{"product_id":"2940169470376","title":"The Five Hurdles to Happiness: And the Mindful Path to Overcoming Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA practical approach to becoming aware of the \"five hindrances\"amp;mdash;the negative qualities that inhibit living the awakened lifeamp;mdash;and to breaking free of them in order to live more mindfully, effectively, compassionately.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Buddha's teaching on the five hindrances to awakening in the ancient scripture \u003ci\u003eSamyutta Nikaya\u003c\/i\u003e, where he contrasts them to the seven factors of enlightenment. They are a feature of what's taught in all the Buddhist traditions. Mitch Abblett gives the teaching a unique modern and secular interpretation, combining traditional wisdom with contemporary psychologyamp;mdash;with examples from the lives of the real people he has worked with on the hindrances in his psychotherapy practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hindrances are, according to Mitch's formulation (there are various others): desire, hostility, sluggishness, worry, and doubt. Recognizing how each hindrance manifests in you goes a long way toward freeing yourself from it, but each hindrance also has a corresponding antidote that works like a wonder drug prescribed for a specific illness. The book takes the Buddhist five hindrances beyond their application to meditation and uses them as a frame for engaging listeners in a process of contemplating their own life in general and learning to turn into their experience rather than merely repeating bad habits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114570825968,"sku":"2940169470376","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169470376_p0.jpg?v=1763683656","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169470376","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}