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Creating a Life

Finding Your Individual Path

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Creating a Life

By: James Hollis
Narrated by: Steve Owens
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Creating a Life is a powerful commentary on the importance of the examined life, illustrating how we may arrive at an understanding of our life choices and relationships by exploring our core complexes and personal history. With insight and compassion grounded in the humanist side of analytical psychology, Hollis elucidates the circuitous way of individuation. The text is deeply enriched by the inclusion of poems and excerpts from the works of many modern writers (including John Fowles, Rilke, D.H Lawrence, Thoreau, Pascal and Kierkegaard).

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The narrator is terrible even for someone quite tolerant like myself ( who at most times don't get what other people are complaining about). However THERE IS A SOLUTION. Increase the speed to x1.05 and you will get rid of nigh all his strange uncalled for, affectatious drawls aaaaaaannnnndddd it'd brighten up his voice and make it sound way more natural.

Now on to the book itself. James Hollis's books are largely repetitive within itself and in relation to all his others works. But that is not a bad thing. In fact, he is probably the only author whose formula in both thematic concerns and writing style does not get old. He can go on repeating himself with the same themes and same quotes and I will probably go on purchasing all his books because each time it takes me to a place I didn't previously know about myself.

Fellows, don't let the narrator stop you from getting it. It is wonderful little book that strikes deep and strikes home.

Another excellent addition

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Performance makes it difficult to follow along. The ideas themselves are great and the book is well written. Terrible performance.

Poor performance, great book

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highly recommended for those who are concerned with what it means to live life fully beyond the rhetoric of ambition and self-esteem. For also those who are critical of “positive thinking.”

thoughtful. provocative.

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