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  • Written by: Joe Dispenza
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  • Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

Written by: Joe Dispenza
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You are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life. A new science is emerging that empowers all human beings to create the reality they choose. In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, renowned author, speaker, researcher, and chiropractor Dr. Joe Dispenza combines the fields of quantum physics, neuroscience, brain chemistry, biology, and genetics to show you what is truly possible.

Not only will you be given the necessary knowledge to change any aspect of yourself, you will also be taught the step-by-step tools to apply what you learn in order to make measurable changes in any area of your life. Dr. Joe demystifies ancient understandings and bridges the gap between science and spirituality. Through his powerful workshops and lectures, thousands of people in 24 different countries have used these principles to change from the inside out. Once you break the habit of being yourself and truly change your mind, your life will never be the same!

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not for listening

Some books are better off purchased in print and this is one of them. Too many instructions to follow with no reference to a website or landing page where listeners could find a list of instructions for later use. At the end instead they recommend you buy more of his books to learn more.

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Would have liked audio for meditation exrcises

lots of info to digest but stuck with it. Very disappointed that with this many hours of audio the meditation sequence is written in the appendex.
where do I find his guided maditation to accompany this book please?

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so terribly bad

(mis)uses scientific, philosophical and even religious concepts; this is snakeoil. a perversion of science, philosophy, and religion. it is painful to listen to.

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This book truly SUCKS!

This was the second book that truly sucks. Why? Half this book is about shaming you, as a manipulating method to change you.

The author comes off as "I'm perfect and you're much lower than I." The dude is straight out of the Orhodox 1964 era. Old ideas and old disgusting methods which are destructive to a person's core soul.

Rather than providing encouragement and coaching, the author lambastes the reader with criticism.

Listen up Author. You don't know me. You're a piece of shit speaking to people this way.

If I can get a refund I will. You wasted several hours of my time.

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An amazing book

The hardest and most complex subjects are simplified and clearly explained in this book.
Also, step by step instruction and guidance are provided to go from a beginner in spirituality to advanced.

It’s not about theories and just feeling good while reading it, but it is practical, something that can be applied in your life and see the result.

An Amazingggg book, Dr. Joe💐

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Change the narrator’s voice

I love Dr. Dispenza’s books and I listen to him on You Tube.
When I bought this audible book I was very disappointed. The narrator was not Dr.Dispenza. The narration was boring, uninteresting. It would have been much more interesting with Dr.Dispenza’s narration. I bought the book and continued reading it. I finished the book in one day.

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too long

I liked it but it could be sold as an audio meditation track in maximun 1 hours.
I spent alot of time explaining basics of meditation and how meditation affects the brain.

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Amazing book

Such an amazing book so much info packed into one book! I'm looking forward to reading it again!!

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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself book review

Great narration! Great book with detailed explanation. Loved it! Would highly recommend it! I would recommend it!

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Wow!! Incredible experience

Dr Joe’s knowledge, wisdom and experience in changing is simply the best. Coming out of severe depression and anxiety using his techniques and practices. Slowly one step at a time!! Thank you so much Dr Joe!! Next step is come to a Dr Joe extended retreat!!

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  • Jdrizz
  • 2021-01-07

Two Books Down!

Two books down in 2 months. Read a lot of disappointing reviews, but found they didn't reflect the book. It appears to me, those same negative reviews come from individuals who likely aren't able to apply what they've read...either from this book or others authored by Dr. Dispenza. Feeding the old self, rather than applying the material earnestly and creating the 2.0 version. If you're analyzing and judging the material, he's already called you out for deferring to the analytical self...which is not the message of these books! Some reviews gave mediocre ratings because it's a lot of the same material from his other books and that it is. However, did you ever perfect a process the first time around? Or did you need to repeat, review, and implement many times over before you felt it was right? Habits are built through repetition and he urges readers to wash, rinse, and repeat; yet some refuse to do this and then criticize the process and his books because they only saw the results that I had already determined to be the outcome in their minds. I'm seeing changes, unquestionably. Good luck to those that follow!!!

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  • Scorpio Sue
  • 2020-08-23

Missing the guided meditations from the book

I bought this after reading the book so I could have an audio version of the step by step, guided meditations included in the appendix of the book. These were not included! How could they have left out that part?! Also, the narrator was not my style. Slow talker and had a bit of a snarky tone.

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  • Danylo Pereira
  • 2021-06-05

BOOK IS AWESOME, BUT AUDIBLE MISTAKE IS...

Where are the narration of the guided meditations?
We buy a audio to have ALL THE BOOK in audio.
The most important parts, the exercises, were not narrated.
The appendixes are part of the book, for god sake. Why did you not narrate them?

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  • M. Lucido
  • 2020-07-07

very disappointed with the Narrator

I was looking forward to this book. but even five minutes and I knew I couldn't enjoy it because of the person reading it. I am so very disappointed. I love dr. Joe dispenza and all of his work but I just can't abide this

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  • Andrew C. Trask
  • 2020-05-10

Life Changing

After listening to the entire book and practicing Dr. Joe’s meditation, I noticed a difference in my thoughts and behaviors after the first meditation. There are several events that happened in my life which seem miraculous that I now understand I brought them to fruition through my thoughts and unwavering belief in what the outcome would be.

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  • 2021-01-08

This is pseudoscience and scam

This is pseudoscience and scam! Not practical and completely useless. Reading it is a waste of time.

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  • benny victory
  • 2020-05-10

Building on the works off Dr. Bruce Lipton, and others in the space

Overall, if you have been in this space and are familiar with self growth, there is nothing new and it’s packaged with his variations that you could probably pick up on YouTube as well. Little bit longer than is necessary and some chapters but someone new, it may be more enjoyable.

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  • ATC
  • 2020-09-06

Good info but author is long winded

This book could benefit from at least 100 pages removed which would probably make the audio book 2-3 hours less. The author is busy showing off his knowledge and this causes the reader(listener) to have to SWIM through the information to find the needed text to actually help you break the habit of being yourself. I found it beneficial to get a copy of the book verses listening only.

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  • Clayton
  • 2021-10-09

Quack “doctor” writing fiction under the guise of self improvement.

I heard glowing reviews from several sources regarding this book, and was optimistic that I could learn some scientific reasons to motivate me towards a better self, and breaking some bad habits.

Most of all I heard promise of it’s strong persuasive reasoning to get me to meditate in a more dedicated fashion.

I did not find any of that. Instead I regret my purchase, and wished I had more thoroughly investigated this “doctor” and “neuroscientist” (he’s a chiropractor, and has no specific degree that he would share with anyone about how he is a neuroscientist)

Basically Dispenza wastes much of your time explaining quantum physics incorrectly and then fictionally “reasons” some great mysteries of quantum physics away, with no evidence or reason at all. He’s hoping that he has beaten you into such a stupor regarding the average persons understanding that he can then slip this past you. He built on this fiction by then claiming that your strong thoughts and prayers can not only effect yourself and others, but even past and future events. To be clear, I do think that thoughts and desires can effect our own minds and bodies, that’s pretty much what self improvement or even self destruction are, but it won’t change things outside yourself (and even changing yourself is very hard, hence this entire genre).

If you think crystals can heal your body, don’t believe you need vaccines or other modern medicine because the body can perfectly protect and heal itself, or decide who you date or befriend based on their zodiac signs then by all means pick this book up. It will certainly charm you with large words your not familiar with, then make fictional claims that the cosmos will allow you to wish things into existence, which will help confirm those prior, incorrect biases.

As for me, I have wished and prayed harder than ever before in my life that I had never listed or paid for this trash, but alas this book belongs in the fiction category. The best I can wish for is to warn others.

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  • K. Hahn
  • 2020-06-03

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A friend recommended this book to me and I’m so glad I read it! It’s insightful on how we do have control Over our thoughts. I recommend it to anyone on a self discovery journey or just trying to be a better human. The only thing I wish was different is if I could see all the diagrams he refers to as he’s reading.

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