Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from the School of Life
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Alain de Botton's redemptive volume charts a course from collapse to recovery with kindness, compassion and wisdom. "Alain de Botton, one of our era's most uncommonly perceptive, lyrical, and lucid existential contemplatives." -- The Marginalian A Therapeutic Journey is a collection of essays about mental challenge and health. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is a practical guide to well-being and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest, most anguished moments. Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental pain and illness, from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we might become ill; how we can explain things to friends, family and colleagues; how we can find our ways towards recovery; and how we can build resilience, so as to live wisely alongside our difficulties. At heart this is a book about happiness - about regaining the thread of our lives, rediscovering meaning, and finding our way back to connection, warmth and joy.
| Dimensions | 13.34 x 2.54 x 21.59 cm |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| Isbn 10 | 1915087473 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-1915087478 |
| Item Weight | 590 g |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 384 pages |
| Publication Date | 10 October 2023 |
| Publisher | School of Life |
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Beautifully written.
Written so beautifully I bought the audio book to read it again.
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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!
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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.
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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 chaptersMust read
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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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