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The art of being human / Deborah Ravetz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ravetz, Deborah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ravetz, Deborah.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Mind and body.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- Deborah Ravetz explores the territory of our inner landscape by showing us that it is only through embracing and working with all aspects of our selves, including our vulnerability and pain, that we give meaning and experience joy. Through telling her own story and those of others who have faced their demons and worked through their struggles, she helps us to embark on the journey that all of us need to make in order to become fully ourselves. Packed with applicable strategies for spiritual development and practice, this book serves to empower and cultivate holistic wellbeing.
- Contents:
- Finding the form
- An archaeology of the soul
- Dark clouds gather
- Breakdown
- Boarding school and England
- The power of books
- University years
- Finding community
- Dying and becoming
- The conversation
- Embracing vulnerability
- Love and power
- Truth and reconciliation
- Questioning the good life
- Auschwitz
- Social sculpture: the self as a work of art
- Final pieces fall into place
- Widening circles.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed Novermber 21, 2016).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ravetz, Deborah, author. Art of being human
- ISBN:
- 1-908363-15-0
- 1-78450-437-8
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