Emotional Chaos to Clarity: Move from the Chaos of the Reactive Mind to the Clarity of the Responsive Mind
This inspiring and prescriptive book leads us from the emotional chaos of the reactive mind to the clarity of the responsive mind

As Founder of the Life Balance Institute, Phillip Moffitt has observed that most people lack clarity about their life's direction and the ability to cope with its inevitable challenges. Now, in Emotional Chaos to Clarity, he provides the antidote by showing us the path of skillful living. Grounded in Western psychology and Buddhist philosophy, each chapter introduces a mind state that prevents us from living skillfully, narrates stories from Moffitt's hundreds of students and clients, and provides step-by-step exercises for readers to find clarity in their own lives. Among the many benefits of skillful living are being able to gain wisdom from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences and having an inner life which can flourish, even if our outer life is filled with difficulty.
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Emotional Chaos to Clarity: Move from the Chaos of the Reactive Mind to the Clarity of the Responsive Mind
This inspiring and prescriptive book leads us from the emotional chaos of the reactive mind to the clarity of the responsive mind

As Founder of the Life Balance Institute, Phillip Moffitt has observed that most people lack clarity about their life's direction and the ability to cope with its inevitable challenges. Now, in Emotional Chaos to Clarity, he provides the antidote by showing us the path of skillful living. Grounded in Western psychology and Buddhist philosophy, each chapter introduces a mind state that prevents us from living skillfully, narrates stories from Moffitt's hundreds of students and clients, and provides step-by-step exercises for readers to find clarity in their own lives. Among the many benefits of skillful living are being able to gain wisdom from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences and having an inner life which can flourish, even if our outer life is filled with difficulty.
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Emotional Chaos to Clarity: Move from the Chaos of the Reactive Mind to the Clarity of the Responsive Mind

Emotional Chaos to Clarity: Move from the Chaos of the Reactive Mind to the Clarity of the Responsive Mind

by Phillip Moffitt
Emotional Chaos to Clarity: Move from the Chaos of the Reactive Mind to the Clarity of the Responsive Mind

Emotional Chaos to Clarity: Move from the Chaos of the Reactive Mind to the Clarity of the Responsive Mind

by Phillip Moffitt

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This inspiring and prescriptive book leads us from the emotional chaos of the reactive mind to the clarity of the responsive mind

As Founder of the Life Balance Institute, Phillip Moffitt has observed that most people lack clarity about their life's direction and the ability to cope with its inevitable challenges. Now, in Emotional Chaos to Clarity, he provides the antidote by showing us the path of skillful living. Grounded in Western psychology and Buddhist philosophy, each chapter introduces a mind state that prevents us from living skillfully, narrates stories from Moffitt's hundreds of students and clients, and provides step-by-step exercises for readers to find clarity in their own lives. Among the many benefits of skillful living are being able to gain wisdom from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences and having an inner life which can flourish, even if our outer life is filled with difficulty.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781101585726
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/10/2012
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 956,501
File size: 426 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Formerly owner and editor in chief of Esquire magazine, PHILLIP MOFFITT is founder and director of the Life Balance Institute, a nationally renowned meditation teacher, and co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California. He is also the author of Dancing with Life. Visit lifebalanceinstitute.com and spiritrock.org.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

A Note on the Cover xi

Introduction: Emotional Chaos to Clarity xiii

Part I Practices That Empower You to Achieve Clarity

Chapter 1 Beginning Your Journey to Clarity 3

Chapter 2 Getting to Know the Real You 15

Chapter 3 Living an Intentional Life 33

Chapter 4 Starting Over 43

Chapter 5 Letting Go of Expectations 57

Chapter 6 Balancing Priorities 67

Part II Developing Skillful Behaviors

Chapter 7 Starting Your Day with Clarity 83

Chapter 8 Knowing What's Really Happening 93

Chapter 9 Making Skillful Decisions 104

Chapter 10 Cultivating the Qualities of Loving-Kindness and Compassion 118

Chapter 11 Living into Life through Gratitude 130

Chapter 12 Overcoming Attachments through Generosity 143

Chapter 13 Doing the Right Thing 155

Chapter 14 Bringing Mindfulness to Making Major Life Changes 165

Part III Removing the Sources of Chaos

Chapter 15 Keeping Boundaries 179

Chapter 16 Ending the Cycle of Self-Violence 191

Chapter 17 Practicing Self-Restraint 202

Chapter 18 Overcoming Ordinary Compulsiveness 213

Chapter 19 Living Skillfully with the Difficult 227

Chapter 20 Practicing Forgiveness and Reconciliation 247

Epilogue: What Next? 262

Online Resources 269

Index 271

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