by Eric (Sword) Beaty

Created on: May 11, 2010

I first heard about Kevin Leman on a broadcast of Focus on the Family promoting his newest book "Have A New Husband By Friday."  He related so much to me as a male in relating to females and was such a funny guy that I had to go out and buy something of his to read.  "Be Your Own Shrink" is that book.

This book is loaded with useful information about how to figure out where you belong in your family (birth order), what your personality type is, how your childhood memories play an important role in shaping who you are, and how to find out your "love language" (originally the concept of Gary Chapman, to whom Leman gives due credit).  There is also a chapter on how to "Be Your Own Shrink" which I thought was the most valuable part in the book.

In this chapter, Leman talks about how to apply all the things learned in the previous chapters to change who you are in terms of what you think about yourself and how you can put all the tools (birth order, personality traits, childhood memories, and love languages) to good use in overcoming the rut you might be stuck in.  A lot of this has to do with how you see your self and how you can change that to work for you.

Leman states that he wrote this book to give to people who come to him trying to figure out a way around their problems.  He says that instead of them paying $125, he would instead write a book to give to those people and save them some money while giving them the necessary tools to overcome.

This books is great if your in a plateau in your life, having marital problems, having financial problems, or just plain having problems of any kind.  It's a doorway to hope that can be open with the turn of the first page.

I recommend this book and the other book of his I've read, "The New Birth Order Book" - which goes more in depth about birth order - to anybody.  I've read a little of "Have A New Husband By Friday," and I definitely wan to read it next.  "Be Your Own Shrink" has great stories, it's fun to read, and just plain funny in parts.  Get it; you won't regret it.

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