“As Martha Beck says in her book, “Integrity is the cure for psychological suffering. Period.” In The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us–people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits–all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole. Inspired by The Divine Comedy, Beck uses Dante’s classic hero’s journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. She shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us. With techniques tested on hundreds of her clients, Beck brings her expertise as a social scientist, life coach and human being to help readers to uncover what integrity looks like in their own lives. She takes us on a spiritual adventure that not only will change the direction of our lives, but bring us to a place of genuine happiness”
The Review
THE WAY OF INTEGRITY
Martha Beck
Martha Beck uses THE DIVINE COMEDY as a backdrop for understanding and contextualizing her concept of integrity.
She asserts that those who live outside of their integrity suffer from misalignment and the more you live in your integrity the less you will suffer.
It’s a pretty basic concept. Lying is bad. But I think it’s gold is in her explaining what living outside of your integrity is like. It’s not just about lying and telling the truth when people ask how you are.
It’s also about living your dreams, following your purpose, what silence means for truth and integrity, and also saying no to what is not right for you and what doesn’t resonate with you.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and its perspective. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks to Penguin Random House Audio for the advanced listening copy!
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