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Inviting a Monkey to Tea: Befriending Your Mind and Discovering Lasting Contentment Paperback – March 10, 2015

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To "invite a monkey to tea" is to befriend our own mind-which is often compared to a drunken monkey for all its mad twists and turns. A wild monkey is full of irrepressible desires, and thus chases its own tail in its search for happiness! This book is about learning to welcome the mind as ally without fear or resistance, thus relaxing that frantic search and resting in the joy of who we already are. As a psychotherapist, author Nancy Colier has accompanied hundreds of people in their "search for happiness" for nearly two decades. She has watched her clients try everything under the sun to be-and stay-happy. Witnessing and participating in this process, she has become an expert in happiness, or more specifically, in the monkey-mind's search and demand for it, and the unhappiness that all the striving ultimately creates. Along the way, the author has come to understand the workings of the mind-both from her clients and by her own diligent practice of meditation and self-observation. This book distills the wisdom and experience of her dedicated work, and offers readers a roadmap of the territory of mind, plus a toolbox of practical means for identifying and working gently with the unrealistic expectations that keep us from the enjoyment of who we are. Inviting a Monkey to Tea explains how to: * Identify addictive (and dead-end) approaches to happiness * Build a new relationship to self-caretaking, putting aside the tyranny of blame, fear, neglect and perfectionism * Befriend the mind, with gentleness and compassion * Enter and stay rooted in the present moment * Live with genuine wellbeing and lasting contentment This book takes the wisdom of Eastern philosophy and presents it in a way that people can feel safe to approach, understand, and ultimately apply within their lives. The book is a handshake between self-help and dharma (spiritual teaching). The author walks the reader, step by step, through the process of spiritual change toward and into a new identity-free from dependency on the idea of happiness as savior. Reading this book will generate its own profound metamorphosis. Readers will be softened, as they learn of others like themselves who have moved into this domain of self-acceptance. Nancy Colier is a brilliant guide who clearly marks this trail with her own presence, kindness and compassion. At this "tea party" the reader can relax, renew intention, self-examine, and choose a new road to lifelong contentment. "Nancy Colier reconsiders happiness in a way that dispels our illusions about it, bringing the joy we seek ever closer to us. Written from the perspective of someone who has walked the roads she takes us down." -- MARIANA CAPLAN, author Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path. "An outstanding guidebook for journeying beyond futile and superficial searches for happiness to cultivating deep and abiding sources of well-being and grounded presence." -- DIANE BERKE, Founder & Spiritual Director, One Spirit Learning Alliance/One Spirit Interfaith Seminary "An engaging and readable guide to the process of befriending ourselves, discovering our intrinsic well-being, and beyond that, grounding in open, wakeful presence free from the grip of thought and emotion. The book's straightforward, unpretentious style makes this journey accessible to everyone. Highly recommended." -- JOHN WELWOOD, author Toward a Psychology of Awakening

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Book Case Engine; Revised edition (March 10, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 178 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1628480513
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1628480511
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.41 x 8.5 inches

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The author tries to bridge the gap between materialistic psychiatry and spiritual tradition and always ends up halfway to nowhere. In this book we can find real pearls of knowledge like treating the mind is important, but antidepressants do the real miracles or compassion is the most human thing we have, but it is nothing more than the activity of neurons in a part of the brain. The theory of a chemical imbalance in depression has long been called into question by several studies and I could even understand the passage on the subject of medication as a way to leave some hope to the most desperate, but when the final message is "you have the power to take care of you, but you can't because ultimately your brain is the boss" things get a little confused. Talk about spirituality or talk about the brain, mind over matter or matter over mind, you can't have both and still make any sense.

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Yasmin Peña

It really does help one understand how happiness isn't the best goal

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2015

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This book has been an eye-opener for many internal questions and wrong ideas that I had about myself and my mind. It really does help one understand how happiness isn't the best goal, but well-being is, a well-being that is a permanent state of being and not just an ephemeral state of mind. A must read for Psychologists and everyone who is willing to become truly well and accomplish a self-conscious life.

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Kat Olsen

Love it.

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017

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This book changed my perspective on the idea of happiness for the better. I have purchased multiple copies to give to my friends and family. This is the best "self help" book I've read to date. The author did a great job making it an enjoyable read as well.

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Jill

Eye Opening -Amazing Book

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013

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I really recommend this book; it's a great read and something that has really helped me! This is a book that I'm going to keep on my book shelf to refer back to when my mind is running wild. It's a book I share with friends and family, but it's also a book I always get back. Just in case there's a need to remember some things...I know now that I don't have to solve every thought that comes to mind, and I definitely can't let the absurd thoughts ruin my day.
I learned not to blame myself and not to get so obsessed with fixing everything. I learned to let go and not worry. My favorite part was "Our Inner Caretakers". All the ways we take care of ourselves. I can't ever be well if I don't understand what type of relationship I have with myself first.
I love the whole idea of being content with your environment and being on your own side. We all have to take care of our minds!
Thank you to the Author for an amazing book!

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J D Walt

Love you, just as you are.

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2016

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This book is a very meaningful book. Psychological studies help support that contentment comes in the form of TRUE "self" accepting.

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donw

A guide to finding the better you.

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2013

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A guide to finding the better you. Nancy, does a wonderful job of taker her readers on a journey of self exploration. The goal is to liberate ourselves from our current prism of unrealistic expectations, and being able to look at life from a healthier perspective...with the ultimate goal of finding true contentment.

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Magnificent!

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2013

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Magnificent! There really isn't another word for it. This book cuts through so much misunderstanding in such a simple, caring and easy to understand way. I recommend reading it more than once to help it sink in :-) I can't recommend it enough.

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John J.

A very usable collection of wisdom and practices for letting ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2016

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A very usable collection of wisdom and practices for letting your thoughts 'be' while you go about the all-important business of loving and believing in yourself.

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