| Contents |
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| Introduction |
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| Part One:The Nature of Emotions |
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| Chapter One: The Definition of Emotions |
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| Chapter Two: The Characteristics of Emotions |
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| Chapter Three: The Dimension of Emotions |
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| Chapter Four: The Management of Emotions |
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| Part Two: Strategies for Emotional Workout |
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| Chapter Five: Managing Our Emotions |
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| —The fallacies about Emotions |
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| Activity 1 A: Getting in touch with your Emotions |
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| Activity 1 B: Your emotions life history |
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| Activity 1 C: Personality and Emotions |
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| Activity 1 D: Dealing with Negative Emotions |
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| Chapter Six: In Pursuit of Happiness |
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| —Heaven on Earth |
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| Activity 2 A: Your happiness Quotient |
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| Activity 2 B: Aspects of Happiness |
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| Activity 2 C: The Be-Happy Attitudes |
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| Activity 2 D: Happiness as a Spiritual State |
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| Chapter Seven: Loneliness: A Spiritual Quest |
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| —Loneliness Is the Missing Piece |
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| Activity 3 A: loneliness Inventory |
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| Activity 3 B: Temperrature Check: Avoiding Despair and Desolation |
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| Activity 3 C: Befriending Your Loneliness |
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| Activity 3 D: Transforming Loneliness to Solitude |
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| Chapter Eight: The Art of Purposeful Anger |
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| —Of Topdogs and Underdogs |
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| Activity 4 A: Monitoring Your Anger |
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| Activity 4 B: The Anger Options |
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| Activity 4 C: Anger and Hurt: A Forgiveness Exercise |
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| Activity 4 D: Assertion: The Challenge of Purposeful Anger |
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| Chapter Nine: Letting Go of Irrational Fears |
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| "Love Is Letting Go of Fears" |
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| Activity 5 A: Knowing Your Fear |
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| Activity 5 B: Mannaging tension and Anxiety Through Relaxation |
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| Activity 5 C: Challenging Negative Self-Talks and Distorted Beliefs |
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| Activity 5 D: Overcoming Fear through Stretching |
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| Chapter Ten: Freedom From Neurotic Guilt |
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| —Neurotic Guilt as an Affliction |
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| Activity 6 A: The Guilt Trip |
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| Activity 6 B: Appropriate Versus Neurotic Guilt |
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| Activity 6 C: Working on Guilt |
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| Activity 6 D: The Evolution of Conscience |
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| Chapter Eleven: Grieving Well |
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| —Learning to Say Goodbye |
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| Activity 7 A: The Experience of Loss |
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| Activity 7 B: The Grieving Process |
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| Activity 7 C: Letting Go |
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| Activity 7 D: Ritualizing Your Goodbyes |
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| Chapter Twelve: Fixing Other Affairs of the Heart |
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| —To Fix: Face, Resolve, Emerge |
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| Activity 8 A: Addressing the Roots of Jealousy and Envy |
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| Activity 8 B: Between Lust and Love |
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| Activity 8 C: Up from Depression |
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| Activity 8 D: Spiritual Desolation |
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| Part Three The Spiritual Dimension of Emotions. |
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| Chapter Thirteen: Emotions as Divine Interventions |
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| Conclusion |
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