| Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions |  | Author: Pema Chodron
Publisher: Shambhala Audio
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Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
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Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1590304349
Dewey Decimal Number: 294
EAN: 9781590304341
ASIN: 1590304349
Publication Date: July 10, 2007
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Product Description
Life has a way of provoking us with traffic jams and computer malfunctions, with emotionally distant partners and crying children—and before we know it, we're upset. We feel terrible, and then we end up saying and doing things that only make matters worse. But it doesn't have to be that way, says Pema Chödrön. It is possible to relate constructively to the inevitable shocks, losses, and frustrations of life so that we can find true happiness. The key, Pema explains, is not biting the "hook" of our habitual responses. In this recorded weekend retreat, Pema draws on Buddhist teachings from The Way of the Bodhisattva to reveal how we can:
• stay centered in the midst of difficulty
• improve stressful relationships
• step out of the downward spiral of self-hatred
• awaken compassion for ourselves and others
3 CDs, 3 hours
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 Just get past some of the buddhist jargon July 21, 2010
smace (Cortland, NY)
Don't Bite the Hook has been extremely helpful to me. After reading Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach (THE most helpful book I've read in years), I was more ready to listen to Pema Chodron again. In my previous experiences, I must admit I felt a little put off by Chodron's use of specifically Buddhist terminology and felt like I needed to become a Buddhist to benefit from her teachings. Not so! If you just ignore the words that sound foreign, you'll find that her concepts are universally helpful. As a person who has frequently been "hooked" into unnecessarily painful and excessive emotional rections to people and situations, I find that I am actually much more peaceful now. I can recognize that I don't need to always react to others' pain, and that a compassionate response is ever so much better for me and the people involved. And it wasn't that hard to do! She is practical and humorous to boot -- just don't get caught up in the Buddhist vocabulary if you're not a Buddhist!
 Words to live by July 14, 2010
S. Conroy (Portland, OR USA)
A great CD set to listen to over and over. Too much anger in this world. The advice in this set can help one not be part of the problem.
These CD's changed my life May 21, 2010
Kathy Wright (Richmond Heights, MO USA)
There are so many excellent and detailed reviews, so I will just add a few words. I have been listening to this set over and over for more than a year now, and it has changed my life in terms of my ability to cope with people, with life, and with myself without resorting to counterproductive strategies. I did not even know where I was going with it when I bought it, but I keep finding more and more in it each time I replay it. Pema's teachings mostly address anger and hatred, but she repeatedly counsels that what she is discussing also applies to any habitual response we have to not getting what we want (and getting what we don't want), including addictions and numbing out. I really like the practical and down to earth way she phrases things, and her personal and revealing examples. I have since purchased many of Pema's CD's and books, but I would recommend this as the best, or at least the first, one to study. I am so grateful that I found it, and look forward to continuing to grow with Pema's teachings.
Dont Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger... February 10, 2010
Lydia M. Arbizo (Orange County)
Pema Chodron is an amazing author/speaker who shares her wisdom, insight, and humor about how to live your everyday life. I prefer audio books because allows me the opportunity to listen while I drive. One of the benefits of the cd/audio books is that I can listen to them over again at my leisure. Pema Chodron rocks! The next book I want to get is "Places that Scare you" --- Another entertaining audio book that I enjoyed was a called "Half Broke Horses" a novel based on a true story.
I CAN READ MORE w/CD BOOKS! So, Drive Safely and enjoy.
A Renewing Gift of Peace June 26, 2009
G. Cole (CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have listened to these three Pema "tapes" (CDs) at home on my clock radio and in the car on the way to or from the school where I teach. I find that there is a noticeable, positive, more peaceful difference in the way I react to stress and others throughout the whole say on my Pema days. Others have started to notice. The middle school students I teach notice that I don't raise my voice as often. one of my buddhist students and one of my buddhist teacher friends honed in on the different energy levels when I had been listening to Pema before school. My niece, who is five years my junior noticed, too, and I let her listen to the "tapes." She is much calmer with her two small and energetic children and the things that used to get ehr riled with her husband dont' pack the same negative energy "punch." What she says about anger being an addiction we train ourself to beahve and feel over time rings so very true. It does, however, take training. i am so very glad to have these discs. They are such a lovely gift from Pema to us and from us to whoever we interact with ona daily basis.
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