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Stop Whining, Start Living Audio CD – Unabridged, March 11, 2008

by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (Author), Lily LoBianco (Reader)

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger steps in to help folks conquer the widespread, "poor me" mindset and take action to do and be their best in Stop Whining, Start Living, her most personal book to date.

Building on the principles developed during her long career as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Laura issues an important message: If you don’t like your life, quit talking about your unhappiness and try to fix it.

In Stop Whining, Start Living, Dr. Laura’s powerful lessons include:

Why giving, giving, and giving some more to others is a gift to yourself too
Why over-talking about your troubles is a big don’t and when to just shut up!
How to reshape your self-image and reboot your relationships to get the life you want

Everyone can use a kick in the pants sometimes, and Dr. Laura is here to deliver it!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperAudio; Unabridged edition (March 11, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 5 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061456373
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061456374
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 5.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,201,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #37,240 in Happiness Self-Help
- #39,041 in Women's Studies (Books)
- #42,791 in Books on CD

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As one of the most popular talk show hosts in radio history, Dr. Laura Schlessinger offers no-nonsense advice infused with a strong sense of ethics, accountability, and personal responsibility; she’s been doing it successfully for more than 40 years, reaching millions of listeners weekly.

She received her Ph.D. in physiology from Columbia University and holds a post-doctoral certification from the University of Southern California and licensing in Marriage and Family Therapy. In 2018, she was named to the National Radio Hall of Fame. She is the author of 13 New York Times bestsellers, including "The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage."

Her internationally syndicated radio program has been heard exclusively on Sirius/XM Radio’s Stars Channel 109 since 2011 and is also available via streaming, download and podcast on www.drlaura.com.

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Martha I. Harriss

An excellent read at every age!

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2021

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This hit the target on every level. I am 71 and began reading it to understand myself and attempt to understand my adult children.
The book gave me a roadmap for a much more positive relationship with my daughters. I,too, can now move forward. I feel much lighter! Thank you, Dr Laura, for opening my door!

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2011

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As usual, Dr. Laura provides healing insight and perspective on daily living issues. Listening to these CD's can change your whole outlook and help one really enjoy life. Dr. Laura is very frank and open in her book, and does not tiptoe around delicate self-preservation issues. I personally have had my life change, my marriage change, and my outlook change for the better. Even my kids (who are adults) have repeatedly told me they want to be just like me and have a marriage like mine. My husband is thrilled. Dr. Laura - Thank you!

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Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2013

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WOW, did it ever give me a boost of adrenalin! I'm not crazy about her and her radio show I felt was just annoying. The book, however without her bossy and interruptive style not coming out, was fantastic. If you're feeling sorry for yourself or want to put your life into perspective, this is great reading. I highlighted the key parts of the book for future reference. It's easy to read and not a lot of dialog.

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Nancy Mitchell

Good Solid Advice about Getting on with Life

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2014

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Dr. Laura has received a lot of flack through the years (some of it well-deserved) so it's easy to forget that she has
much wisdom and good solid advice to share based on decades of living and learning. She doesn't offer the standard politically correct pop psych view that is abundant these days. She challenges readers to look at things with fresh eyes. I enjoyed reading this book slowly and taking the time to reflect upon it and relate it to my own life. I think it has made me a stronger woman, wife, and mother.

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Michelle

Stop Whining Start Living

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2011

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I Love all Dr. Laura books I have learned so much from her books. I had 2 fail marriages so I knew I had to change my way of thinking and the way I saw men....well my husbands. It opened my closed up mind that I went on a dating web site and I meet my soul mate and now Husband. I have been married for 2yrs now and we love each other just like the day we meet in person for the first time. Yes I can truly say that if you have your mind made up of what marriage should be....then read Dr. Laura books and open your eyes for the first time and be happy!!!

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Norma Rockwell

Great book for inspiration

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2015

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I love this book. I know some people think Dr. Laura is an impatient, judgemental person, but she does have a lot of good things to say. This book helps me when I'm down in the dumps. She has talked with thousands of people during her career and has a lot of good insight.
This book keeps me grounded and puts things into perspective when I'm discontent. I keep it by the toilet to continuously remind myself to stop whining and be positive!!!

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Sixtus

Good and Bad points...

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2012

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I bought this book because I really liked Dr. Laura's "Ten Stupid Things Women/Men Do Mess Up Their Lives" books. I thought she was very insightful and got to the core of the problems that people were facing in life. She seemed to give great advice about taking personal responsibility for problems and trying to really solve them instead of just making things worse by having a pity party and whining.

This book was not exactly what I thought and has both good and bad points. For the good points: She does stick to her hard line approach of no whining and does force the people in her examples to take personal responsibility for the situation. She does an excellent job of putting situations in a different light and teaching you to see that sometimes a change in perspective can really be the solution to your problem. This book does a great job at giving examples of folks who really do have some serious (and often sad) problems, many of which are much worse than what the average reader is facing. I like that she does emphasize basic morals and seems to try to encourage people to live up to a higher standard- one that is about doing for others, which goes against the "me" mantra of modern society. Although her examples tend to focus mostly on married women with children, I do not think it is hard to creatively adapt most of them to whatever your particular problem is.

Now for the cons: My biggest problem is how much of the book is anti-feminist. It is not the woman's fault alone if the marraige does not work -it takes BOTH partners- yet many of her examples seem to only focus on what the woman is doing wrong. Her ideas of staying in the marraige and "enduring" are a outdated and in a few of the examples just plain ridiculous! A decision like this is not so cut and dry, and children are not ALWAYS better off when the parents stay together, sometimes a divorce is better for everyone in the family. Another example of this is her opinion that the mother staying home to raise children is the "right thing to do." Again, nothing in life is that easy and in many situations this is not in the best interest of anyone. A woman has just as much right and need of having her intellecutal needs met as a man, yet with this mindset she is expected to sacrifice "for the good of the children," yet the man is never asked to do the same...are they not his kids too? Too many examples involve sacrifice on the part of the female to "please her man," yet again she gives hardly any examples of males being told to sacrifice or change for the marraige. Finally, since most of her examples do not apply to singles, divorcees, or single parents...it can be hard to see yourself in many of the examples and this left me several times wondering why I was reading the book in the first place!

Overall, there is some good advice in the book if you fall into the catagory of women that it was written for or if you can adapt the advice to your own circumstances creatively. The book (and the advice) would be so much better (and more useful) if the anti-feminism adgenda were left out of it. I could only give it 3 stars as there are many other books out there that are more helpful and more in line with modern society.

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Mike

A book everyone should read

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2008

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Even if you don't read the book, the title should be enough. I get tired of all the whining people do. And this book is excellent at giving direction to stop your whining and start living for yourself and those around you. Yes, crappy stuff happens and has happened in your life. But you don't need to dwell on that stuff. You can enjoy life, which, in turn will allow those around you to enjoy your life as well.

Get the book, read the book, and start living again.

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