F**K It Therapy: The Profane Way to Profound Happiness

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F**K It Therapy: The Profane Way to Profound Happiness

by John C. Parkin (Goodreads Author)

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If every therapist and psychotherapist on the planet could repeat this to their clients, like a mantra, again and again, there would be fewer therapists and psychotherapists. Because it works. Very quickly. Realising that what you're worrying about and stressing over doesn't really matter so much in the grand scheme of things is the door to freedom and healing. And the lit...more

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Published November 20th 2012 by Hay House

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Nov 28, 2012 Andy Nieradko rated it 5 of 5 stars

F**k it Therapy by John C. Parkin is going to help a lot of people. Wherever you are in life, you know that stress has a stranglehold on a great number of us. Not good, considering stress is the number one killer nowadays. John offers many techniques to help you escape from the self imposed prisons we check ourselves into. The prisons of fear, self-doubt, perfectionism and many more are looked at in great detail. I found the sections dealing with the ancient art of qigong particularly refreshing...more

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Nov 24, 2012 Sarah rated it 2 of 5 stars

I'm not quite sure what to make of this book. On one hand, I feel that Parkin (and his wife, who worked on this book with him) took a simple idea that essentially wasn't terribly difficult to grasp and piled on a bunch of unnecessary layers. Why? Cynical me says, "Well, duh, to sell another book and to hawk their retreats and their website and his music and whatever other accoutrements they can because, hey, that's what people do with 'self-help breakthroughs' these days--take a pretty basic not...more I'm not quite sure what to make of this book. On one hand, I feel that Parkin (and his wife, who worked on this book with him) took a simple idea that essentially wasn't terribly difficult to grasp and piled on a bunch of unnecessary layers. Why? Cynical me says, "Well, duh, to sell another book and to hawk their retreats and their website and his music and whatever other accoutrements they can because, hey, that's what people do with 'self-help breakthroughs' these days--take a pretty basic notion, pile on the layers, pile on the merchandising and sell, sell, sell!" Not-so-cynical me counters, "Well, Parkin admits at one point in the book that since writing the first book, he's had some seven years' experience sharing and developing his notion, thus it's evolved, and he wants to share that evolution with folks--and even clear up or possibly refute some stuff in the first book he didn't get quite right."

Which leads me to the feelings I have about the book counter to the first. This book is possibly aimed at those people out there who haven't flirted much with various "healing" and "self-discovery" and "enlightenment" ideas/techniques/modalities/methods/crackpot theories who thus possibly have difficulty seeing the simplicity of *F**k It* and need some additional explanations. Sometimes it's nice to be taken by the hand and led through something. Sometimes that can be incredibly frustrating because *you already f'in get the point, so why muck it up with all this yammering?*

I think this book I might have to revisit at some point, maybe ingest it a bit more slowly, maybe even take time to do some of the suggested exercises. Then again, maybe not. I was really excited after reading *F**k It*, sort of like how I was so excited and energized when I really discovered yoga (on my third attempt). In my rush to embrace all that yoga could be, I burned myself out because there are so many layers that people have put onto yoga over the years, and I grew resentful that these people had taken something pretty basic at its heart and made it complicated and contradictory and given it this false, slick veneer just to make a buck. I didn't want the same thing to happen with the excitement and with the energy I felt after reading *F**k It* -- I didn't want to get burned out by overanaalzying, overthinking it. That fear, I have no doubt, prejudiced me against this book--or at the very least had me wary.

Oh well. F**k it. It's just a book.(less)

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Dec 05, 2012 Arlene rated it 3 of 5 stars

"F**k It (fuk-eet): to let go by realizing that causes of worry, distress, and pain don't matter so much in the grand scheme of things."

So many of us live in prisons of our own making—prisons of perfectionism, fear (that's a big one), self-doubt, or . . . well, it's a long list. These prisons of our own making are not real. We build them in our minds, and because we build them, we also have the power to say F**k It and blow the walls down.

John Parkin and his wife Gaia use humour and an easy styl...more "F**k It (fuk-eet): to let go by realizing that causes of worry, distress, and pain don't matter so much in the grand scheme of things."

So many of us live in prisons of our own making—prisons of perfectionism, fear (that's a big one), self-doubt, or . . . well, it's a long list. These prisons of our own making are not real. We build them in our minds, and because we build them, we also have the power to say F**k It and blow the walls down.

John Parkin and his wife Gaia use humour and an easy style to encourage us to relax into the bliss we desire. (The Appendix of the book is an illustrated definition of the appendix.) The language is charmingly British, complete with entertaining footnote definitions of less-than-familiar British slang.

Before we blow the walls that restrict our freedom down, we need to recognize what kind of prison we have created for ourselves. Parkin walks through the artificial realities people cling to and exposes them for the imposters they are: weight, money, relationships, career, and many others. At this time of year, I especially like his comment on materialism: "the interminable stuff we accumulate (which we carry slowly from store to dump) . . ."

If you're like me, when you envision a world of people saying "F**k It" and throwing in the towel, you see a world of couch surfers and unwashed dishes, a world of vacant factory floors and office phones left unanswered due to staff calling in sick. But according to Parkin, it would not be so. According to him, F**k It therapy restores balance. People use it to both let go of burdensome responsibilities they don't need to carry, or to free themselves of fear and self-doubt so they can take on exciting new projects.

Besides, Parkin uses a word that many imprisoned souls don't free themselves enough to hear or accept: magic. "Not witchy magic, but those things that might happen in ways that you really don't understand: Positive, fantastic things; great life-changing things; healing and happiness things; things that leave you standing still in awe saying, 'Wow, that's magic.'"

With everyone being at different stages of their life journey, with many people unwilling to break down their "There is no such thing as magic" prison walls, with some letting go and others taking on, maybe it would all balance out. Parkin seeks balance, and he wishes it for others. He encourages us to relax and "be okay with NOT KNOWING" everything fully, ever.

Parkin's ideas in this book are not new; they ring of A Course in Miracles, and The Secret, and others. He recommends the centuries-old practice of Qigong. Parkin is not trying to be innovative, but he is trying to give all people an accessible tool to channel those ideas. While many would dabble in A Course in Miracles but not stick with it, while others might try Qigong without success, while many would reject the secrets of The Secret, everyone, everywhere understands F**k It.

Is there something you're not doing that you would love to do? Which prison walls hold you back? Is there something you're doing that you need to stop doing? What prison have you built to keep yourself there? Say F**k It and find out.
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Nov 16, 2012 Mark Evans rated it 5 of 5 stars

A great book for those of us stuck worrying about things that are not really important in the grand scheme of things. Just say F**kIt and see what happens. More importantly buy this book and see how much it will change your life like it has mine.
I have all of John's books and have even had the great pleasure to meet him as well. I have even purchased his first book for a friend who was going through some difficult times. He loved it and it has really helped him like John's books have helped me....more

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Dec 13, 2012 Reuben rated it 5 of 5 stars

Read on a whim, this is not just the book I needed to read, but also half the book I was already writing myself.

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Jan 02, 2013 Martin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Great. As with the previous two books, I loved it. I've read several spiritual books and these are the only ones that I actually get.

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