Grow Up!

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Self Help/Psychology
Learn the Secrets of Happiness
In a culture that glorifies the carefree pleasures of youth, we are often preoccupied with the search for happiness and complain when the reality of adult responsibility pulls us farther and farther away from our adolescent hopes and expectations. But with remarkable wit and irreverence, Dr. Frank Pittman reassures us that all adults can, indeed, achieve happiness. His solution to this modern malaise is refreshingly simple: Grow up. Stop confusing happiness with self-indulgence and learn to appreciate the simple pleasures in life.
Dr. Pittman cleverly blends his professional wisdom with cultural parallels, weaving references to film, literature, and other modem-day icons with his own experiences and case studies. With a clear sense of optimism and enthusiasm, he illustrates the rewards that accompany the transition into adulthood. He takes on gender roles, marriage, parenting, divorce, and depression and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

$14.00/$22.00Can.
Self Help/Psychology
Learn the Secrets of Happiness
In a culture that glorifies the carefree pleasures of youth, we are often preoccupied with the search for happiness and complain when the reality of adult responsibility pulls us farther and farther away from our adolescent hopes and expectations. But with remarkable wit and irreverence, Dr. Frank Pittman reassures us that all adults can, indeed, achieve happiness. His solution to this modern malaise is refreshingly simple: Grow up. Stop confusing happiness with self-indulgence and learn to appreciate the simple pleasures in life.
Dr. Pittman cleverly blends his professional wisdom with cultural parallels, weaving references to film, literature, and other modem-day icons with his own experiences and case studies. With a clear sense of optimism and enthusiasm, he illustrates the rewards that accompany the transition into adulthood. He takes on gender roles, marriage, parenting, divorce, and depression and reveals some of his secrets of living happily.
Revealing that the true essence of happiness stems from personal honor and integrity. Dr. Pittman urges adults to reconsider their roles in their families and in society, because "knowing that we have the power to increase the level of happiness in the world may be the ultimate secret of happiness."
"Pittman is straightforward and witty in his guide to what it really takes to become a responsible adult." arary Joiin
"In Grow Up!, film critic and psychiatrist Dr. Frank Pittman tells us the secrets of happy adult lives. He uses his own life, his years of practice as a therapist, and his prodigious reading and movie viewing to analyze our culture. He is opinionated, brilliant, and incisive, never dull or mealymouthed. Plus, he is one of those rare psychiatrists who likes mothers." j ier, P Uior oi g Ophelia
"A wise, funny, in-your-face prescription for being a responsible and happy adult. Frank Pittman is Jeremiah, Solzhenitsyn, and Bill Cosby rolled into one extraordinary writer
with something to say that we need to hear." —ui I 'ir
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