Paperback. Pub Date :2014-01-02 Pages: 240 Language: English A Sunday Times bestsellerLonglisted for the Guardian first book awardA Radio 4 Book of the WeekThis book is about learning to live In simple stories of encounter between a psychoanalyst and his patients. . The Examined Life reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated. confounding and human of experiences.These are stories about our everyday lives: they are about the people we love and the lies that we tell; the changes we bear. and the grief. Ultimately. they show us not only how we lose ourselves but how we might find ourselves too.

The Examined Life: How We Lose And Find Ourselves

Literature & Fiction

Stephen Grosz

Essays & Correspondence

Vintage Digital

The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

Examined Life As heard on Book of the Week, Radio 4 **'This book is about change.'We are all storytellers - we make stories to make sense of our lives. But it is not enough to tell tales. There must be someone to listen.In his work as a practising psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz has spent the last twenty-five years uncovering the hidden feelings behind our most baffling behaviour. The Examined Life distils over 50,000 hours of conversation into pure psychological insight, without the jargon.This extraordinary book is about one ordinary process: talking, listening and understanding. Its aphoristic and elegant stories teach us a new kind of attentiveness. They also unveil a delicate self-portrait of the analyst at work, and show how lessons learned in the consulting room can reveal as much to him as to the patient.These are stories about our everyday lives: they are about the people we love and the lies that we tell

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

Chatto&Windus

[Read by Peter Marinker] An extraordinary book for anyone eager to understand the hidden motives that shape our lives. We are all storytellers -- we create stories to make sense of our lives. But it is not enough to tell tales; there must be someone to listen. In his work as a practicing psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz has spent the last twenty-five years uncovering the hidden feelings behind our most baffling behavior. The Examined Life distills more than fifty thousand hours of conversation into pure psychological insight without the jargon. This extraordinary book is about one ordinary process: talking, listening, and understanding. Its aphoristic and elegant stories teach us a new kind of attentiveness. They also unveil a delicate self-portrait of the analyst at work and show how lessons learned in the consulting room can reveal as much to the analyst as to the patient. These are stories about our everyday lives; they are about the people we love and the lies we tell, the changes we bear and the grief. Ultimately, they show us not only how we lose ourselves but also how we might find ourselves.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Blackstone Audio

Zycie wysluchane (Polska wersja jezykowa)

Czarna Owca

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