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

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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.

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.

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.

The book is great, simple and very practical and easy to use to your benenfit.