Emotions are very complex elements of human beings. Good or bad, they are the driving force of our life and when this force becomes overwhelming, that's when our emotions start troubling us. I picked this book because I am/was going through some very distressing situations and I needed to handle my emotions before they might have started negatively affecting my life. After reading many books on mindfulness and meditation, I knew some techniques to deal with them but I wanted to understand and learn them even more precisely and this book helped me to do that.
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‘Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance' is simply a handbook that helps its readers to understand their emotions and teaches some very beneficial techniques and coping strategies to deal with overwhelming distressing situations. The way it has been written, it's not very complex but the sole intention is to help readers with straight to the point and direct approaches.

The authors kept all chapters to the point and not at once they tried to preach any additional details unnecessarily. Techniques like R.E.S.T., Radical Acceptance, Wise Man Meditation, and Cope on Spot were highly effective for me with every insight and the authors’ way of minimalistic descriptions. With every chapter, this book guides its readers to learn different methods of mindfulness and myriad conscious meditation techniques.

I am HIGHLY RECOMMENDING this book and must read it even if you might be in a good phase of your life. Life is uncertain and the least that we can do is to prepare ourselves for those blows that uncertainty brings. This book will help you maintain a healthy emotional balance to stand in the most unfortunate situations you may encounter.

Excellent little book! I know a lot about self-help and even I learned a few new things which was very surprising to me. Loved the laid back style of the book and how quick it was to read and grasp the concepts. Will definitely be recommending this to friends and family!

Thank you to New Harbinger Publications, Inc.,Matthew McKay, Jeffery C, Wood, Jeffrey Brantley, and #NetGallery for an ARC of #PocketTherapyforEmotionalBalance in return for an honest review. Review will be posted on NetGallery, Goodreads (goodreads.com/radicalrachelreads) and Facebook.

Lately I’ve been trying to get more into self-help books to see where I stand. Some people believe it’s a load of cr*p, some take great pleasure in reading them and it helps them quite a bit. I think I’m somewhere in the middle.

Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance was the second of the Pocket Therapy books I ever read and, although not my favourite, I still really enjoyed it!

I established a goal of reading at least 2 chapters a day and always try to keep the ideas and exercises in mind throughout the month. That was definitely a plus of this book: not only do we get tips on recognising and pin-pointing our emotions in order to better manage them, but we also get practical mind and body exercises that help us achieve our goals and bring a better balance to our lives.

Some of the exercises I was already familiar with, and some were new and interesting and I’ve been trying to implement them to my daily routine. They’re a great way to keep in touch with your feelings and just take a breath when you need it most.

Another great addition is the mention of other resources outside the book that the reader can take a look at for a deeper understanding of what’s being said / for more information on specific matters that affect them the most.

Other than that I would just like to mention that it is just the right page count, not being overwhelming but still giving the reader a lot to think about. My favourite chapters were Take a Rest and Try Radical Acceptance.

We are living in unprecedented times and we can all use a little help in maintaining our balance. This book offers a variety of tricks and techniques for walking with security in a time of uncertainty.

An excellent resource for daily use! This booklet is easy to navigate and is filled with helpful guidance and resources to provide guidance in everyday life. Highly recommend.

This book talked and brought up mindfulness, which people should be aware of as a tool in their mental health journey. It is beneficial in the development of behaviors and emotional support plans. This will be added to by Mental Health library of go-to books for sure.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Just like "Pocket Therapy for Anxiety", this book is so interesting and complete! I'm very glad that I choose it - everything about it is so on point. It is extremely helpful to people like me who want to find ways to manage intense emotions. It teaches all sorts of things, even things you wouldn't think about that influence your emotions. It is the best books about this matter. Rating: 4/5 stars.

How frustrating is it to be told by all the different sources the things you must do to be successful in life? This book definitely does NOT do that. It instead takes an empathetic approach and gives bite size approaches and allows you to have kindness and patience with yourself when dealing with life. This is so necessary for everyone to read in life. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I thought that this book had a lot of great tips for worrying less, being mindful, and to cope. It have a lot of information on how to include daily mediation into your life as well as how to preform the actual meditation. It was a great reminder to be compassionate with yourself. It did have a lot of tools that I have learned over the years in my own journey to finding less anxiety and more mindfulness. I would say this a great book for beginners but also for someone who just wants that extra reminder.

This books aims to provide readers with tools and resources to balance their emotions and control emotional reactions. The goal is to provide the reader with skills to learn about their emotional patterns and to address their emotions in various situations. Overall, this is a great resource for the reader seeking emotional balance in their life. I recommend for all readers who want to learn about their emotions and gain skills to balance them in life.

*Disclaimer: I was provided a free copy of this book by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love these little pocket sized self help books.I find them so useful and easy to read and follow for life's ups and downs. This one is so handy for emotional imbalances

As a therapist and behavior specialist, I find this book very helpful with providing guidance to my clients and with the development of behavior support plans

This book is a really great self help book, If you have never read a self book this one would be a great start. It gives lots of tips and it helps you gain a deeper understanding of your feelings. I would recommend it!

I had mixed feeling about this book. Mainly the practices of radical acceptance and distraction to cope with an initial emotional imbalance. While I understand that these are very useful, I find many people have a hard time getting past the distractions and find radical acceptance to be very difficult. Although the book stresses that these are temporary fixes and the need to delve further, I wouldn't have posed these as coping strategies and spent sections of the book discussing them. The other coping strategies to find emotional balance were pretty good. I like the tools to reflect on feelings and increasing positive emotions as I found those to be the most insightful. I also liked the chapter on coping on the spot because I feel not many talk about how to cope with feelings in the moment and that it is ok to have those feelings! But processing can take time, which you may not always have. And that's ok!

Overall, I would recommend this book and find the tips are generally very insightful. But keep in might that there are many tools and that not every tool will work for you, and that's ok- try different coping strategies and see what works for you!

Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance is an easy and useful resource for those moments when life feels out of control. The authors provide many quick tips for effective stress responses. Also given are methods that help the reader begin to modify their thought patterns which will then change their behaviors. Highly recommend!

I really enjoyed this pocket book! It gave some great tips and tricks to help with dealing with emotional balance and how to stay calm and improve the emotional relationships you have with other people. I highly recommend all of these pocketbooks for on the go tips and tricks

This is the third Pocket Therapy book that I’ve been fortunate enough to read and review. I enjoyed this one as much as the others. It’s just as helpful in that it provides opportunities for reflection as well as being very readable and concise. 5/5 stars from me.

This little book has been very helpful to me, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic where my emotional balance has been anything but balanced!!! I read the digital copy, but I like that the physical book is little enough, less than 200 pages, that once I purchase it, I can carry it with me to use on the spot!!

There are questions throughout the book that help you get in touch with your true feelings which is sometimes hard to do when you feel unbalanced. The book really helped me remind myself to live in the present and breath!! The book is perfect for managing your emotions when you need it most! It just gave me an overall feeling of calmness.

Thank you NetGalley and New Harbinger Publications for an ARC of this book in exchange for my review.

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This is a really helpful book for anyone that has any issues with anything. It helps you have a plan to feel better and specific things you can do for that specific thing. So thank you.

During the time of the pandemic, this book is perfect, as a companion to keep in your purse or bag to refer to when needed. Short and to the point, it is a perfect guide. Thank you to Netgalley for this free ebook in exchange for an honest review.