How To Calm Down Even If You're Absolutely, Totally Nuts: A Simple Guide To Relaxation [Paperback]

Fred L. Miller (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0966527593 | ISBN-13: 978-0966527599 | Publication Date: December 1999

This is the book for the person in your life who needs to calm down.

Editorial Reviews

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Not only is How to Calm Down easy to read; it gives simple instructions that stick with you. -- Christine Dormaier, President, Education Brokers Northwest Inc

One of the very best books on relaxation, stress management, and concentration available for real people. -- John W James, author of The Grief Recovery Handbook

From the Author

This is the book I needed, but couldn't find, when I was starting out. I was berserk. I was living in a leased house in the high rent district of Los Angeles with a very nice woman, but we were having irreconcilable differences. I was working long hours at a job I had grown to hate. I was taking out my discomfort at home on the people at work which, understandably, rubbed them the wrong way. I brought my work displeasure home with me every night, which made things that much worse at home. One morning while shaving I actually looked myself in the eye and ask what's wrong with this picture?? I knew something was missing, but I didn't know what. I had a big house, a wonderful girlfriend and high paying job, but I wasn't enjoying any of it. I set out to find what was missing. I needed a better way of living in the world. I wasn't looking for a new religion, a new age, metaphysics or spirituality. I just needed to calm down.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Namaste Pr (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966527593
• ISBN-13: 978-0966527599
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Self-Help > Stress Management
  • #23 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Exercise & Fitness > General

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple guide to relaxation,revealing deeper truths, August 14, 1999

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This review is from: How To Calm Down Even If You're Absolutely, Totally Nuts: A Simple Guide To Relaxation (Paperback)

This book is a real gem. In easy conversational language, Fred shares both his own stuggle and the tools he found to help him. Clearly a great deal of research, personal discovery and heart went into writing this book. It invites you in like talking to a good friend and yet Fred is clearly well-grounded in various approaches. He presents techniques in a "take what you like and leave the rest" format that allows the reader to explore and find what works best for them. Ultimately, it's a guide to the door of meditation and deeper experience without any mystical mumbo-jumbo. I recommend this book to anyone who needs a primer on simple tools to relax or to those who just need a reminder to do what they know works. It's small. Carry it around in your pocket or purse for those moments when the world seems to be getting the better of you.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for the stressed and for those preparing to not be., May 4, 1999

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This review is from: How To Calm Down Even If You're Absolutely, Totally Nuts: A Simple Guide To Relaxation (Paperback)

I was surprised how much I liked the book. I hadn't really heard about Fred, but his teachings seem to be like a voice inside my head, the calm one. Both easy to read and yet with depth that sometimes a great writer can have, this book moved me and helped me get on track. As soon as I picked it up I immediately started thinking of my friends and family who would be helped as I was being entertained and gently educated. I guess I was a little nuts but now I have some tools to deal with my mysterious world.

2.0 out of 5 stars Way to simple, September 19, 2011

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This review is from: How To Calm Down Even If You're Absolutely, Totally Nuts (Kindle Edition)

Seeing that it was such a high rating I thought it may prove to be a very insightful book. Maybe what I read was different to those people but it was way to simple and the ideas he suggest are all very simple things I knew how to do anyway. Maybe somebody will get something out of it but I certainly didnt.