New book release coming soon:
"En-Chant-ing:
LIFE's Dream
Calling"
The Exciting Adventures of the 2nd Half of Life
Book Description: How
can the 2nd half of life, in which the call of LIFE'S dream gets more and
more urgent - intentionally or unintentionally - become a rewarding and
enchanting adventure with zest and esprit, in which your own dream of LIFE
and LIFE'S dream of you come true? How can this be accomplished, despite all
the challenges that life and aging bring? As a psychotherapist of almost 70
years, I have been exploring this question, and I also wanted to know what
other psychotherapists around the world have researched and written on this
topic, in addition to my own experiences. In
this book I try to show, in a colourful sequence of topics and authors, in
an easy-to-understand way, how the findings of psychotherapy are inspiring,
enriching, unconventional and encouraging answers to the question posed
above. For a fulfilling life across the lifespan, it is imperative to better
understand and consider the interplay of body, mind, spirit and soul
including the unconscious.
After a preface, which leads to the topic and also results from my personal
concern, I bring a short and easily comprehensible presentation of the
"Psychology of the 2nd half of life" according to C. G. Jung. In
the "Mysterious Symbolic Language of the Ancient Wise Woman", a symbol of
the unconscious, I let Clarissa Pinkola Estés, author of the world
bestseller "Women Who Run with the Wolves", have her say, in addition to my
own explanations. "The Power of Character" is particularly clarified by
James Hillman, while the conditions under which "Creative Aging" is possible
are highlighted by Leopold Rosenmayr. The goal of "Turning Life Into a Work
of Art" is pointed out by Danielle Quinodoz, while aging as a "Journey into
Simplicity" is well characterized by Helen M. Luke. In the chapter "A Touch
of Lightness," Ingrid Riedel and Marie-Louise von Franz, among others, have
their say with their cross-connections to mysticism and quantum physics. In
"LIFE’S Dream - only a dream?", "The Creative Human Being", "Path
Consciousness and Transformation", "Gratitude" and in the "Epilogue" I show
the special importance of these topics for a satisfying, enchanting and
exciting "Adventure in the second half of life".
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