The word "prayer" means "to ask". I got this book for my wife. While its definitely written for women, I thought it was condescending towards women since it used some very trite language to discuss serious matters. "When someone dies in your life, look to love yourself more by praying to your inner conscious". In my view, praying is to think with God's mind. You are not in your own mind, but in God's and (s)he directs your path and thoughts. I think thats something to hold onto. I really thought the book tries to hard to make the reader cry. As if a bunch of sad things will help the reader be more spiritual and "pray better". I don't know, I think going online and reading wikipedia's answer for prayer is more interesting and insightful than this book.