The Examined Life - Audio Book

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Details: We are all storytellers
- we make stories to make sense of our lives. But it is not enough to tell tales. There must be someone to listen. In his work as a practicing psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz has spent the last 25 years uncovering the hidden feelings behind our most baffling behaviour. The Examined Life distils over 50, 000 hours of conversation into pure psychological insight, without the jargon. This extraordinary book is about one ordinary process: talking, listening & understanding. Its aphoristic & elegant stories teach us a new kind of attentiveness. They also unveil a delicate self-portrait of the analyst at work, & show how lessons learned in the consulting room can reveal as much to him as to the patient. These are stories about our everyday lives: about the people we love & the lies that we tell; the changes we bear, & the grief. Ultimately, they show us not only how we lose ourselves but how we might find ourselves, too. Read by Peter Marinker. Ideal for: Both compelling & compassionate, this is for those wanting to understand themselves & others. Running time approximately: 5 hours 20 minutes. 6 CD's unabridged.