I Wanna Be Well
How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too
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A punk rocker’s guide to grow, learn, and appreciate the present moment—in short, to live a life that doesn’t totally suck.
All Miguel Chen ever wanted was to be happy. Just like everyone else.
But—also like everyone else—he’s suffered. A lot. Running from difficult personal losses—like the deaths of loved ones—was something he did for years, and it got the best of him. Eventually, though, he stopped running and started walking a spiritual path. That might be surprising for a dude in a relentlessly touring punk band (Teenage Bottlerocket), but Miguel quickly found that meditation, mindfulness, and yoga really helped. They allowed him to turn inward, to connect to himself and the world around him. Suddenly, he had found actual happiness.
Miguel’s realistic. He knows it'll never be all sunshine and peaches. And yet, he is (for the most part) at peace with the world and with himself. It shocks even him sometimes. But he’s come to see the interconnectedness of all things, the beauty of life…even the parts that suck.
Each short chapter ends with a hands-on practice that the reader can put into action right away—and each practice offers a distilled “TL;DR” takeaway point.
TL;DR: Miguel Chen shares stories, meditations, and practices that can help us reconnect to each other, ourselves, and the world. They’ve worked for him—they can work for anyone.
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In this inspiring memoir, Chen, bassist of the punk band Teenage Bottlerocket, explains how mindfulness and yoga practice helped him find peace. Suffering from depression, anxiety, and the loss of his mother, Chen found temporary comfort in drugs and alcohol and largely withdrew from life. Then, after discovering mindfulness and yoga practice, Chen fought back against his desperation, gradually began to reconnect with himself and others, and reengaged with the fullness of life that, he realized, he'd been taking for granted while under the influence. Chen emphasizes the power of spiritual practices like meditation to accept the vagaries of life and encourages readers to let go of behaviors that do not foster a positive mental attitude. For Chen, one must open oneself to facing and feeling "complete, absolute heartbreak." His story is familiar, but he defends its value on the grounds that familiarity does not preclude power or profundity of experience. The notion that "one does not have to be their own worst enemy" may sound clich , but there are important lessons to be gained from Chen's experience. Those who find Noah Levine's punk rock approach to East Asian practices valuable will be comfortable here.
