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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.
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ASIN : 0809132230
Publisher : Paulist Press
Publication date : January 1, 1991
Edition : a
Language : English
Print length : 122 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780809132232
ISBN-13 : 978-0809132232
Item Weight : 5.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #31,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13 in Popular Developmental Psychology #354 in Christian Self Help #779 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
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