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

by Gettis, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780979875533
• ISBN10: 0979875536
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-15
• Publisher: Goodman Beck Publishing

Summary

A hundred teaching stories that are moving, humorous, educational, and therapeutic. The reader learns how to:

Author Biography

Dr. Alan Gettis is a clinical psychologist who is well steeped in both Western psychology and Eastern philosophy. His collection of "Upside Down World" self-help books includes the critically acclaimed Seven Times Down, Eight Times Up: Landing on Your Feet in an Upside Down World, the award-winning The Happiness Solution: Finding Joy and Meaning in an Upside Down World, and the highly praised It's All Part of the Dance: Finding Happiness in an Upside Down World. In the 1960s Dr. Gettis was a Vietnam-era army psychologist stationed at a military hospital, and in the 1970s he was chief psychologist at a large mental health center in Northern New Jersey. Since 1974 he has maintained a private practice 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..

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xix
Preface	p. xxi
Introduction	p. 1
How Happy Are You?	p. 5
Attitude	p. 11
My First Ticonderoga	p. 13
Life Is Bizarre	p. 15
20,000 Moments	p. 17
Max's Sandwich Shop	p. 20
Putting It in Perspective	p. 23
Never Say Never	p. 25
How Do I Love Thee?	p. 28
My Brother-In-Law	p. 31
A Different Ball Game	p. 33
The Humble Dog	p. 36
Choices	p. 39
On Living in Potemkin Village	p. 41
Let It Go	p. 44
A History Lesson	p. 46
The Stock Exchange	p. 50
Say What	p. 52
Two Cents	p. 55
Me Me Me	p. 57
Managing Your Life	p. 59
Just a Dream	p. 62
How Many Therapists Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?	p. 64
Thinking & Attention	p. 67
The Comparison Trap	p. 69
Accentuate the Positive	p. 72
Would You Like That Supersized?	p. 75
Pull the Plug	p. 77
Occam's Razor	p. 79
AAA	p. 82
Just Shut Up	p. 85
Freedom & Responsibility	p. 87
In and Out of the Trap	p. 89
Turn Around	p. 91
The Magic Bullet	p. 94
Eat Your Lunch	p. 96
A No-Win Situation	p. 99
Aha	p. 101
On Falling from Grace	p. 104
The Gnawing	p. 107
Gratitude & Kindness	p. 111
Center Stage	p. 113
Water, Water Everywhere	p. 115
1944	p. 117
Johnny B. Goode	p. 119
I'll Never Leave You	p. 122
If You Want to Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life	p. 124
A Rainy Day	p. 127
What Are You Waiting For?	p. 129
Coffee with Milk	p. 131
Faith & Mystery	p. 135
Would You Like Fries with That?	p. 137
Chopsticks	p. 141
Because I Can't	p. 143
Uzbekistan	p. 147
The GAIA Hypothesis	p. 150
A Dime Store Mystery	p. 154
Take It All In	p. 157
Building Rome	p. 159
Delaying Gratification	p. 162
Jibber Jabber	p. 164
Don't Do Something, Just Sit There	p. 166
Take It All In	p. 168
Faster Horses	p. 170
Fear, Courage, & Resiliency	p. 173
The Nature of the Beast	p. 175
The Millrose Games	p. 177
Just Another Day at the Ranch	p. 180
Beauty and the Beast	p. 183
Just Say No	p. 185
Who's Running the Show?	p. 188
Nausea	p. 191
The Old Woman of the Seals	p. 195
Over the Wall	p. 197
Aging & Death	p. 201
Grin and Bear It	p. 203
The Bagel Store	p. 205
Thinking About That Bagel Store	p. 207
The End of the World	p. 209
Face to Face	p. 213
If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now	p. 216
The Last Lecture	p. 218
Would You Like Botox with That?	p. 223
Showing Up For Your Own Life	p. 227
Go for It	p. 229
Still Baking After All These Years	p. 232
Don't Just Sit There, Do Something	p. 234
Trust Me on This One	p. 235
All Alone	p. 240
Acceptance	p. 242
It Is What It Is	p. 245
What If It Is?	p. 248
Curious George	p. 250
Extraordinary with or Without the Extra	p. 254
It's All Part of the Dance	p. 257
Positive Psych 101	p. 261
Epilogue	p. 271
References	p. 275
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