Be your own guru, Olivia Stefanino

Published by Capstone

Buy it now from Blackwell Books

Three days to transform your life

A difficult book for me to review. So let me get my reservations out of the way at the start.

Ms Stefanino is a Master of Reiki and has qualifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Both are widely regarded as pseudo-sciences. Further, at quite a late stage in the book, she trots out the old chestnut about less than 10% of what we communicate being through the words we use. This is quite simply untrue and someone of Ms Stefanino’s background should be aware of it.

All this is a pity because it leads one to doubt the value of areas of the book where one has no knowledge. And there is considerable value to be had here.

Through the medium of stories gathered from her experience we learn much about dealing with negativity, understanding our emotions and, importantly, dealing with our own emotional baggage.

The final part of the book will be the most interesting to many. Here the author provides the tools with which to become your own guru. Through what she calls the Self Journey, the Relationship Journey and the Soul Journey, she leads us to a potentially deeper understanding of our ‘self’.

Recommended – with reservations.