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Product Description Psychological and spiritual adulthood does not come automatically with age. It requires ongoing and ardent work on ourselves. It involves articulating our own truth and acting in accord with its challenges.In this best-selling work, David Richo provides a hand-book for achieving psychological and spiritual health. Based on his many years'' experience as a psychotherapist and workshop leader, the author uses the metaphor of the heroic journey, whose three phases―departure, struggle, and return―explain what happens in us as we evolve from neurotic ego through healthy ego to the spiritual self. First, he discusses the three challenges to adulthood: fear, anger, and guilt, as well as the self-esteem that comes from meeting those challenges. Then he discusses the dual problem of maintaining personal boundaries and establishing appropriate intimacy. Finally, he discusses the techniques of integration and the return to wholeness and love.How to Be an Adult is a thoughtful, accessible guide filled with useful quotations and reflections for meditation, as well as other techniques and concrete advice on the process of growth. The new appendix provides readers with practical ways to show integrity and loving-kindness.David Richo, PhD, is a psychotherapist, teacher, and retreat leader in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California. He is the author of many books and emphasizes spiritual perspectives in all his work. His website is www.davericho.com.† About the Author David Richo is a psychotherapist in private practice in Santa Barbara, CA. He earned his PhD in clinical psychology from Sierra University in Santa Monica. Dr. Richo has been a teacher at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur. Review: Five Stars - Excellent book Review: This book is incredible. It’s extremely dense and loaded with so much insight, depth and beauty that it needs time and contemplation. I have read it through but now I need to return and re-read as there’s many lines to meditate on and try and integrate.
| ASIN | 0809132230 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #198 in Developmental Psychology (Books) #4,012 in Spirituality (Books) #6,682 in Christianity (Books) |
| Brand | Paulist Press |
| Country of Origin | India |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,062) |
| Date First Available | 30 March 2012 |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 13.3 x 1.3 x 19.7 Centimeters |
| Item Weight | 159 g |
| Manufacturer | Paulist Pr |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 9780809132232 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Sheet Size | larger than rack-sized |
A**T
Five Stars
Excellent book
F**S
This book is incredible. It’s extremely dense and loaded with so much insight, depth and beauty that it needs time and contemplation. I have read it through but now I need to return and re-read as there’s many lines to meditate on and try and integrate.
K**Y
Fast delivery and a book worth reading.
C**N
As many others said, this is an absolutely great book! It is condensed and probably not something you'd like to read in one go. It is a book to read little by little and assimilate along the way. This book makes you fall in love with your own personal development process.
A**R
Gotta read the book many times before the info kicks in if you've had a rough life
M**R
So far my studies of Jungian analytical psychology have led me to see it as an optimism akin to religious fervour, something I have experienced, but ultimately doesn't answer the truly difficult questions about life, but just prescribes a way to approach it that may happen to work for you. This book doesn't go deep enough, and doesn't explain well enough.
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