A New Approach to Self-Help - excerpts from the book "Make Room for Happiness"

The Book - Make Room for Happiness

Make Room for Happiness

 

Reviews

"This book is so clearly and beautifully crafted that just reading it reduces tension. Dr. Melemis has taken a complex subject and distilled it into pure therapeutic magic. Put simply: this book will heal you." - Hugh Prather, author of Notes to Myself

"This book could prove very beneficial to many people. I especially like the distinction between stress and tension and the clear instructions on how to engage in the various practices of relaxation." - Thupten Jinpa, official translator to the Dalai Lama

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The first chapter of Make Room for Happiness.

Key Points of the Book

The main obstacle to the pursuit of happiness is tension. When you're tense you tend to do what's familiar and wrong instead of what's new and right. Not only does tension make you unhappy, it keeps you stuck in your unhappiness by making it hard to change.

This book takes a new approach to self-help. You will improve your life by letting go of the tension that’s getting in your way.

  • Learn a simple but powerful technique to reduce your tension and improve your quality of life.
  • Read a step-by-step description of how to relax.
  • Discover how and why relaxation works.
  • Improve specific areas of your life quickly.
  • Most chapters contain medical evidence that shows how letting go of tension can improve your life.
Benefits:
  • Improve your self-esteem.
  • Enjoy better relationships.
  • Reduce anxiety and fears.
  • Improve your sleep.
  • Treat addiction and depression.
  • Reduce the risk of heart disease.

Table of Contents

 

1. Introduction

Part 1. The Problem and The Solution

2. What Tension Is and How it Causes Unhappiness
3. How to Improve Your Life By Letting Go of Tension

Part 2. How to Reduce Your Tension

4. Use Your Body to Relax Your Mind
5. Breathe from Your Abdomen
6. Relax Your Face
7. How to Stay Focused
8. Become Aware of Your Tension
9. How Mindbody Relaxation Works
10. How It Feels
11. Helpful Guideposts
12. A One-Month Relaxation Program
Summary

Part 3. 12 Ways to Improve Your Life

13. Begin By Improving Your Self-Esteem
14. Improve Your Health
15. Lose Weight
16. Enjoy Better Relationships
17. Reduce Anxiety and Seize the Day
18. Develop Understanding, Compassion, and Tolerance
19. Overcome Depression and Addiction
20. How Relaxation Complements Psychotherapy
21. Relieve Physical Pain
22. Improve Your Creativity
23. Raise the Level of Your Game
24. Reduce Tension at Work
Conclusion
Resources
About the Author
References

 

 
Make Room for Happiness by Dr. Steven Melemis. Review by Hugh Prather, author of Notes to Myself, and review by the official translator of the Dalai Lama. Official website of the book Make Room for Happiness. Read how Mindbody Relaxation can improve your life from the book, Make Room for Happiness by Dr. Steven M. Melemis.