The Five Things We Cannot Change

It was...goood...parts were way too ‘fluffy' for me (I really like concrete examples in these kind of books), but this did an awesome job at linking some principles of mindfulness & Buddhism with more western approaches and finding the middle path


I like the acronym SAFE:
sadness, anger, fear, exuberance as a way to remember the four key emotions.

Also the 5 A's:
acceptance, attention, appreciation, affection and allowing as actions necessary for love.

Does a good job (in the second half) of explaining the difference between ‘doing your own work' Psychologically, and Spiritually (separately), which I found really useful. And also of breaking down our idea of ‘love' into something more than emotion.

Also some great lessons in the origins of emotions — feelings...where they come from and how to begin the process of understanding and dissecting the belief and stimulus that result in said feeling.

Hmm, ok it was really good. Just lost me in the fluff sometimes

Peace