{"product_id":"vinegar-into-honey-seven-steps-to-understanding-and-transforming-anger-aggression-and-violence-paperback","title":"Vinegar into Honey: Seven Steps to Understanding and Transforming Anger, Aggression, and Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRon Leifer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur desires and our fears are woven into a tangled web of conflicts. We want both to eat dessert and to be thin. We want money but don't want to work. Anything that threatens our sense of self and its striving for happiness is perceived as a threat to our very lives--the response to which is defensiveness, anger, aggression, and violence.\u003ci\u003eVinegar into Honey\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between stress, anxiety, anger, and depression. Leifer provides detailed instructions for working with anger and other painful emotions. The process of transforming suffering into equanimity and compassion is central in Buddhist psychology and practice. Each of the steps in \u003ci\u003eVinegar into Honey\u003c\/i\u003e reflects views and methods drawn from Buddhist tradition. Leifer's work holds promise for psychotherapists and their patients individuals seeking to understand and work with their anger and people interested in the interface of Buddhism and\"psychotherapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Leifer, MD, is a psychiatrist with more than forty-five years' experience in the practice of private psychotherapy. He trained in psychiatry under Thomas Szasz and became a Buddhist practitioner in 1980 when he became a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. He founded the Ithaca Dharma Society and teaches meditation. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Name of Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Happiness Project\u003c\/i\u003e and more than fifty articles in professional journals on psychiatry and the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. He lives in Ithaca, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.47 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760533897504,"sku":"9781559392938","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bcb86a5a5e11223252a2e68e746c7197.webp?v=1780182634","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/vinegar-into-honey-seven-steps-to-understanding-and-transforming-anger-aggression-and-violence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}