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A superb distillation of the wisdom of one of Britain’s most admired writers on the human condition, which gives insights and comfort on some of the most difficult aspects of life-including: identity and self-esteem, fear, depression and unhappiness, coping with people, power, agreed, guilt and selfishness and getting older.
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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.
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73 of 74 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dorothy Rowe helps us understand ourselves in a way which avoids jargon, cliche and dogma. No one could fail to be uplifted and inspired by her Guide to Life. Because unlike so many "you can live your dream" handbooks, it doesn't offer shallow diagnosis and quick fixes. Quite the reverse. It's inspiring because what she says about the many ways we disable ourselves rings so deeply true and because, in helping us face that truth, she gives us all hope. The mix of wisdom, compassion and humour make it all the more readable. Simply the best self-help book I have read.
56 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I recently read a book by Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning and a couple of weeks later I found this book by Dorothy Rowe - it's a perfect companion because Ms Rowe talks about our 'meaning structure' - how we choose to interpret the world.
This book underlines an absolutely fundamental truth about life - it's what we 'interpret' it to be. Like professional photographers we carry round big lenses with which we view the world - the pictures we choose to see depend on our own feelings and experience.
If a friend chooses not to return a phone call, I can start thinking he's ignoring me - but it might be he didn't get the message, it might be that some big event is happening in his life, it might be he's on holiday, however most of the time we tend to make up a reason and act accordingly.
Although not happy with the concept of 'self-esteem', Dorothy Rowe defines something similar; 'The better you feel about yourself, the better the world and the future look. The worse you feel about yourself, the worse the world and the future look.'
I tried to put these ideas to work today. Instead of nursing a number of my gripes against individuals who I feel have 'let me down', I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. I can see the direct correlation between how I feel, and how I perceive the world to be.
The radical idea behind this book is that things like nervous breakdowns and depression do not have physical or chemical causes. They happen when our 'meaning structure' is seriously challenged.
That would explain why lots of people have a hairy time when they hit 30. It's then that they realise that many of the assumptions of adolescence are plain wrong. Also, Christmas is a bad time because it often throws up a painful scenario between what 'should' be and how things are.
DR has a very interesting chapter on how we use language also affects our perceptions. All in all, this is a super little book which challenges you to look at the world differently. The cartoons are fun, too.
This book underlines an absolutely fundamental truth about life - it's what we 'interpret' it to be. Like professional photographers we carry round big lenses with which we view the world - the pictures we choose to see depend on our own feelings and experience.
If a friend chooses not to return a phone call, I can start thinking he's ignoring me - but it might be he didn't get the message, it might be that some big event is happening in his life, it might be he's on holiday, however most of the time we tend to make up a reason and act accordingly.
Although not happy with the concept of 'self-esteem', Dorothy Rowe defines something similar; 'The better you feel about yourself, the better the world and the future look. The worse you feel about yourself, the worse the world and the future look.'
I tried to put these ideas to work today. Instead of nursing a number of my gripes against individuals who I feel have 'let me down', I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. I can see the direct correlation between how I feel, and how I perceive the world to be.
The radical idea behind this book is that things like nervous breakdowns and depression do not have physical or chemical causes. They happen when our 'meaning structure' is seriously challenged.
That would explain why lots of people have a hairy time when they hit 30. It's then that they realise that many of the assumptions of adolescence are plain wrong. Also, Christmas is a bad time because it often throws up a painful scenario between what 'should' be and how things are.
DR has a very interesting chapter on how we use language also affects our perceptions. All in all, this is a super little book which challenges you to look at the world differently. The cartoons are fun, too.
48 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a deceptively 'thin' book, and one that, because of Rowe's lucid style, is easy to read quickly. However, it is one that I have found yields more and more with each re-reading! In fact, it is one book I try to re-read once a year, just to remind myself of the life-affirming truths which Rowe so helpfully expounds. A book for giving - and keeping!
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A beginners guide to feeling better
This book is kind of like listening to your granny talk to you about her life's experience and giving you her two pence worth on the world and life in general. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Bert
Fantastic
Read the first chapter and you are hooked - quite simply, the lady is amazing. Don't be fooled that this is any ordinary author. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Anthony
If life hands you lemons..... make some lemonade to enjoy whilst...
Love Dorothy Rowe, love this book - I can't do her work justice in a review.. just read her work, be enlightened, and go about your business safe in the knowledge that things will... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Holly
Smart Lady
Dorothy Rowe is an insightful, intelligent woman, whose plain motive is to shed light and understanding into the corners of our minds and our lives which trouble us. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2009 by Chris Wesley
This book is about theraputic wisedom
Dorothy Rowe puts her in-depth wisedom into this self-help book to help others to understand themselves and others. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2001
Humane, liberating, and joyful, hurray for Dorothy Rowe!
This happy and positive book contains the distilled wisdom of Dorothy Rowe's professional life as a psychologist, and personal life as an engaged member of the human race. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 1999
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