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By: Dan Harris (Author)
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Mary Lee M. –
Minus 1 star for language stigmatizing mental illness
Near the middle of this well-written, engaging, useful book, the author is describing persons at a meditation retreat as looking like they are from “the loony bin”. It is a funny book, and I know he was going for humor, but…..please. (My mother, who was born in 1923, used this expression. No one should be using it in 2014.) Dan Harris is an intelligent reporter, knowledgeable about so many subjects, and I’m sure he must have an awareness of brain disorders and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, for which people often need to be hospitalized. If not, he can get info from NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) about their excellent “Stigma Busters” program. (Maybe he could do a story about this for ABC.) As someone who has worked and volunteered in psychiatric hospitals for many years, it saddened me to see this carelessness and implied disrespect for people who, through no fault of their own, are ill. He wouldn’t say cancer patients are from “a malignancy bin”!!! Language is powerful; there are many ways to be funny without harm.OK, off my soapbox. It really is a wonderfully informative book and it held my interest from page 1. I loved his personal story, and the honesty with which he moves it forward. He is great at description and anecdotes, and he writes about other people in the news business, and about meditation experts, with candor and just enough restraint. Highly recommended. Mary Lee MoserPS A week or so later–my husband is reading it now, and we have both started to meditate in the mornings, inspired by this book.
Lucy J. –
Really enjoyable and honest insight into an individuals desire to better one self. Felt that the book provided practical advice as well as compassionate critiques into some high profile self improvement gurus/theories.
Irfan Güldal –
Eine interessante Geschichte mit einer schönen Message dahinter und praktischen Tipps, der Schreibstil ist sehr sehr lehrreich aber nicht trocken
Nino Manuel Benedicto –
i’m satisfied with the product
diego ochoa –
Un libro bastante útil para todas aquellas personas que estén interesadas en explorar los beneficios de la práctica de la meditación. Dan Harris sabe exponer de manera muy práctica y amena las dudas e inquietudes de una persona común y corriente pero con la suficiente calidad intelectual y consciencia como para darse cuenta de que existe otro camino para poder evitar caer en las trampas de la mente al enfrentarse a las vicisitudes de la vida cotidiana.