When Trouble Comes: Discovering the Themes in the Story of Your Life

by Edward Wallach

This original and extremely valuable book is a breakthrough with wisdom and experience combined with practical steps that will awaken the reader’s mind to his or her “Life Story.” Unlike any other book of its kind, When Trouble Comes reveals the understanding of all kinds of trouble, especially those that relate to the “Themes” in the story of a person’s life. Various true stories are used to demonstrate how to produce positive outcomes utilizing the author’s innovative ideas, advice and concepts, often referred to as “Dr. Ed-isms.”

The author stresses the necessity to feel and acknowledge our emotions, yet to avoid acting on them – learning to balance emotional education with logic…in his words, “What makes sense.” Everyone can benefit from something in this book as Dr. Wallach brings the subject of Emotional Education to the forefront of our minds.

196 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 6, 2015

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gives you insights into your own life! It helps to understand how your driven to do things in life and why. Very helpful and written in the way that everyone can understand and relate. Many examples, explanation and advices on how to stay calm and content even when trouble comes. Highly recommended read.

[Gary P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Edward Wallach, in his book, When Trouble Comes, has given us a unique and personal view of a subject touched upon by other great thinkers. That subject being that our past experiences can dictate our present and future feelings, behaviors and actions or inactions, to our benefit or our detriment.
"Can", being the optimal word. Discovering and learning this will make the difference betwixt being slave to the past or benefiting from it.
From L. Ron Hubbard's writings and philosophy on past experiences affecting the present, to Dr. Hew Len and the ancient Hawaiian teachings of Ho'oponopono, much has been attributed to our past ruling our present and future. Dr. Wallach's book does teach us a method to break the chains that can keep us slavishly repeating our past to our detriment. I cannot give enough praise to this most valuable work.
--Gary P.

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was excited to return each day to read this book. I started to think of things differently about how I see the world and my exchanges with people and events. It has caused me to lighten up on my own expectations of myself and ask more questions. I have been able think more deeply about where I am and where I am going. This book is one which you can read over again and find new information and ways to help your view of things. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever wondered why things happen, if there are patterns and if and what we can do to effect positive movement in one's life.

[Vinni LoPresti · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has helped me to see that trouble comes to everyone in a variety of ways based on individual life stories. I come away from this thought provoking book with an understanding that blaming oneself does not facilitate positive change. Improvement comes from understanding ones life story and what happened in the past impedes achieving a successful life. This is a highly recommended read.

[Sha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is lovely positive book. The emphasis on understanding one's life story provided a nice framework for improving one's life. This book embraces the complexity of our troubles, while at the same time focusing on the often simple things we can do to make changes. When Trouble Comes will be useful for individuals looking to find a path to betterment. It will also be quite informative for clinicians seeking to be of greater assistance to their clients. A very worthy read.

[Nels Luthman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Wallach presents a variety of personal stories based upon his years as a therapist. He offers applicable advice for a general audience. I highly recommend reading this book.