panacea for dating woes, but it was interesting to see patterns in these case studies and reflect on my own patterns of thought/behavior.I feel like the negative reviews on here hinge on - Mark is not a professional, & - these people are annoying. To these I’d say:- your friends you talk to about life are likely not professional therapists either, but you listen to them, right? &- if you are annoyed by people trying to process their life, that likely says more about you than it does about them and their worth

I liked that the problems brought to the therapist were worked through. I question the ethics of making money off a book about his clients.

This audio book was incredibly helpful with my healing process from a recent divorce of a narcissist. I strongly recommend it to anyone wanting to reflect on their own life choices and wondering how to carve a new way forward. This series of interviews highlight how others have gone down some life choices that did not lead to happy relationships. Mark helps them analyze their own paths, behavioral patterns and suggests different ways they could break with their past. Which in the end, they all do. I do not care for his earlier books, but these interviews were absolutely insightful.

Author Marc Manson draws on his experience and fame drawn from other books to sit down with participants and conduct interviews over time discussing their relationship problems. Rather than an author discussing what his participants say, you actually get to hear it from their own mouths. The insights here are nothing earth shattering, but are good for your own introspection and consideration regarding love and relationships. I found it entertaining and informative finishing the book only after only a few days of commutes.

It's obvious to me that this dude has NO idea what he is talking about. He used the word narcissistic so many times that it was clear to me that he does not have an in depth knowledge of what narcissism actually is and how it affects people in relationships with them. He used the term WAY too loosely. Dating a narcissist is serious. If you want a real expert: Dr. Ramani Durvasula - she knows what she's talking about! This dude oversteps his bounds as a coach and it's clear to me that he doesn't know what he's doing - you're meant to ask questions and let people get to their own conclusions - not give unsolicited advice. It's funny he spoke about codependency because unsolicited advice giving is co-dependent behavior. OMG: this is just so cringe!! As someone who majored in psychology at university - really, really bad and it's clear to me that he doesn't know what he is talking about. Not all codependents attract a narcissist - they can attract other types of dysfunctional people like alcoholics and drug addicts and those people being addicts doesn't necessarily mean they are narcissistic - it could mean that they have unresolved childhood trauma. He's side comments are also super judgmental which again as a coach - you're not meant to be - you're meant to create an open space so people can explore things to be able to come to their own conclusions. Talks about the control of one woman's married boyfriend as unconscious - ummm, no it's very much on purpose and they know what they're doing because they're so manipulative and controlling. Telling her to close her joint email account and stop the daily check ins - she needs to decide that on her own if she really wants to be done with the relationship, she has to take responsibility for her decisions and see them through. If she hasn't decided for herself - it won't happen - she will only do it when she is ready. Also, he says the guy might get a bit cranky when he starts to lose control of her - how does he know what he will do? Her doing those things may cause physical violence for all he knows and again, this is why you shouldn't be giving advice - only she knows what's going to be best for her because she is the one who knows her situation in intimate detail.