Dorothy Rowe’s Guide to Life - Hardcover

Rowe, Dorothy

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9780002555623: Dorothy Rowe’s Guide to Life

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ISBN 10: 000255562X ISBN 13: 9780002555623

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

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Dorothy Rowe writes on the subjects of depression and the problems of life. Her central message is that children are easily given the misleading notion that things go wrong in an otherwise "just world" because they have been bad - too naughty, too noisy, too egotistical, too disobedient. If this notion is abandoned and replaced by acceptance that much that happens is by chance or because of a particular social, cultural or historical moment that is being lived through, lives could be got on with and happiness achieved. She aims to reconstruct our mistaken idea of reality and to see ourselves for what we are, to see life for what it is, and to see that we can choose to take responsibility and to take charge of whether or not our lives are happy. This is a short volume that offers her opinion on various aspects of people's lives, such as problems of identity and self-esteem, fear of death, depression, coping wih other people, power, guilt, and coming to terms with getting older. This self-help guide is illustrated with cartoons and it aims to assist those struggling through life.

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From the Back Cover:

The central theme of all Dorothy Rowe's work is that, while the world and ourselves might seem to be solid and real, the way in which we are constituted means that we can never know reality directly, only the meanings we have created about reality.

It is when we don't understand this, when we mistakenly think that we, our life and the world are fixed, unalterable parts of reality which we have to put up with and cope with as best we can, that we find we can't handle life's problems – we make mistakes, feel trapped, and often despair.

When we do understand it, we realise that we are free to change.

Dorothy Rowe has helped tens of thousands of people reach this understanding through her books on fear, depression and unhappiness. She had shown how, by understanding our nature, we can end our suffering. Her 'Guide to Life'
is a summation of this wisdom bur with more besides, for there is no end to self-understanding. Like all her books, it is clear and compassionate, witty and wise.

About the Author:

Dorothy Rowe was born in Australia in 1930, and worked as a teacher and child psychologist before coming to England, where she obtained her PhD at Sheffield University. From 1972 until 1986 she was head of Clinical Psychology. She is now engaged in writing, lecturing and research, and is world-renowned for her work on how we communicate and why we suffer. Her books include ‘‘Wanting Everything’, ‘‘Beyond Fear’ and ‘‘Time On Our Side’.

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