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Title Controlling mental chaos : harnessing the power of the creative mind / Jaime A. Pineda.
Author Pineda, Jaime A., author.
Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
©2023
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Description 225 pages : illustrations (black and white), charts ; 22 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents Part 1: From original mind to uncontrolled mind and back. Your amazing original mind -- Birth of the uncontrolled mind -- Finding your way back -- Steps to a practical solution -- Setting the stage through self-parenting the mind -- Transcending the problem -- Part II: The RUBI program. Recognizing the biggest obstacle -- Understanding why we have experiences -- Balancing the varieties of thoughts -- Implementing the solutions
Summary "Controlling Mental Chaos shows how the dynamics of anxiety and incessant rumination reflect uncontrolled creativity, and how using simple, time-tested techniques we can learn to control the chaos and recover our creative nature"--Back cover
Subject Creative ability -- Health aspects.
Mental health.
Self-help techniques.
Anxiety -- Prevention.
Genre Self-help publications.
ISBN 1538179806
9781538179802 : $30.00