David Richo: 20 books
The Five Things We Cannot Change
And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Why is it that despite our best efforts, many of us remain fundamentally unhappy and unfulfilled in our lives? In this provocative and inspiring book, David Richo distills thirty years of experience as a therapist to explain the underlying roots of unhappiness—and the surprising secret to finding...
How to Be an Adult in Relationships
The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2002
"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships—one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing...
Five True Things
A Little Guide to Embracing Life's Big Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2019
Bestselling author David Richo gets straight to the heart of how to find courage and contentment when life doesn’t go according to plan. Rather than fighting against them, we all must accept these five true things: (1) everything changes and ends, (2) things do not always go according to plan, (3)...
When the Past Is Present
Healing the Emotional Wounds that Sabotage our Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2008
In this book, psychotherapist David Richo explores how we replay the past in our present-day relationships—and how we can free ourselves from this destructive pattern. We all have a tendency to transfer potent feelings, needs, expectations, and beliefs from childhood or from former relationships...
Daring to Trust
Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
Most relationship problems are essentially trust issues, explains psychotherapist David Richo. Whether it’s fear of commitment, insecurity, jealousy, or a tendency to be controlling, the real obstacle is a fundamental lack of trust—both in ourselves and in our partner.
Daring to Trust offers...
Being True to Life
Poetic Paths to Personal Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Psychotherapist David Richo offers a fresh and inspiring approach to personal growth: we can use the process of writing and reading poetry to move toward greater self-understanding and emotional healing. Even if you’ve never written a poem before, you can learn to use poetry to explore your feelings,...
by David Richo
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Popular best-selling author and therapist David Richo provides here a detailed and straightforward vision of what faith and spirituality can look like in adult consciousness.
Shadow Dance
Liberating the Power & Creativity of Your Dark Side
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 1999
Our "shadow" is the collection of negative or undesirable traits we keep hidden—the things we don't like about ourselves or are afraid to admit: egotist, non-"PC" proclivities, forbidden sexual desires. But it also includes our positive, untapped potential—qualities we may...
Coming Home to Who You Are
Discovering Your Natural Capacity for Love, Integrity, and Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
We already possess everything we need to have satisfying relationships and a happy, fulfilling life; all we need to do is learn how to bring forth our natural wisdom—which includes our innate kindness, understanding, and courage. Psychotherapist David Richo draws on four decades of his counseling...
You Are Not What You Think
The Egoless Path to Self-Esteem and Generous Love
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
A healthy ego is necessary to achieving our goals, to building healthy relationships, and to leading a satisfying and meaningful life. But an ego that gets too big—that becomes egotism—can actually inhibit all those wonderful possibilities. In this luminous guide, David Richo offers wisdom from...
How to Be an Adult in Love
Letting Love in Safely and Showing It Recklessly
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
We were made to love and be loved. Loving ourselves and others is in our genetic code. It’s nothing other than the purpose of our lives—but knowing that doesn’t make it easy to do. We may find it a challenge to love ourselves. We may have a hard time letting love in from others. We’re often...
The Power of Grace
Recognizing Unexpected Gifts on Our Path
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Perhaps you’ve had one of those moments when everything, quite unexpectedly, simply falls into place; or, when you’ve been puzzling over an impossible question and—pow!—the answer suddenly arises, seemingly out of nowhere. These and other such experiences are not caused by our efforts. They...
The Five Longings
What We've Always Wanted - and Already Have
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Identifying the things you long for can reveal deep truths about yourself. The Five Longings can show you how to work with these desires to live in a happier, more satisfying way.
If you’ve ever had a vague sense that something’s missing from your life, congratulations: That longing for...
The Power of Coincidence
How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Meaningful coincidences and surprising connections occur all the time in our daily lives, yet we often fail to appreciate how they can guide us, warn us, and confirm us on our life's path. This book explores how meaningful coincidence operates in our daily lives, in our intimate relationships, and...
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