Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow: 12 Simple Principles (Al-anon Book, Detachment Book, Fighting Addiction, for Readers of Let Go Now) Paperback – April 1, 2016

This book took me back to memories of conversations with a beloved aunt I had who was very wise. This book reinforced those wisdoms and I loved it...12 steps, 12 principles, never simpler.

This is one of those books that I plan to read again and again. Karen Casey shares her recovery story to set the stage for the 12 principles she discusses. Much of her wisdom comes from her 30+ years in AA and recovery. But even if you've never had an addiction problem of any kind her gentle, practical wisdom applies. When I got the book I was going through a period of self-inflicted misery. The moment I was reminded to let go of judgment and control I began to feel better about myself and my life. By the end of the book, simply by focusing on those two principles I had experienced a total paradigm shift. The title tells it all: when you change your mind and mindset, let go of judgment, give up the illusion of control and make peace and kindness your #1 & 2 goals, life begins to work in unexpectedly positive and beneficial ways. As I said at the start I will be reading Karen Casey's gentle, wise and practical guide to living again and again.

I would have given this book a 5 star for content which it does deserve, however, there are so many pages with missing print! I mean a few letters missing from the text etc. This points to very poor editing. It can be over looked and the book material is still enjoyed.

I love Karen Casey's books. I have a few of her daily meditation books, but this is the best book of hers I've read so far! It's simple, to the point, and gives the best life advice. It has all the answers to life's problems, LOL! Just turn to it, and you'll find the advice you need to handle whatever is going on. It has helped me look at my problems calmly and avoid that "end of the world" mentality. I've been working on myself for years and read dozens of self-help books, but Karen's book is the only book I need from now on! There are 12 principles, but each one is broken down into several more, so there are more than just twelve. I'm going to buy this book in Spanish for my mom, who's had an anxious mind for 70+ years. I'm sure it will help her as it has helped me. I'm very grateful I came across this book on Amazon, while browsing for another book.

Great read. Going to read again. Great Bible study book for great conversations. Will then pass to my sister for a great read

Unlike most "personal transformation" or self-help books that tell you what you need to do, but don't tell you how to do it, Karen Casey gives simple, practical ways of changing the way you think. Every decision you make is filtered through every thought you have and all your perceptions come from those thoughts. So learning how to think a new way is critical to changing the life you now live. She doesn't give you complicated advice that doesn't work - she gives you simple ways to give yourself permission to change the way you think, which in turn will change the decisions you make for yourself.I LOVED this book - and it began a transformation in my thinking and my life immediately. It will change your life too - if you allow it to!

I saw this book in a catalog I receive regularly and thought it sounded "interesting". What I couldn't foresee was how pertinent and vital this book has become in my life. I had just gone through a really rough patch at work, mostly because of the way I reacted towards others. After reading this book I realized how, after years of "banging my head against the wall", I was never going to change anyone's behavior but I had COMPLETE control over my own emotions. I HIGHLY recommend this book to everyone!!!! Somewhere in those 12 steps I guarantee YOU that at least one of those steps will ring true in your life, giving you more peace in your life.

A must read for everyone struggling with judging, blaming, faulting and being frustrated with others....and I think that may be most all of us. A simple solution...me...just changing my own mind and be released from the burdonsome responsibility to change others. A hard but rewarding practice. I read a piece of this book every day to give me "peace," perspective and to change my paradigm. Read it and give it to your "friends." I can't give mine away, because it's all marked up, underlined and highlighted, and I need to read it everyday. It sits next to my Bible.