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A Therapeutic Journey

Lessons from the School of Life

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A Therapeutic Journey

By: Alain de Botton
Narrated by: Charlie Anson
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Brought to you by Penguin.

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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This book is something that I’ll go back again. I can relate in so many ways to what has been written so much so that has brought to light of behaviours that I must improve and reasonings of others behaviours too that help me to understand and be more compassionate with myself and others. Thank you 🙏

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This is the first time I’ve read a book (listened to) and knew I could immediately begin it again once finished

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Much needed wisdom in a time that needs all the hope we can get. Reassuring and brilliant.

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Brilliantly written , deeply thought out and beautifully threaded together. Narrator does incredible job at pronouncing multiple different language phrases. A book that will stick in your mind.

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