Clearing emotional clutter : mindfulness practices for letting go of what's blocking your fulfillment and transformation /
Donald Altman.
- 244 pages ; 22 cm
pt. 1. Recognizing and clearing away old emotional clutter --Stop riding the emotional elevator -- Inner-Facebooking -- Cultivate a beautiful garden of thought -- The peace of acceptance -- Get centered in your breath and body -- pt. 2. Healing relational, cultural, and ancestral clutter -- Cleansing family emotional clutter -- Reflections on compassionate communication -- Planting friendship seeds -- For the love of listening -- Expanding your tribe -- pt. 3. Preventing new emotional clutter with daily de-cluttering -- Change the distraction channel to find clarity -- Vaccinate yourself against affluenza -- Put the brakes on work and speed -- Nature's cleansing power of hope -- Daily flexibility, softening, and letting be -- pt. 4. Transformation and fulfillment with peace, purpose, and wholeness -- Awaken the compassionate heart today -- Fidelity to the moment -- Become a master at untying knots each moment -- Take daily snapshots of joy -- Now is the best time to connect with purpose.
"Many have pointed out the psychological benefits of clearing out the clutter in our surroundings. But what do we do with our emotional clutter - the psychological versions of the jam-packed closet or impenetrable garage? As we shut away and try to hide old pains and traumas we create toxic patterns. Author Donald Altman uses modern neuroscience to outline how habits and patterns can be modified with only a few minutes of attention daily. Altman first helps readers realize what their baggage consists of and how to transform or jettison it. He then shows how to avoid accumulating new emotional clutter. With these practices, readers address their pasts, learn to deal with the present, and cultivate the best possible futures for themselves"--
9781608683642 (paperback)
2015049053
Emotions. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Mind and body. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Meditation. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Anger (see also SELF-HELP / Anger Management).