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I bought this right after my father was moved to hospice. I listened to it every night for weeks. The theory is that you have to listen to this type of "tape" for 14(?) to 21 nights for it to take hold. Well, it started working within a couple of nights for me. When I got to my parents' home, I shared it with my mother. She has been listening to it ever since. It has helped both of us through a horribly stressful time. What I like: 1. I like her voice. I eliminated a bunch of similar options because of their voices. You really have to listen to the samples to decide if the voice is going to work for you. 2. I like the visualization. The guided meditation is to a grassy field with a pretty garden. In the distance across a stream is a beautiful house (you can use whatever image for the building you want). You walk to the bridge crossing the stream, but a big trunk is blocking the way. Then you realize you are carrying a backpack full of your worries. You throw your worries into the trunk. The trunk floats away. You cross the bridge and enter the building. By then I'm sound asleep. 3. There are a couple more tracks after that, basic relaxation, that I have rarely heard. Only once have I gone through all the tracks. I always skip the intro track after first time I listened to the tape. This meditation is helping my mother through a terrible time with no happy ending. If you like the sound of Roberta Shapiro's voice, then I cannot recommend this highly enough. I would give it ten stars, five from me and five from my mother.