Emotional Chaos to Clarity, Phillip Moffitt
Emotional Chaos to Clarity, Phillip Moffitt
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Emotional Chaos to Clarity
How to Live More Skillfully, Make Better Decisions, and Find Purpose in Life

Author: Phillip Moffitt

Narrator: Fred Stella

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2012


Synopsis

Despite our best-laid plans, life can often be difficult, disappointing, and stressful. Consequently, when things don’t go right, we are often left in a state of emotional chaos, dealing with feelings like anger, anxiety, frustration, and doubt, which can cloud our perspective and negatively affect the way we live our lives. But in this inspiring audiobook, Phillip Moffitt shows us that we need not be at the mercy of our emotions. By cultivating a responsive mind rather than a reactive one, we can achieve a state of emotional clarity that allows us to live skillfully and act with wisdom even in the face of obstacles or unhappiness.Moffitt writes from a perspective that is grounded in both Western psychology and Buddhist philosophy. He leads us on a path that takes us from being caught in old, self-defeating habits of mind to a place of clarity where we can act from the wisdom of our intentions. Moffitt offers step-by-step exercises for abandoning unskillful behaviors and describes essential life skills that anyone can develop. Some of the benefits of skillful living are:• Knowing and acting from our core values at all times
• Gaining wisdom from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences
• Having an inner life in which love can flourish, even if our outer life is filled with challenges
• Learning to speak only what is true, useful, and timely, even during moments of anger or outrage
• Freeing ourselves from the past
• Being able to soothe ourselves when we feel disappointed or overwhelmed by lifeElegantly written with both precision and compassion, Emotional Chaos to Clarity is an indispensable guide for those wishing to move through life’s challenges with a calm, clear mind and a peaceful, loving heart.

About Phillip Moffitt

Former Esquire magazine CEO and editor in chief, Phillip Moffitt left his successful publishing career at the age of forty to embark on a path that led him to become a Buddhist meditation teacher and found the Life Balance Institute, where he trains executives and individuals in skillful living. He is co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California and the author of Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in Everyday Life.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Janet on August 21, 2012

I was really psyched to read this. I absolutely loved Moffitt's Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering and hoped this would pack the same punch. I guess we're each at different points in our lives now, and this book just did not seem to carry the we......more

Goodreads review by Rich on September 30, 2019

I found Phillip Moffitt's 'Dancing with Life' exceptional, so I sprung for this audiobook, his second title. Where 'Dancing' is the theoretical framework, 'Chaos' is the practical application of this framework in a wide variety of contexts. Moffitt walks through different manners in which the reader......more

Goodreads review by Amy on January 24, 2022

For anyone going through troubled times (and who isn't right now), this book will help you sort through your emotions and thoughts, and find a different way of dealing with them. It's been years since I've read it, but I still remember it as one of the most influential non-fiction self-help-ish book......more

Goodreads review by Mary Jane on January 29, 2014

Definitely worth reading again and again. Might eventually rate it a 5 after another read. The author gives "homework" at the end of each chapter. These are practical applications to use in a journey to more awareness and as he would say, clarity. I was pleased to find parallels to practices my long......more