Inviting a Monkey to Tea: Befriending Your Mind and Discovering Lasting Contentment
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (628 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935387286 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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. A long time student of eastern spirituality, Nancy also spent 20 years as a nationally recognized, top-level equestrian, and has vast training in performance psychology and flow states. Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, author and public speaker. She writes a regular blog for The Huffington Post and offers talks and workshops regularly. Her writing has been featured in numerous publications. Nancy lives in Manhattan with her husband, two daughters, an
sgrissett said Wonderful & Helpful!. Nancy offers a straight-forward guide to real well-being and mental health. I particularly like her case study examples which illustrate how to achieve this and get away from the "addiction to happiness." Her list of "pointers" provides an easy "go-to" when my busy mind needs a shift in awareness or a realignment, if you will! I've read her book twice and found new nuggets of wisdom on the second . "Eye Opening -Amazing Book" according to Jill. I really recommend this book; it's a great read and something that has really helped me! This is a book that I'm going to keep on my book shelf to refer back to when my mind is running wild. It's a book I share with friends and family, but it's also a book I always get back. Just in case there's a need to remember some thingsI know now that I don't have to solve every thought that comes to mind, a. Invitation to healing Waltraud Ireland Nancy Colier's lively, highly readable new book 'Inviting a Monkey to Tea' extends an invitation to her readers to embark on a journey towards healing a mind in conflict. We pass through this door above all by befriending all aspects of ourselves and most especially those that we fear and thus characteristically split off from our preferred self images. Guided by the ancient adage 'heal thyself' C
Reading this totally enjoyable and informative book is like sitting down for a cup of tea with our mind." -- BERNIE GLASSMA"Nancy Colier has written a delightful guidebook for travelers setting out to a sturdy, unshakable sense of well-being that will withstand the rigors of life and the tests of time." -- SHARON SALZBERG, Co-Founder of the Insight Meditation Society"Contentment is the greatest form of wealth. Nancy Colier's book is rich in so very many wise and lovely ways; I recommend it highly." -- LAMA SURYA DAS . "Nancy guides us to the wholeness of life that is our true identity. Befriending and accepting yourself while befriending the world is the direct route to it. She shows us how
To "invite a monkey to tea” is to befriend our own mind-which is often compared to a drunken monkey for all its mad twists and turns. Along the way, the author has come to understand the workings of the mind-both from her clients and by her own diligent practice of meditation and self-observation. "Nancy Colier reconsiders happiness in a way that dispels our illusions about it, bringing the joy we seek ever closer to us. Witnessing and participating in this process, she has become an expert in happiness, or more specifically, in the monkey-mind's search and demand for it, and the unhappiness that all the striving ultimately creates. A wild monkey is full of irrepressible desires, and thus chases its own tail in its search for happiness! This book is about learning to welcome the mind as ally without fear or resistance, thus relaxing that frantic search and resting in the joy of who we already are.As a psychotherapist, author Nancy Colier has accompanied hundreds of people in their "search for happiness” for nearly two decades. Readers will be softened, as they learn of others like themselves who have m