Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What's Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation
A Fresh Start to a Healthy Emotional Life

Is emotional clutter blocking success in your personal and professional life? You’ve likely heard about the psychological benefits of clearing out the clutter in your surroundings, but how do you handle your emotional clutter — the psychological version of the jam-packed closet or impenetrable garage? Shutting away and trying to hide old pains and traumas creates toxic patterns that can keep you from having the life of your dreams. Integrating mindfulness and cutting-edge neuroscience, international mindfulness expert Donald Altman teaches how to modify entrenched habits and patterns with only a few minutes of attention daily.

Altman first helps you realize what your baggage consists of and how to transform or jettison it. He then shows how to avoid the daily danger of accumulating new emotional clutter. No matter how fraught your life or relationships may be, you can cleanse, heal, or accept the old wounds, mistakes, and disappointments. With Altman’s lifestyle tools, you’ll discover how to address your past, better deal with the present, and cultivate the best possible future. Start fresh with Clearing Emotional Clutter.
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Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What's Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation
A Fresh Start to a Healthy Emotional Life

Is emotional clutter blocking success in your personal and professional life? You’ve likely heard about the psychological benefits of clearing out the clutter in your surroundings, but how do you handle your emotional clutter — the psychological version of the jam-packed closet or impenetrable garage? Shutting away and trying to hide old pains and traumas creates toxic patterns that can keep you from having the life of your dreams. Integrating mindfulness and cutting-edge neuroscience, international mindfulness expert Donald Altman teaches how to modify entrenched habits and patterns with only a few minutes of attention daily.

Altman first helps you realize what your baggage consists of and how to transform or jettison it. He then shows how to avoid the daily danger of accumulating new emotional clutter. No matter how fraught your life or relationships may be, you can cleanse, heal, or accept the old wounds, mistakes, and disappointments. With Altman’s lifestyle tools, you’ll discover how to address your past, better deal with the present, and cultivate the best possible future. Start fresh with Clearing Emotional Clutter.
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Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What's Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation

Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What's Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation

by Donald Altman
Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What's Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation

Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What's Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation

by Donald Altman

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A Fresh Start to a Healthy Emotional Life

Is emotional clutter blocking success in your personal and professional life? You’ve likely heard about the psychological benefits of clearing out the clutter in your surroundings, but how do you handle your emotional clutter — the psychological version of the jam-packed closet or impenetrable garage? Shutting away and trying to hide old pains and traumas creates toxic patterns that can keep you from having the life of your dreams. Integrating mindfulness and cutting-edge neuroscience, international mindfulness expert Donald Altman teaches how to modify entrenched habits and patterns with only a few minutes of attention daily.

Altman first helps you realize what your baggage consists of and how to transform or jettison it. He then shows how to avoid the daily danger of accumulating new emotional clutter. No matter how fraught your life or relationships may be, you can cleanse, heal, or accept the old wounds, mistakes, and disappointments. With Altman’s lifestyle tools, you’ll discover how to address your past, better deal with the present, and cultivate the best possible future. Start fresh with Clearing Emotional Clutter.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608683642
Publisher: New World Library
Publication date: 03/15/2016
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 637,438
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Donald Altman, MA, LPC, is a psychotherapist, a former Buddhist monk, and the award-winning author of several books, including One-Minute Mindfulness, The Mindfulness Toolbox, and The Mindfulness Code. He conducts mindful living and mindful eating workshops and retreats and trains mental health therapists and businesspeople to use mindfulness as a tool for optimizing health and fulfillment. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1 Recognizing and Clearing Away Old Emotional Clutter

Chapter 1 Stop Riding the Emotional Elevator 15

Chapter 2 Inner-Facebooking 23

Chapter 3 Cultivate a Beautiful Garden of Thought 33

Chapter 4 The Peace of Acceptance 43

Chapter 5 Get Centered in Your Breath and Body 55

Part 2 Healing Relational, Cultural, and Ancestral Clutter

Chapter 6 Cleansing Family Emotional Clutter 65

Chapter 7 Reflections on Compassionate Communication 77

Chapter 8 Planting Friendship Seeds 87

Chapter 9 For the Love of Listening 97

Chapter 10 Expanding Your Tribe 107

Part 3 Preventing New Emotional Clutter With Daily De-Cluttering

Chapter 11 Change the Distraction Channel to Find Clarity 117

Chapter 12 Vaccinate Yourself against Affluenza 129

Chapter 13 Put the Brakes on Work and Speed 139

Chapter 14 Nature's Cleansing Power of Hope 151

Chapter 15 Daily Flexibility, Softening, and Letting Be 163

Part 4 Transformation and Fulfillment with Peace, Purpose, and Wholeness

Chapter 16 Awaken the Compassionate Heart Today 177

Chapter 17 Fidelity to the Moment 187

Chapter 18 Become a Master at Untying Knots Each Moment 195

Chapter 19 Take Daily Snapshots of Joy 205

Chapter 20 Now Is the Best Time to Connect with Purpose 215

Acknowledgments 227

Notes 229

Bibliography 237

About the Author 243

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