'One of the most valuable books I've ever read' Adwoa Aboah
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change is the natural order of things why do we struggle with the huge milestones in our
lives? At a time when even the most certain things feel disrupted acclaimed psychotherapist
Julia Samuel provides an antidote to the chaos we are all feeling. In this Sunday Times
bestseller Julia draws on hours of conversations with her patients to show how we can learn to
adapt and even thrive during our most difficult and transformative experiences. From a new
mother struggling with the decision to return to work to a father handling a serious medical
diagnosis from a woman deciding whether to leave her husband for a younger lover to a man
struggling to repair his marriage after the trauma of suffering with COVID-19 in the ICU this
book unflinchingly deals with the hard times in family love work health and identity.
Illuminated by the latest social and psychological research these 19 powerful unforgettable
and deeply intimate stories about everyday people will inform our understanding of our own
unique response to change and improve the way we approach challenges at every stage of life.
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'Examines the power that comes from dealing effectively with change' Elizabeth Day
