The five hurdles to happiness : and the mindful path to overcoming them
Abblett, Mitch2018
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A practical approach to becoming aware of the "five hindrances"--the negative qualities that inhibit living the awakened life--and to breaking free of them in order to live more mindfully, effectively, compassionately. Five obstacles stand in between you and true happiness. What are they and how can you overcome them? Buddhist traditions teach that there are five negative qualities, or hindrances, that inhibit people from living an awakened life. Here, Mitch Abblett gives this teaching a modern, secular interpretation and helps you identify the hurdles that are blocking your contentment--desire, hostility, sluggishness, worry, and doubt--and how you can take your first steps to overcoming them. Combining traditional wisdom with contemporary psychology and using examples from his psychotherapy practice, Abblett uses the hurdles as a frame for engaging you in a process of contemplating your own life and learning to lean into your experience rather than merely repeating bad habits. By doing this, you can break free from the hurdles and live more mindfully, effectively, and compassionately.
Main title:
The five hurdles to happiness : and the mindful path to overcoming them / Mitch Abblett, PhD ; foreword by Christopher K. Germer, PhD.
Author:
Abblett, MitchGermer, Christopher K., writer of foreword
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
xix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: brutal honesty regarding the hindrances to awareness -- The karma of closing : our emotional inheritance -- Meditation and how the hindrances have us over the barrel of our monkey minds -- Sidestepping cookie monster : learning to dance with desire -- The boiling point : opening up to turn down the dial on hostility -- Worry warts : restlessness and leaping forward -- Waking the wilting mind : managing sluggishness and dullness -- Becoming a know-(nothing)-it-all : working with doubt -- Karma Chameleon : the path of opening up one's patterning -- Notes -- Index.
ISBN:
9781611804492
Dewey class:
158.1
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
358627
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 158.1 FIV | Available |