Emotional Chaos to Clarity: Move from the Chaos of the Reactive Mind to the Clarity of the Responsive MindThe groundbreaking psychology and self development book with step-by-step plans to achieve emotional health and clarity. “Emotional Chaos to Clarity is a masterwork. Be inspired by the possibilities it opens.” —Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., author of The Wise Heart Despite our best-laid plans, life is difficult, and we sometimes experience anger, anxiety, frustration, and doubt. This emotional chaos can negatively affect the way we live our lives. Yet, Phillip Moffitt shows us that by cultivating a responsive mind rather than a reactive one, we can achieve a state of emotional clarity that allows us to act with a calm mind and a loving heart. Drawing on both Western psychology and Buddhist philosophy, Moffitt’s step-by-step exercises help us to: • Know and act from our core values at all times• Gain wisdom from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences • Free ourselves from the past • Achieve a peaceful inner life, even if our outer life is filled with challenges |
Contents
Practices That Empower You | 1 |
Getting to Know the Real | 15 |
Living an Intentional Life | 33 |
Starting Over | 43 |
Letting Go of Expectations | 57 |
Balancing Priorities | 67 |
Developing Skillful Behaviors | 81 |
Knowing Whats Really Happening | 93 |
Removing the Sources of Chaos | 177 |
Keeping Boundaries | 179 |
Ending the Cycle of SelfViolence | 191 |
Practicing SelfRestraint | 202 |
Overcoming Ordinary Compulsiveness | 213 |
Living Skillfully with the Difficult | 227 |
Practicing Forgiveness and Reconciliation | 247 |
What Next? | 262 |
Making Skillful Decisions | 104 |
Cultivating the Qualities of LovingKindness and Compassion | 118 |
Living into Life through Gratitude | 130 |
Overcoming Attachments through Generosity | 143 |
Doing the Right Thing | 155 |
Bringing Mindfulness to Making Major Life Changes | 165 |
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