Sign in with Facebook
Corey Keyes’s Followers (43)
Corey Keyes
Website
|
Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
—
published
2024
—
14 editions
|
|
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
“Health is not just the absence of disease; it is also the presence of well-being.”
― Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
― Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
“The psychologist Steven Hayes, who helped develop what is known as acceptance and commitment therapy, takes a quite Buddhist approach to meeting the full spectrum of human emotions. He encourages people to stop mentally suppressing uncomfortable feelings, which leads to psychological inflexibility--a factor that, alongside loneliness, leaves us more vulnerable to stress. In the face of overwhelming global social, political, and economic upheavals and nagging worries about health, safety, financial security, childcare, and so much more, it's both harder and more important than ever to be mentally flexible.”
― Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
― Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
“Languishing feels like being on an airplane, circling above the runway but unable to land. It doesn’t feel like I’m in imminent danger—I’m strapped into my seat and generally fine, but there’s a sense that I’m waiting for a resolution that is taking forever to come. Strangely, I’m not even sure what it is. Anxieties that were never there pop up. (Did another plane crash on the runway? Are we going to run out of gas?) Languishing puts you squarely in the present and makes you aware of all that is going on around you, but it’s not mindfulness; it’s hypervigilance. In moments of pause, it starts to feel like you aren’t really living like you once did, and too many things feel out of your control. (When will this plane ever land so I can get on with my life?) Yet all the tedious tasks of daily living stay piled high in front of you (I’m still so damn busy! And tired!). It feels like every day you’re putting out a hundred little fires and never getting to do the things that really matter, the fulfilling things you remember doing pre-pandemic. The world has largely returned to normal, but somehow I’m still stuck in a pandemic state of mind.”
― Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
― Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Corey to Goodreads.
