A new path to fulfillment that combines lessons from meditation and psychotherapy to offer a radical alternative to the rigid Western prescription for happiness.
Drawing on events in his own life and stories from his patients, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart teaches us that only by letting go can we start on the path to a more peaceful and spiritually satisfying life..
He encourages us to relax the ever-vigilant mind in order to experience the freedom that comes only from relinquishing control.
Weaving together the accumulated wisdom of his two worlds--Buddhism and Western psychotherapy--Epstein shows how the happiness that we seek depends on our ability to balance the ego\'s need to do with our inherent capacity to be.
Happiness comes from letting go.
Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart shows us that happiness doesn\'t come from any kind of acquisitiveness, be it material or psychological.
But Buddhist psychiatrist Mark Epstein has found a different way.
We are taught that the ideal is a strong, individuated self, constructed and reinforced over a lifetime.
For decades, Western psychology has promised fulfillment through building and strengthening the ego.
An intimate guide to self-acceptance and discovery that offers a Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness within the framework of a Western understanding of self.
A new path to fulfillment that combines lessons from meditation and psychotherapy to offer a radical alternative to the rigid Western prescription for happiness
