A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from the School of Life
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AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST WITH STEVEN BARTLETT From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The School of Life This is a book about how to optimise your mental health. Written with kindness and sympathy, it is a practical guide to emotional well-being, calm and psychological maturity. Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of mental challenges, from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we can get overly anxious or low; how we can best understand our pasts and how they shape us; and how we can build resilience, so as to live wisely alongside certain difficulties. At heart this is a book about psychological happiness – about discovering equilibrium and meaning, and finding our way to connection and joy. ‘This book does a wonderful job of making you realise that the thing you’re going through, and the way that you are, isn’t evidence of your inadequacy. It’s actually evidence that you are perfectly human’ Steven Bartlett, author and host of The Diary of a CEO 'One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture' John Gray, New Statesman Review: Essential read for those with healthy mind! - Know the state of your mental wellness. Never underestimate the power of early childhood impressions on way you live ur life. Your defensiveness may have roots there. In relationships, its OK to show your displeasure and be vulnerable...boundaries help. Art over years has helped calm minds. It highlights the common things around us that give immense pleasure but go unrecognized...look at crushed pillow on ur bed after good night rest. At the same time modernity has many elements that provoke unrest unless one is mindful...meritocracy often leads to inference that those who are not successful are lazy or stupid, which is harsh untrue assessment. Book has several such beautiful lessons shared in digestible short chapters Must read Review: Excellent book. Each line is a lesson to learn. - You already know what is written in this book but you need to hear someone say this to you and the author writes it so beautifully that you feel HEARD like never before.
| Best Sellers Rank | #211,928 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #260 in Self-Help for Anger Management #599 in Self-Esteem (Books) #686 in Mental & Spiritual Healing |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 494 Reviews |
T**A
Essential read for those with healthy mind!
Know the state of your mental wellness. Never underestimate the power of early childhood impressions on way you live ur life. Your defensiveness may have roots there. In relationships, its OK to show your displeasure and be vulnerable...boundaries help. Art over years has helped calm minds. It highlights the common things around us that give immense pleasure but go unrecognized...look at crushed pillow on ur bed after good night rest. At the same time modernity has many elements that provoke unrest unless one is mindful...meritocracy often leads to inference that those who are not successful are lazy or stupid, which is harsh untrue assessment. Book has several such beautiful lessons shared in digestible short chapters Must read
V**E
Excellent book. Each line is a lesson to learn.
You already know what is written in this book but you need to hear someone say this to you and the author writes it so beautifully that you feel HEARD like never before.
U**R
Healing.. Indeed
A soothing balm morphs into a book...
M**T
Must read.
B**M
Damaged book
The damaged book was changed and fresh good copy was made available
A**I
A must read
A meditative and reflective read. Alain de Botton doesn't disappoint like always. One always walks away feeling more reassured and hopeful and with new perspectives on how to look at life.
A**I
Beautifully written.
Written so beautifully I bought the audio book to read it again.
N**Y
Un viaggio interiore gentile e illuminante verso la consapevolezza di sé ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Se cercate una lettura che sappia unire la profondità della psicologia alla chiarezza e all'empatia, "A Therapeutic Journey" della collana The School of Life è un volume straordinario che non dovrebbe mai mancare sul comodino. A differenza dei manuali clinici accademici o freddi, questo libro affronta il percorso terapeutico non come un trattamento medico da subire, ma come un affascinante e umano viaggio di auto-scoperta, accettazione e riconciliazione con le proprie fragilità. Ecco perché merita assolutamente il massimo dei voti: Accessibile ma profondo: Ha la straordinaria capacità di tradurre concetti psicologici complessi in riflessioni vicine alla vita di tutti i giorni, aiutando a decifrare le dinamiche nascoste della nostra mente e delle nostre relazioni. Saggezza pratica ed empatia: Ogni capitolo offre strumenti di consapevolezza che permettono di guardarsi dentro con onestà ma senza giudizio, decostruendo vecchi schemi mentali che ci limitano. Uno stile che consola e guida: Scritto con l'eleganza e la delicatezza tipiche di The School of Life, la lettura scorre piacevolmente, lasciando una profonda sensazione di sollievo e una maggiore grazia verso se stessi. È come fare una conversazione con un saggio mentore. In sintesi: Un vero e proprio balsamo per la mente e per l'anima, ideale per chiunque voglia comprendersi un po' di più e imparare ad affrontare le complessità emotive del quotidiano con più strumenti e serenità. Un testo prezioso da leggere e rileggere!
C**R
Immensely valuable, staggeringly pithy
This is a book of great value, written carefully, lovingly. What De Botton has written is staggeringly pithy, so chock-full of wisdom, and sober but gentle truths, that I read and digested it only a few pages at a time. I had started to make notes and dog-ear the pages, but then it seemed my notes would become the entire book, and every page would have its corner turned over. Having read many similar works and done a great deal of the work, I can reverently say that Alain de Botton's "Therapeutic Journey" is a gem I hold dear.
L**R
Good book
A really good book. I love Alain de Botton.
A**.
Inspirador y verdaderamente terapéutico
El libro es verdaderamente un viaje terapéutico, ayuda mucho leerlo en tiempos de agitación. No ahorra la terapia, pero te ayuda a ser consciente de dónde podría venir la ruptura, el punto es entenderse a uno mismo. El estilo de escritura es maravilloso casi puedo escuchar a Alain personalmente leyéndome el libro, amo eso. Además la edición es hermosa estéticamente, la pasta dura, el color de la pasta y las hojas lo hacen una experiencia llena de belleza.
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