Transformation Soup: Healing for the Splendidly Imperfect
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This is a book of questions & discoveries. I am eccentric and ordinary, streaked with "garden variety" neuroses. Let's explore together, holding hands, and see what healing is all about. There is much to heal and a lot to laugh about.
Let's begin.
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Summary: Refreshing as cool water on a warm day
Comment: I received this book as a Christmas Gift Dec of 2007. This is my first intro to SARK. I loved her work for being creative and fearless. This product represents her definition of ART, Writing, and Style and establishes SARK's bar. Too many times, we allow world's views to keep us trapped in expressing our authentic works. I found this work as refreshing as cool water on a warm day. It redefined for me the definition of true self expression without trepidation.
Thank you Angela for the gift.
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Summary: Sark: The Consummate Healer
Comment: I accidentally became acquainted with Sark's books when a friend gave me one of her calendars. I was stunned by the artwork because it looked as if a child had done it, but the little sayings were so wise. I absolutely adored that calendar! So naturally, I explored books by Sark. One of her favorite words is succulent--she wrote a whole book about it and every word was interesting. She takes herself to task, chides herself, admits she cries and feels fury--A LOT--but also goes into her brutal childhood, her fights and wonderful discussions with her brother, her incredibly complex relationship with her mother--in other words, Sark chronicles LIFE in all its pain and joy. Transformation Soup is essentially about healing ourselves and how we must get beyond the past events in our lives which cripple us and hold us prisoner. Truly, I loved every word of this book (it especially speaks to middle-aged women, I think) and have read it three times. Sark is extremely honest and forthcoming in all her books, but she really did save her best for Transformation Soup. Sark is a compelling artist and writer and I pick up her books when I feel low or confused and they do help so much. I cannot say enough superlatives in describing the books written and illustrated by Sark. She uses simple language and helps you reach deep inside--she helps you help yourself.
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Summary: Title says it all so well
Comment: Ok I admit that I was attracted to this book (I own all her books) because of Chapter on Bodies and the topic of Why Do We Care About Chin Hairs. My late Mother in Law whom I idolized would sit and pluck her chin hairs as she watched television. And SARK points out that the reason some people care so much is because of the preoccupation society has with "looks". My mother in laws chin hair simply served as a reminder that we as human animals have hair in places we wish we didn't and have no hair in places we wished we did.
Her chapter on page 66 Food And Where It Leads Us speaks of the love hate relationship some people have with food. People who meet me say I look like a cross between the fairy godmother in the Disney Cinderella and some wild mountain woman. I am not thin I am not fat I am plump and like myself, even though I am always trying to improve on myself for ME which is what SARK talks about.
The whole book I must say is full of wisdom and fun and is a book I read and read and re-read and glean new wisdom from each time. There is something I believe in all sincerity, for every woman who reads the book.
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Summary: Transformation Soup : Healing for the Splendidly Imperfect
Comment: This writer is a joy to read and so invigorating. My life is changing with sark and her inspirational writings. I have the freedom to have a sark moment every minute of the day. Don't ever stop giving us your thoughts because you make my life colourful, dreamy, scrumptious, special, lovable, tender, exciting and anything else that sounds good.
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Summary: Mixed feelings, but I still love Sark!
Comment: While it pains me to say it, there were times when I was reading "Transformation Soup" when I felt cheated. Having discovered Sark through "Succulent Wild Woman" and having found that book to be gloriously uplifting, funny and helpful from first page to last, I found myself disappointed by the first half of "Transformation Soup." Just about the time I was thinking this, the book started to turn around for me. By the time I finished it, I was back in the same warm, blessed and happy place I was when I read "Succulent."
Thank goodness we have a world with Sark in it.
Technical Details
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9780684859767
ISBN: 0684859769
Label: Fireside
Manufacturer: Fireside
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2000-05-02
Publisher: Fireside
Studio: Fireside
