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True Joy Oct 15, 2009
By Harriet Kimble Wrye
"Ph.D., ABPP, FIPA"
This well-written and conceived book is very aptly named: Living Joy: A Practical Companion for the Well-lived Life. Jeffrey Ringold's book lives up to this promise with clarity and practicality offering everyday (in the best sense of daily practice) practices.
As a training and supervising psychoanalyst with decades of clinical experience and as a Buddist meditator with a commitment to integrating mindfulness practice into my psychoanalytic practice and consultations, I find this book a wonderful offering. Ringold's book is one I will gladly offer to my own patients and to my supervisees to help them and their own patients aim their lives away from suffering and toward joy. I appreciate the way it moves from basic concepts of "Awareness" practices without any jargon, and then builds through "Love" and "Action" beyond to pathways and practices for more transcendent spiritual liberation. I love that Ringold begins his book with one of the best mindfulness teachings in the universe: "Breathe and smile!"
I agree with Dawn Harry's review although I personally would rate this book five stars.
Harriet Kimble Wrye, Ph.D., ABPP, FIPA
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Learn how to Live Joy! Oct 16, 2009
By Deborah J. Doig
Wow! Living Joy is a brilliant blend of art and science. Without proving or needing to prove, Ringold offers us the evidence many people are looking for to support what they want to believe . . . that we are creators and co-creator's of our own lives. And he gives us so much more. Living Joy is full of the richness of his own stories and the stories of others. Ringold uses the experiences of the human community to teach us and to invite us in to our own experience. He make sit safe and okay for us to be where we are. He also invites us into expanding our experience through the use of his new techniques to make the learning real for us.
Living Joy an excellent Practical Companion for the Well-lived Life. And it is much, much more. Jeffrey David Ringold has also given us a Spiritual companion!
A great read! Dec 05, 2010
By Laura Maher
I loved reading Living Joy by Jeffrey David Ringold! It's useful, readable, and light-hearted. It merges both spiritual and practical wisdom in a way that guides anyone who wants to live a more loving joyful life. I highly recommend reading this book!
A brilliant, thought provoking book! Mar 12, 2010
By Andrew Sheridan
I loved this book. Living Joy is a delightful, powerful, and very compelling read. It's as fun to read as it is thought provoking - packed with realistic examples and no-nonsense calls to action.
Having started it some time ago, I had to pry it back out of the hands of my 16 year old daughter, whose own reflections on Ringold's approach and why she had to finish it before me centred along the lines of `he's so insightful, and writes in a way that you just know you can make this stuff happen.' Top marks from a teen then: as good a reason as any for me to pick up where I'd left off.
Much of its brilliance lies in Ringold's delivery style: conversational, personal, and easy to read. What makes this book stand out is Ringold's ability to make his approach seem so useable, and for an author in the personal growth category, he achieves something particularly remarkable: you do actually have the sense that it'll work.
What is abundantly clear is that this book is not yet another rehashed personal growth book begging us to come to our senses and `see the light'. Ringold (simply and powerfully) invites the reader to view their lives through a broader lens - and with the helpful real-life examples that validate the suggested approaches, you can't help but be drawn to genuinely reflect on what you're creating in your own world, and what you might want to do differently.
What else can I say? Top marks from a teen and a Dad. It's well worth a read.
 A how-to guide on joyful living Sep 23, 2009
By Dawn Harry
Excellent book -- a comfortable, easy read, felt like the author was in the room with me, telling anecdotes to guide me through his thesis on joy. If you are someone who is new to the concepts of mindfulness and intentionality, you will find this book an easy to understand primer, with very practical tips and techniques. For those with more of a background in mindfulness and intentional living, the book also provides some new techniques and concepts, as well as good reminders. Ringold is a wonderful storyteller, and he weaves his own experiences and others' stories into the teaching of his points. I highly recommend it!
For retreat/workshop leaders, coaches, and trainers: Ringold shares some useful exercises that could be done in trainings or with clients. My favorite -- If you found out you had only 10 minutes to live and could only make one phone call, who would it be to? What would you say? What are you waiting for?? Illuminating!
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