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I've never—not once—had a patient who didn't want to be empowered. So what we're doing is taking the powers of the unconscious and applying them to problems.” I'm logging my notes here tbh mainly for me if ever I lose my notes somehow, at least I still have a reference here. but hey something might interest you, I suggest you read this or watch Stutz. El método Tools: Cinco herramientas que te ayudarán a encontrar el coraje, la creatividad y la fuerza de voluntad para impulsar tu vida hacia delante (PENINSULA) Tap into the life force to deepen your emotional and spiritual experience and realize your full potential with this transformative book by the New York Times bestselling authors of The Tools(and the resident shrinks on Goop).

read this book yeaaaars ago (forgot when, probably before I created a Goodreads account because I didn't log it) and I still have my handwritten notes about it. I was reminded of this because of Jonah Hill's docu about his therapist who shared some "tools" and concepts like "maze" and "shadow" (which are all mentioned in the book). when I went to GR to look for this, I realized that the psychiatrist is LITERALLY ONE OF THE AUTHORS (Phil Stutz). Each of these tools involves visualization through which you can see immediate results, but they're really meant to be practiced regularly until they become habits for life. Even though it took me just about a week to take my time with The Tools on Kindle, I liked it so much I actually bought a physical version too to properly study and highlight.The Reversal of Desire - When you need to take action that you have been avoiding. This says we need to welcome trips outside of our Comfort Zone when actions need to be taken. I can say there have been things that I have avoided for fear they would be difficult, and when I get to them they are easier that I expected. Using this tool is to get you mentally prepare to handle the pain of take the difficult action out of your comfort zone to get through it. "Bring it on!" "I love pain!" "Pain sets me free!"

This one is different. Specific. Practical. Actually helpful. For example, here's a nugget that got me through a recent festering tangle of procrastination/anxiety: "Pain is not absloute. When you move toward it, pain shrinks...the more intense the pain-- the more you move into it-- the more energy you create." Tl;dr - This book has 4 excellent tools to use daily, if you want, that boil down to the basics and are nothing new. It then has 1 sketchy tool, and the end is garbage. I am glad I read it, and plan on using 3 of the Tools on the regular, but I am not an advocate for the entire suite. The authors' have combined Positive Thinking, Positive Actions, Spirituality, Faith, Love and being United with the Higher Power as ingredients to their Powerful Formula. And the foundation for its success is in the hands of the clients – they willingness, perseverance, determination and dedication to apply these principles every time and in every area of their lives. Inner Authority, or how to feel empowered when expressing or even exposing yourself by powerfully embracing your shadow instead of shoddily hiding it. Yes, everyone can tell when you're doing it. These tools are emotional game changers. They do nothing less than deliver you to your best and most powerful self.”—Kathy Freston, author of Quantum WellnessThat being said, I understand that the majority of people in the world have a very different point of view. As a therapist I'm willing to meet anybody where they are at. If sprinkling in a little new age sparkle helps the medicine go down, and helps the client find empowerment and make healthy life changes, then by all means, let's bust out the healing flavor crystals. Active Love: A way to quell anger, prevent yourself perseverating on injustice, or prepare yourself for confronting a difficult person As far as we came to know about Phil Stutz then he is the author of books titled Coming Alive: 4 Tools to Defeat Your Inner Enemy, Ignite Creative Expression, and Unleash Your Soul’s Potential and The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower—and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion. All his these books have been written by him as co-author with Barry Michels.

Ich habe das Buch relativ bald einmal nur noch überflogen, weil für mich nichts Hilfreiches erläutert wurde und es reicht, wenn man sich die Kapitelzusammenfassungen am Ende durchliest. Spätestens als von einer höheren Macht die Rede ist, war bei mir die Schmerzgrenze erreicht und ich habe das Buch endgültig abgebrochen. PHIL:What I suspect is that roughly half of all shrinks will be completely indifferent to it. Another 30 percent will probably affirmatively hate it and probably to some degree, misunderstand. Maybe 20 percent will be interested in it. Why? If you're a shrink, one day somebody is going to sit down and say, "My wife left me and I can't go on. What should I do?" The patient is looking you right in the eye. To me, it's not fair to them to say, "Well, let's talk about what happened when you were six years old." Random House presents the audiobook edition of Coming Alive: 4 Tools to Defeat Your Inner Enemy, Ignite Creative Expression and Unleash Your Soul's Potential, written and read by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels. This edition includes a bonus PDF of graphs and diagrams. THERE IS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL INSIDE EVERY PERSON. WHEN WE TRANSFORM OURSELVES, WE NOT ONLY FULFILL OUR OWN POTENTIAL, WE LIFT UP ALL OF HUMANITY.” Make that leap, use this book to exponentially improve your life. This book gives you practical ways to conquer some of life's biggest issues! I LOVED this book. In fact, this is one of the most important books I have ever read!From the international bestselling authors of THE TOOLS and GOOP’s resident psychotherapists comes a ground-breaking new book to help us overcome the side of us that is destructive and negative to find a deep level of happiness and fulfilment. We’re trained as a society to expect, even demand, immediate gratification. And we have an extraordinary ability to rationalize this weakness. Instead of admitting we’re avoiding pain, we tell ourselves we’re being virtuous; Vinny had convinced himself he was refusing to “sell out.” We end up with a distorted worldview that makes avoidance seem right, even brave and idealistic. This is the worst sin of all—lying to ourselves. It makes change impossible.” NewsUnzip is an Independent News Media organization. We cover breaking news related to Entertainment, Politics, Sports, Movies, Television, Current Affairs, and More. This is a necessary book which is unnecessarily long. The tools simplify tried and true for cognitive behavioural therapy, and cut through the cognitive complexities with a shortcut to the behavioural component. There’s nothing there that hasn’t been said before, however, the delivery and instructions would make more immediate behavioural change, accessible to more people, and probably many more. However, even the readable part should be read selectively. Get the techniques, skip the rest. Keep your critical thinking on.

Secondly, what probably works well in therapy—i.e., with regular, ongoing support—is going to be far harder to accomplish on your own, without help. Which is the case with any program of self-overhaul, of course. But with with more pedestrian changes—fitness, diet, physical skills, etc.—there's a ton of available routes for support; not so much with this. Our next meeting will be Sunday, November 12th from 10-11:30am PT.We will spend the time answering questions and working with as many people as possible.

PHIL: Definitely I'm standing on his shoulders, yes, and it's a privilege. But there tends to be a circularity in the Jungian unconscious, and sometimes, you can't afford that. How do you approach the unconscious with specific goals in mind that speak to specific problems you're having? This is where The Tools come in. They have identified four fundamental problems that prevent people from living the lives to the fullest: