Emotional Discipline: The Power to Choose How You Feel; 5 Life Changing Steps to Feeling Better Every Day

by Dr Charles C Manz

This realistic guide to living and working with a sense of pleasure and empowerment stresses taking responsibility for feelings, doing things now that will fill an emotional reservoir for later use, reacting to emotionally challenging situations in balanced ways, and making choices to effectively deal with challenges as they arise. A five-step Emotional Discipline process helps readers identify the cause of emotional upset; focus on their body to analyze what they are feeling; focus on their mind, identifying thoughts and the beliefs that are driving them; and choose and apply an emotional discipline strategy. The book's 25 tactics reinforce the concept that a satisfying, energetic life depends on being able to make emotional choices.

Genres: Self Help

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some chapters were helpful but it gives very corporate vibes, and is more of a sampling of different philosophical/spiritual self help topics. I think of this as more a “menu” of self-help that you can use as a starting point to dive deeper into that topic. I thought the exercises and incorporating his own poetry was…cheesy.

[Greg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Emotions are critical elements of any communication, successful or not. In this book, Chuck Manz cogently, and in generally practical ways, addresses the challenges of managing our emotions. In short sections, he discusses 25 ways to help analyze and manage our emotions. They address and often integrate mind, body, and spirit. His point is that what works for one may or may not work for another, and so he provides a wide variety of approaches. I found several that made sense to me...others may choose differently than I, based on their own life experience, world view, or intellectual and spiritual needs. I think many will find something of value in this book.

[Jen Schroeder]

from Mom.