The Tools. By Phil Stutz, Barry Michels (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
I found this book helpful, as it dovetails well with my latest therapy experience. And after I memorized the procedures (tools), I believe they work. One I find particularly helpful is the Reversal of Desire. If there is a task you dread doing or social event you dread attending, you repeat the following mantra. “Bring it on! I love pain. Pain sets me free.” (There are also some mental pictures you must employ, like imagining that a “cloud” is spitting you out when you think, Pain sets me free.) But the authors are correct. You can’t stop using the tools, or you lose them. I continue to read and reread the book. I wrote out reminders for myself to keep them in my head when cues to use them arise in my day. I don't normally write reviews, but I felt that this book was worth sharing.It's most definitely not for everyone. I can easily imagine many readers finding this "new-agey" or shallow. But if you DO fall into the target audience, this book does an incredible job.As someone who actively struggles with parts of my nature I find difficult to change, I found this incredibly helpful. There are at least 2 of the chapters that resonated deeply with me. If you're someone who has parts of yourself you want to change, I highly recommend checking this book out.
What do You think about The Tools. By Phil Stutz, Barry Michels (2012)?
Starting skipping through the book to get to the main points. I didn't like all the padding.
—ignis
Interesting borrowed philosophies...but overall strange concepts that are too negative.
—Liam
