For decades, Western psychology has promised fulfillment through building and strengthening the ego. We are taught that the ideal is a strong, individuated self, constructed and reinforced over a lifetime. But Buddhist psychiatrist Mark Epstein has found a different way.<br><br><b>Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart</b> shows us that happiness doesn't come from any kind of acquisitiveness, be it material or psychological. Happiness comes from letting go. Weaving together the accumulated wisdom of his two worlds--Buddhism and Western psychotherapy--Epstein shows how &quot;the happiness that we seek depends on our ability to balance the ego's need to do with our inherent capacity to be.&quot; He encourages us to relax the ever-vigilant mind in order to experience the freedom that comes only from relinquishing control.<br><br>Drawing on events in his own life and stories from his patients, <b>Going to Pieces&#160;&#160;Without Falling Apart</b> teaches us that only by letting go can we start on the path to a more peaceful and spiritually satisfying life.