The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Psychoanalysis
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Author: Stephen Grosz ISBN: 9780393240412
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: May 28, 2013
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Stephen Grosz
ISBN: 9780393240412
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: May 28, 2013
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

An extraordinary book for anyone eager to understand the hidden motives that shape our lives.

We are all storytellers—we create stories to make sense of our lives. A moving collection of short, personal encounters between a psychoanalyst and his patients, The Examined Life reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated, confounding, and human of experiences. Ultimately, these stories show us not only how we love ourselves but how we might find ourselves.

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An extraordinary book for anyone eager to understand the hidden motives that shape our lives.

We are all storytellers—we create stories to make sense of our lives. A moving collection of short, personal encounters between a psychoanalyst and his patients, The Examined Life reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated, confounding, and human of experiences. Ultimately, these stories show us not only how we love ourselves but how we might find ourselves.

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