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A Therapeutic Journey

Lessons from the School of Life

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By: Alain de Botton
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The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of Life

This is a book about getting unwell. About losing direction and hope. About imagining that we have let ourselves and everyone down.

But it is also a book about getting better. About regaining the thread, rediscovering meaning and finding a way back to connection and joy.

Here, Alain de Botton follows the arc of a mental health journey, from crisis to recuperation; the moments we realize we cannot cope; the acts of selfcare or therapy in which we find respite; and the days we finally reclaim a sense of stability. Written with understanding and kindness, it is both a source of companionship in our loneliest moments - whether it's a relationship breakdown, a career setback or anxiety around the everyday - and a practical guide that will help us find reasons for hope.

We are all on our own journey towards recovery. This book is for anyone ready to understand theirs.

©2023 Alain de Botton (P)2023 Penguin Audio Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Self-Esteem Health

Critic reviews

'Alain de Botton is a brave and highly intelligent writer' Observer

'One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture' John Gray, New Statesman
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Most books still leave you wondering how much of a topic still has to be learned, after reading this I feel that I have a basic understanding of all I need to know to help myself with the different perspectives and ways to relativize situations.
Great book!

Feeling that I have an overview

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i got this book after watching an interview. it turned out to be so much more than i had hoped for.
a gentle insight into myself and an encouraging way forward.
please read it

eye opening & life saving

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Love the perspective it gives you, the amazing writing, and the brilliant philosophy. Must read jf you struggle with mental health

Like a warm hug

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The book is quite dense and offers good value in terms of the wealth of ideas, it needs and deserves several re-listens. It’s a refreshing departure from self help often forceful approach. The book starts breaking down towards the end, when it starts preaching secularism and therefore limiting the listener to the narrow beliefs of the author. Apart from the few final chapters, the book is an excellent resource for self care and inwards compassion.

Concise and gentle effort, but breaks down towards the end

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