Practical Miracles for Mars and Venus: Nine Principles for Lasting Love, Increasing Success, and Vibrant Health in the Twenty-first Century

by John Gray

The author of the modern classic, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus presents a practical guide to living our lives to the fullest in a time of tremendous change In this powerful book, John Gray encourages readers to return to what’s most important in order to create a life of lasting love, health, and happiness. John Gray reveals that by awakening the hidden power to create miracles, readers will more effectively adjust to life’s challenges and respond with greater peace, joy, confidence, and love. He provides nine guiding principles to live by and shows how to fill each day with increasing wonder, power, and fulfillment: 1. Believe as if miracles are truly possible 2. Live as if you are free to do what you want 3. Learn as if you are a beginner 4. Love as if for the first time 5. Give as if you already have what you need 6. Work as if money doesn’t matter 7. Talk to God as if you are being heard 8. Feast as if you can have whatever you want John Gray once again helps readers live a rich and fulfilling life. Practical Miracles for Mars and Venus presents an inspiring message of self-acceptance and joy.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Relationships, Psychology

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

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John Gray is an American relationship counselor, lecturer, and author. In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor. In 1992 he published the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, which became a long-term best seller and formed the central theme of his subsequent books and career activities. His books have sold millions of copies.

Reviews

[Baker]

Easy to read..helped me to understand the seven year cycles and stages of growth..Found the blockbuster techniques very useful..Love learning about healing the body mind heart and soul..Important knowledge about understanding our feelings and what happens when the emotion that we really want to feel gets blocked..Equally important when we are at a growth stage and it gets blocked..Eg: if you're at the affection or real intimacy growth stage and for whatever reason that doesn't eventuate you will be looking for a healing romance or in search of real intimacy..the dangerous effect of that stage you could even have a torrid love affair..The healing romance is definitely the better option..Or you could be at the stage where you are suddenly seeking to do things you could never do before or travel to places you always wanted to visit..When I looked at these two growth stages instant recall to friends that are in those stages actually I could see a whole lot of what drives most people I know..
Amazing..Yes Practical Miracles..Really Healing to Body, Mind, heart & Spirit..

[Kevin]

I've been interested in checking out "Men are From Mars and Women..." for a while now, but the library doesn't have that one on CD, so I checked this one out in the hope that it would live up to its predecessor's reputation. This, to me, reads like a new-age self-help book. Unfortunately, that wasn't what I was looking for, and this was not the kind of thing I find interesting or helpful. On the bright side, some of the meditation techniques and the way he ties them to the four "elements" of earth, air, fire, and water came across like spell casting that I can work into a 1EAD&D game. There were also observations about the stages people go through that seem to fall into 7-year cycles. I've heard of books on the topic, but haven't read any of those. Also, he breaks down the last few decades in Western culture into similar chunks of time. The rest kind of made me yawn. I've heard that argument about positivity and frame of mind healing people as well as a placebo can, but the writer does not quote an abundance of scientific studies. That's part of what makes it sound "new age" to me rather than a hard-hitting scholarly work. Maybe it's more up someone else's alley, but I doubt I'll remember much of it a year from now. I've heard that "eating only when hungry" thing from Buddhists. I've heard that "try drinking nothing but water for a month" from Richard Simmons. This writer recommends that people too overweight to work out start with breathing exercises and meditation, and I'm curious to see if that worked for anyone who tried it.

[Dayla]

By 2000, I had learned the "Mars and Venus" body of work.

[E7sas]

الكتاب محفز لتجديد وتحسين علاقتنا مع أنفسنا من خلال أدوات طبيعية وتعلم مهارات جديدة وتغير طريقة تفكيرنا.

I read this book in Arabic Language.

[Marthad]

Great book

[Vahid Nejad]

a miracle for ones who really want to change

[Liliana]

"Read the first four chapters but have stalled a bit now. These chapters were very repetative and it got boring for me." I could not finish the book.

[Shriya]

Thought provoking questions and advice. I have applied some already..you don't have to read Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus to read this book

[Stephanie Ann Marcotte]

Made good points about how to handle a variety of problems.