About the Book:
- By striving to know ourselves, we can discover greater peace, freedom, and purpose.
- An introspective self-help guide that invites readers to embark on a journey of self-discovery.
- Exploring how our childhood experiences, hidden emotions, and unconscious patterns shape our feelings and relationships.
We may spend years mastering the external world – acquiring degrees, advancing careers, building families – without ever turning inwards to make sense of the person orchestrating it all: ourselves.
This book is a guide to the elusive, essential task of self-knowledge. With clarity, gentleness and depth, it explores why we are often mysteries to ourselves, how our childhoods quietly script our behaviors and why seemingly trivial experiences – an abrupt word, a strange dream, a lingering mood – can hold the keys to profound insight.
Drawing on the wisdom of philosophy and psychotherapy, Know Yourself teaches us how to tune in to our inner signals, revisit the past without fear and better understand our desires, fears, patterns and longings. It is a call to begin the lifelong project of making sense of who we are – so that we might suffer less, connect more deeply with others and lead calmer, freer lives.
My Review:
I like books that challenge me to understand who I am and then spur me on to be the best possible version of myself. I was disappointed in this book. It is quite informative as to how we can become who we are, such as from childhood. “What is unresolved in a parent has a tragic habit of showing up again as a live dilemma in a child's life.” (521/1535) The book includes some good suggestions. “To liberate ourselves [from behavior harmful to others], we need to find our way back to the pain that lies behind our behaviours... (584/1535) So many times after such a suggestion I asked, “How?” and that is where the book falls short. It is informative but not practical. I now know the why of much I do but nothing about how to change it.
My rating: 3/5 stars.
About the Authors:
The School of Life is a global organisation helping people lead more fulfilled lives. It is a resource for helping us understand ourselves, for improving our relationships, our careers and our social lives – as well as for helping us find calm and get more out of our leisure hours. They do this through films, workshops, books and gifts – and through a warm and supportive community. You can find The School of Life online, in stores and in welcoming spaces around the globe.
The School of Life Press was established in 2016 to bring together over a decade of research and insights from The School of Life’s content team. Led by founder and series editor Alain de Botton, this is a library to educate, entertain, console and transform us.
(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)
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