Mars and Venus Starting Over: A Practical Guide for Finding Love Again After a Painful Breakup, Divorce, or the Loss of a Loved One

I lost my fiancé and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had happened to me with someone so close. This book helped me to begin healing my heart.I also participated in my church’s grief, comfort and healing ministry. This book helped to put a different positive perspective on my loss and I share this book as a personal ministry for other people with similar experiences and ask them to pay it forward to someone who needs help. I buy them used from resellers to give away.If I meet someone who shares with me about their loss and one of the first things I remember from the book is “A broken heart is like a broken bone. To heal it you have to reset it, put it in a cast and let it rest.”This was the foundation to start the healing of my heart.

This is an amazing book. It helped me deal with the end of a difficult roller-coaster relationship where I got attached a lot without a clear sense of boundaries and my feelings ended up getting hurt a lot. It was my first relationship and I deeply loved and cared for her. We were both caught up in what they call the anxious-avoidant 'trap' and I was at the receiving end. The exercises in the book have helped me heal a lot post the break-up (and the traumatic parts of the relationship). I highly recommend this book to everyone dealing with a loss. The 'feeling better' exercise in the book is awesome. I now have been able to process the feelings of loss and anger, come to forgiveness and am slowing getting back to a place of love. I've been sending this book to all my friends who're dealing with loss. Highly highly recommend this.

The beginning of this book was a little slow for me, but the 2nd half was life saving. The exercises in this book are helping me get past a painful divorce. I have read dozens of books about how to recover from a breakup and this is the only one I needed. It’s full of practical realistic exercises that help you process everything and then release the baggage and move on. I read this for free as part of the kindle unlimited subscription and I bookmarked so many passages that I decided to buy and keep a hard copy on hand for reference.

Food for thought about the sexes. Kind of repetitive but I like John Gray.

A great read and thorough explanation of why and how men and women are truly different in many aspects, from communicating, working, and sexuality., to raising children and love.

Only those willing to put in the work should read this book. I started an emotional journey toward emotional healing this weekend and I am grateful. John helps you to be honest with yourself in a very healthy safe way. DIVORCE SUCKS! That will never change. Nothing prepares you for the pain, whether divorce was necessary or not. This book is helping me to sort through the myriad of feelings I am encountering. I also want to recommend this for Non-religious Christians. You may not learn to handle your pain in this manner in the church. Prayer works, true, but faith with out works is dead and this book is helping me work through my pain, so that I can truly be free to move forward.Thank you Mr. Gray. Blessings to you and your family.

I love John. Gray books in general. Whenever I'm feeling unsure in my love life- I pick one up. Next to Men are From Mars Woman Are From Venus the original, this is an outstanding book. You can read it based on the loss of pretty much anything. I had to cope with the loss of my dog which caused me enormous grief and this book helped me take the steps I needed to, to move forward. If you recently went through a death, loss, breakup, or just generally have had sadness in your life this book is must read.

Pretty good read but did not hold my attention to finish though.

My favourite John Gray book. Mars Venus Starting Over is a must for anyone searching to understand themselves on a deeper level and heal their heart. Not just a book for relationships, this book will help the reader understand many aspects from their life and culture.

Brings out our stupidity and enhances our idiocy

This book was recommended reading from a support group therapist when I was going through my own divorce. I have since bought and given this book to many acquaintances and friends that have also gone through a divorce. A recommended read for anyone divorcing (espeically men who tend to fall into rebound relationships). This book literally guided me to a great 2nd marriage!! Highly recommend.

This book helped me a lot after my husband passed away and I needed to grieve and start over.

I just wanted to say that this book was good therapy! I highly recommend it towards anyone who just went through a breakup, who's feeling unable to move on...when moving on is inevitable. Well worth it!! :)