REVIEW
Freedom From the Internal Chatter!
Depression or melancholy, as it is often gently called, is a binding pattern that can be undone through exploration and some honest application of discovered truths. Such is the discovery that Roma Desai describes in her book about staying in or becoming freed from melancholy. In this very short book of only fifty pages, Desai explores recognizing the repetitively dismal thoughts that can become severe depression when one feels bound by them. The alternative she discovers is that one can admit the truth in such desolating truths, look for and dismiss what is false, act on changing what is truth by looking to clues for what is true and genuine, choosing to ignore the false claims and evoked negative claims often experienced when around family or friends, and ultimately rejecting the passive and accepting the active reality of "free will." A social worker who has worked with children and families for 20 years, Desai rejects the "should" mentality and embraces the "I do feel this way" and proceed to freedom from there. While there are thousands of self-help books available about feelings and therapeutic ideas, this small but potent book might be the "perfect" one for anyone to read and even suggest to another who needs some brief, concise, immediate wisdom about what we all experience at one time or another in life. A great intro to the work of working through reflections and feelings about self and others!
Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on February 21, 2005
Reviewed by Viviane Crystal
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted March 14, 2005
Freedom From the Internal Chatter!
Depression or melancholy, as it is often gently called, is a binding pattern that can be undone through exploration and some honest application of discovered truths. Such is the discovery that Roma Desai describes in her book about staying in or becoming freed from melancholy. In this very short book of only fifty pages, Desai explores recognizing the repetitively dismal thoughts that can become severe depression when one feels bound by them. The alternative she discovers is that one can admit the truth in such desolating truths, look for and dismiss what is false, act on changing what is truth by looking to clues for what is true and genuine, choosing to ignore the false claims and evoked negative claims often experienced when around family or friends, and ultimately rejecting the passive and accepting the active reality of "free will." A social worker who has worked with children and families for 20 years, Desai rejects the "should" mentality and embraces the "I do feel this way" and proceed to freedom from there. While there are thousands of self-help books available about feelings and therapeutic ideas, this small but potent book might be the "perfect" one for anyone to read and even suggest to another who needs some brief, concise, immediate wisdom about what we all experience at one time or another in life. A great intro to the work of working through reflections and feelings about self and others!
Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on February 21, 2005
Reviewed by Viviane Crystal
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted March 14, 2005
