How to Fight is the latest edition to Thich Nhat Hanh’s Mindfulness Essentials series. Once again Thich Nhat Hanh provides an accessible glimpse into the world of mindfulness, self-awareness and meditation. In How To Fight, Thich Nhat Hanh as short meditative thoughts that the reader can absorb at their own pace. How To Fight teaches how one can form a new relationship with and understanding of one’s anger is an attempt to limit or curb reactionary outbursts that stem from anger and frustration. Each meditation or thought written by Thich Nhat Hanh invites you to reflect on any of your patterns that relate to your anger in order to seek out the true source of the emotion. You can read and reflect on one meditation a day, pick a random meditation at any given time or read it cover to cover.
I really enjoy Thich Nhat Hanh’s Mindfulness Essentials series and I was excited to read How To Fight. I highly recommend the book and series. - Thomas B.

Really useful and practical but repeats (naturally albeit) ideas from his other books.

Good before bed. Good to revisit.

4.5
In my opinion, the sections on healing the deep wounds within ourselves is the most valuable part of this reading. I did enjoy the lessons of mindfulness when fighting and will use this as a references for my couples therapy practice.

I would re-title this book “How to fight with people you love.” In that context, Hanh gives excellent direction. However, these techniques are blind to power inequities and situations where people actively wish to manipulate you or do you harm. Employing these techniques against someone who is a bully or abusive, regardless of how much they are suffering, is a recipe to heap more pain on the targeted person. I can see this book doing real harm in those encounters. Hanh includes no acknowledgement that sometimes the path to peace is acceptance that you cannot change the situation and must pull away to take care of yourself. That said, I think the book does have great utility in teaching one how to deal when friends and loved ones inflict hurt.

Another beautiful offering. I found myself reading and re-reading certain pages, paragraphs, and even sentences over & over again to marinate in their richness. This is the kind of book that can help us learn how to make space for more peace in our lives.

When I started this book I was like these ideas are nice but too simple and not applicable to a complex reality. But as I kept reading, I found these reflections like powerfully sticking in my brain and really making me think hard about how I treat myself and how I do/have treated others. Don't be fooled by the simplicity, these concepts are incredibly profound. The list of suggested meditations in the back twice brought me to tears.