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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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About this listen

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

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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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One of the most realistically told stories of human life and its suffering written by one of the greatest minds of modern philosophy

A real therapeutic journey.

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Beautifully read Aidiobook, normalised the story of life. Loved the cultural references to art and literature

Normalising life

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At times I felt the author must know me and that he wanted me to look at myself and my thoughts from a different perspective.
The ideas presented in this book have changed me and have allowed me to understand why my mind has acted it the way it has done. It has challenged my continual and soul destroying levels of worry. I feel free and grateful.

A kind and gentle challenge to my way of thinking

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Everything about this book needs to be memorialised. This book helped me immensely to practice more self compassion and self understanding.

Incredible journey into surviving mental illness

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A bit long for my taste but others might consider it short or not long enough

A lucid exploration of what it is to be human and the ways that it can be derailed and mended

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Full of powerful insights on how to be a human and navigate healthy relationships

Amazing

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A fantastic written piece and helps in the thinking struggles of life and this world, we live in

Wonderful

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For anyone who has honestly reflected upon the highs and lows of their life, this book has a deep and soothing familiarity. Very good.

Very well laid out journey

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The book? A masterpiece. The narration? An absolute catastrophe. Alain de Botton’s words deserve to be delivered with grace and insight, yet we’re subjected to a voice so devoid of charm it feels almost criminal. The real tragedy? De Botton himself has a voice like a fine vintage—rich, warm, and infinitely engaging. Why, oh why, is he not the one reading?

As if that weren’t enough, the production is a shambles. Chapter 8 doesn’t so much transition as it does crash headfirst into the next section. Sloppy, careless, and frankly unforgivable. A truly great book let down by sheer incompetence. What a travesty!

Brilliant book but the narration? Where do I start?

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It should be available in schools, prisons, and all institutions. It demystifies and the normalises the everyday struggle and the anxiety most of us experience and it tells you how to deal with it in a kind,gentle and brilliant way. Suitable for anyone with any mental struggles, addictions or depression. Read it and understand the human condition.

Every human being should read this book.

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