I highly recommend this product. She is like the wise aunt that everyone wished they had. The kind that will tell you the truth whether you want to hear it or not and you know she is right. Some people feel she is angry as she speaks but I love her style. She doesn't sugar coat anything. I find that refreshing. I will need to listen to these CDs over and over to take in all the wisdom of them.

FTC Disclosure: I received this book for free from Hay House Publishing for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my own perspectives. What kept going through my mind as I pondered what I can write about this six cd set lecture is: “Caroline Myss is miss for me.” Ultimately, I think she does have some useful, thought-provoking things to say, I recall her questioning the use of the powerful word transformation, and questioning if we (collectively) even understand what transformation means in the larger context of energy. Fair enough assessment however, this cd set, titled “What Makes Us Healthy? Did not really address health (mental, physical, spiritual) at all, in my mind. I heard a lot of was what you should not do and how “we” collectively are all sharing the same illusions, but I did not hear much about how to nurture the inner world of the soul as is indicated on the blurb on the back of the cd set. Further the additional byline of “Understanding Mystical Law and Your Parallel Reality” was addressed by way of a historical argument of how we are as a society in relation to the Mystical Laws; and she delved into parallel realities and the possibility of living other lives in a parallel manner. I don’t know if she provided enough for me to facilitate further understanding this concept and how it impacts our health. I think the biggest problem with this lecture is that it is a lecture. The way Caroline Myss expresses herself bars on ranting and raving. I recall there were many “you” statements stating things about what “you” are “addicted to” that I felt were assumptive and misguided. I struggled to get pass cd 1. I thought, why is this woman yelling at her audience with all these assumptions about how they think or experience life? Of course curiosity led me to wonder does she do this for the whole 6 cds? Fortunately by cd 3 Ms. Myss had changed her tone somewhat, but the accusatory aspects still seemed to creep up within the framework of addiction. Ms. Myss does have a few nuggets of insight, but I found her approach distasteful. Recently, in listening to another speaker who challenges realities, I can say that Caroline Myss comes off as abrasive where as the other speaker I’ve been listening to persistently challenges but in a way that is respectful, encouraging dialogue whereby he is not the “source of all knowledge” but rather a guide to help us grow our ideas based on his own journey. I suspect that Caroline Myss’s approach is to “shock” her audience into questioning themselves and to provide “facts” of Mystical Law, however this just lead to me questioning Ms. Myss’s credibility and (misdirected?) anger.

What makes us healthy? Caroline Myss sets out to ask a question that is important to all of us. Many of us believe health is a purely physical thing: if I have a cold I am unhealthy. Others believe health is a purely spiritual or religious thing: if my mind is not right and I do not stand for what I believe in I am unhealthy. Caroline encompasses health from a mind/body/spirit perspective. Although I had not listened to any of Caroline’s previous lectures I found this one very easy to follow and understand. Of course some of the material might have been a little heavier, leaving something to ponder; the great thing about the Lecture on CD’s is that you can just pause whenever is necessary to let the messages sink in slowly. Having done so many times myself has lead me to question some of the beliefs I held prior to hearing Caroline speak. One thing that really stood out for me was when Caroline spoke about addictions. Addictions are not purely physical things (such as drug addictions, etc.) but can be emotional as well, such as an addiction to power, or to playing the victim, etc… They serve as tools that point out areas we need to work on for ourselves if we are able to get to the root of the behaviour. All in all I loved this lecture set, and will be recommending it to many friends so that they may re-evaluate their perspective on health as well. DISCLAIMER: This book was provided to me free from Hay House for review purposes.