The Spiritual Malady

How to Attain Peace of Mind and Lasting Happiness

Non-Fiction - Self Help
216 Pages
Reviewed on 03/20/2020
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Author Biography

Ren Koi is a British author, philosopher, and podcaster, best known as a proponent of The Twelve Step Program. An ex-DJ and music producer, Ren spent over ten years drinking alcoholically and using drugs, before joining a Twelve Step fellowship in 2010 following an emotional breakdown.

In 2012, Ren had a spiritual awakening as a result of working The Twelve Step Program, and has since tried to carry the message of recovery to still-suffering alcoholics and addicts. Ren has worked in the substance misuse field since 2013, in partnership with people to help them change their lives for the better, and achieve positive and life-affirming goals.

In his first book, Addiction Prevention: Twelve Steps To Spiritual Awakening (2016), Ren proposed that we might halt the addiction epidemic by treating emotional disorder in children with The Twelve Step Program, thus preventing the onset of mental health issues that people attempt to medicate with addictive substances and damaging behaviours. Ren postulates that the implementation of Twelve Step classes in schools across the world could be revolutionary.

    Book Review

Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite

A willingness to change is a gift and a new way of living is possible. The Spiritual Malady: How to Attain Peace of Mind and Lasting Happiness by Ren Koi is an uplifting and thought-provoking book that gives ten simple lessons to benefit readers who are looking for positive transformation in their lives. The book is about being courageous in looking at character defects that can cause blocks and keep people in the same conditioned patterns of behavior. Following the ten simple tools is useful to all those who find life difficult and challenging, want peace of mind and happiness, and want to change themselves. The book aims to help readers to attain the peace of mind and happiness that comes with change.

The insights in The Spiritual Malady: How to Attain Peace of Mind and Lasting Happiness by Ren Koi are profound and will motivate readers to examine themselves and make positive changes by detaching from the desires, aversions, and ignorance of the ego-mind. The author's approach to a relevant topic is fresh. The strategies and definitions are not complicated and can be incorporated and practiced in life. What connects readers with the book is the author's personal stories and experiences which will motivate them towards healing humanity. Books like this are helpful and useful in current times when the challenges in society are becoming greater and when readers know they need to be strong mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.