It's All Part of the Dance: Finding Happiness in an Upside Down World

It's All Part of the Dance: Finding Joy and Meaning in an Upside Down World is a fascinating collection of parable-like stories, myths, and anecdotes.Dr.Gettis draws upon his 40 years of clinical experience as a psychologist and combines that with the latest research on the science of happiness.The book is written in a down-to-earth, non-pedantic style that makes it easy to read and digest, despite dealing with complex human issues.It combines Zen wisdom, cognitive behavioral therapy, spirituality, and the new paradigm of positive psychology.The book confronts our societal notions of what brings us true happiness.The answers may surprise you.Dr.Gettis believes we are hardwired for stories.He believes that the stories in It's All Part of the Dance may indeed change the way the reader lives his or her life.

Amazon Sales Rank: #634447 in Books Published on: 2010-10-15 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Binding: Paperback 306 pages ISBN13: 9780979875533 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER!100% Satisfaction Guarantee.Tracking provided on most orders.Buy with Confidence!Millions of books sold!

Review "I challenge you to find a more comprehensive, well-organized volume of parables and inspiring stories on the art of living well than this one.In It's All Part of the Dance, Alan Gettis shows us how to find happiness in an upside down world.He really gets it.Not only does he get it, he eloquently illustrates how you can too.This book works on many levels.There is nothing esoteric or pedantic about it.Reading like a novel, it is easy to become engrossed in the stories--yet each page reveals part of the secret of true happiness.Sometimes it is obvious, at other times more subtle.Do yourself a favor; read it once as quickly as you wish, then go back and spend time going through it slowly, savoring it and allowing your mind to absorb the essence of each story.Chock-full of concepts and ideas that you can use in your life today, It's All Part of the Dance: Finding Happiness in an Upside Down World gets my highest recommendation.Get the book and you too can 'get it' in this upside down world!" --David Ambrose, author of Your Life Manual: Practical Steps to Genuine Happiness"While putting the responsibility for being happy squarely upon your shoulders, Dr.Gettis asks, 'Would you really want it any other way?' When the light bulb comes on and you really get it -- that you are the problem and that you are the solution -- it is empowering and liberating.It's All Part of the Dance is packed with rich insights and accessible wisdom that provide a road map to living the fulfilled life.Very highly recommended!" --Dr.Aymee Coget, Sustainable Happiness Expert and CEO of the American Happiness Association"In It's All Part of the Dance, Alan Gettis shows you that genuine happiness is only a stone's throw away.He teaches you how to get out of your own way and harness the unlimited potential of your mind and of the human spirit.Paradoxically, the book is both simple and profound as it weaves anecdotes, research, storytelling, science and spirituality.The bottom line for me is that this book will make a real difference in how you feel and how you live your life.Highly recommended." --Dr.Sam Menahem, author of When Therapy Isn't Enough: The Healing Powers of Prayer and Psychotherapy"While putting the responsibility for being happy squarely upon your shoulders, Dr.Gettis asks, 'Would you really want it any other way?' When the light bulb comes on and you really get it -- that you are the problem and that you are the solution -- it is empowering and liberating.It's All Part of the Dance is packed with rich insights and accessible wisdom that provide a road map to living the fulfilled life.Very highly recommended!" --Dr.Aymee Coget, Sustainable Happiness Expert and CEO of the American Happiness Association"In It's All Part of the Dance, Alan Gettis shows you that genuine happiness is only a stone's throw away.He teaches you how to get out of your own way and harness the unlimited potential of your mind and of the human spirit.Paradoxically, the book is both simple and profound as it weaves anecdotes, research, storytelling, science and spirituality.The bottom line for me is that this book will make a real difference in how you feel and how you live your life.Highly recommended." --Dr.Sam Menahem, author of When Therapy Isn't Enough: The Healing Powers of Prayer and Psychotherapy About the Author Dr.Alan Gettis is a clinical psychologist who is well-steeped in both Western psychology and Eastern philosophy.His previous books include the critically acclaimed Seven Times Down, Eight Times Up: Landing on Your Feet in an Upside Down World and the award-winning The Happiness Solution: Finding Joy and Meaning in an Upside Down World.In the 1960s, Dr.Gettis was a Vietnam-era army psychologist stationed at a military hospital.In the 1970s, he was Chief Psychologist at a large mental health center in northern New Jersey.Since 1975, he has maintained a private practice in River Edge, NJ, where he specializes in individual psychotherapy for adults.Dr.Gettis holds degrees from four different universities, including Utah State University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.He appears regularly on radio and television.

The best feedback from customers on June 6 people found the following review helpful.Leave behind the past to find meaning and purpose for the future of Richard R.Blake "It's all part of the dance: to find happiness in a world turned upside down," Alan Getti is full of stories with pa*sion and a vision of self-exploration.Getti written with the reader in mind.Its goal is to write stories that help someone in some way.Alan writes from his heart.I found myself involved in the world of Alan in the first two paragraphs of the first chapter, titled simply "My First Ticonderoga".In the following pages, you are encouraged to embrace each moment with vitality!He challenged me to see things as acceptance, responsibility, freedom, law of attraction and see things from a new perspective.I was inspired to face life with the "spirit, courage and hope of the artists and rebels." "I found myself in the light of communication, social psychology, productivity, humility and reverence for the universe, I learned about closing the gap between" I think I am "and" I want "by planting special positive qualities.I got a new understanding of freedom, "let go" and the reward of the "New Perspectives on the" my personal history.the importance of not falling into the trap of comparison, the importance of developing a attitude of gratitude, the art of kindness practice, and experience the transcendence of faith, are other keys Gettis suggests are important to the growth patterns to extraordinary life "It is part of the Dance:.Finding happiness in an Upside Down World "is a great compilation of stories that reinforce the guidelines for" to live a happier more fulfilling life."Fast moving, they are comprehensive, informative and entertaining 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.A pleasure to read, a must for even celebrate Dr.Lu REFERENCE Gettis recent book on the topic "find happiness" was a pleasure to read, from beginning to end that it is a good self-help reference to have in my home library, especially for the hard times we all have.It is very readable - divided into short chapters with interesting titles and easy to read straight through, or start, stop, resume mode.This is not a writer who speaks with a single voice, pedantic.Written by Dr.Gettis "is both earthy, lively, funny and profound.Are you sure you want to connect with you, tell you what they have learned about the pursuit of happiness in his 35 years as a psychologist and a long life and his work conveys this knowledge at an easy pace that feels like a dance.The book describes how they sometimes sound painful and destructive thoughts playing over and over again in our awareness, encourage the wound, let us take you down.But as the author says in the chapter "pull the plug" idea that we have the power they have, it shows how we can make to the methods of meditation to learn, these thoughts come and go can.Often we can reframe the negative impact of a more positive light and to simplify our thought processes, we can "accentuate the positive." A special chapter, I like to learn (titled "Occam's razor"), encourages the reader to Haiku, a poem of three lines that help us learn to simplify our lives, to write at the moment.I found it fun to try.Dr.Gettis hard wisdom of many sources - Zen masters, proverbs, folk tales, mythology, songs, movies, personal life, other writers - and shows how new patterns of thinking and acting practice us to a happier state of mind to .lead There are ten major headings in the book and many subtitles.All this is skillfully interwoven with stories and quotes that are all related to the theme of finding happiness when you feel down, read "It's all part of Dance: Finding joy in a world turned upside down," and quite will surely find something that works.

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