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The Tools. By Phil Stutz, Barry Michels (2012)

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3.64 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0091940060 (ISBN13: 9780091940065)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Vermilion

review 1: Not sure how many stars to give this. Apparently, very popular with show biz types in L.A., so you know it's going to be brief... I liked the similarity of the Reversal of Desire tool to the Tibetan Buddhist Chod practice. Allowing your anxieties/pain/fears to "eat" you. Here you invite them. The Gratitude tool (which they annoyingly call "Gratefulness") amounts to just thinking about something good instead of something bad. That is another simplification of a Tibetan Buddhist practice, as is sending Active Love. I am not a Tibetan Buddhist, so I can't be too specific. The similarities are there but there is no mention of Buddhism in the book. The Jeopardy tool, mindfulness of death, is very Zen. Inner Authority is Jungian. There is some discussion of Jung. I don't think t... morehis is a bad book. It's not much reading, if that's what you're looking for. It's a handbook for practice. I found it because of the New Yorker article about the two show-biz therapists.
review 2: While there are countless 'self-help' books out there - most seem to reiterate the same things about being positive, etc. But few, really ever provide much in the way of practical advice that is easy to understand and quick to apply. The explanations in this book are clear and concise so that they can be applied by readers with ease. The fact that the exercises offered can also be adopted as a way of life makes it a very worthwhile investment. Reading this book frees up time to do more of what is really important, once you are no longer bogged down and unfocused, wasting energy on things that ultimately no longer matter (if they ever did) and are just standing in your way. less

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