{"product_id":"beginning-to-live-the-art-of-existential-freedom-9780241526101","title":"Beginning to Live: The Art of Existential Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA user's guide to the everyday challenges of living, which looks to philosophy to reframe the way we understand ourselves and our relationships  How can we find our own direction and purpose? When life feels too much, is it possible to free ourselves from the concerns that weigh us down? Whether you're in therapy or prefer to find your own way through life's struggles, pioneering therapist Emmy van Deurzen offers a lifeline for rebuilding trust in the world.  Beginning to Live is a practical invitation to step back and discover what really matters by considering each of the four key aspects of our experience in turn: physical, social, personal and spiritual.  Harnessing over fifty years' experience, this book is filled with wisdom and moving stories that show how to deal with dilemmas and difficulties of every kind, so that even when survival takes all you have, you can rekindle confidence in your own abilities and revitalize your capacity to relate to others. It is not about a quality of personality or character, which you either have or don't have, van Deurzen shows. It is about a way of being, which is available to each of us - enabling us all to find a more engaged way of living that is purposeful, deliberate and buoyant.  Your future is a work of art in progress. And it starts here.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780241526101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 18 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 24.1(H)x16.4(L)x3.8(W)648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 648\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eEmmy van Deurzen is a world-renowned existential psychotherapist and counselling psychologist who directs her private practice, Dilemma Consultancy, in London. She was the inaugural Chair of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy and the founding director of the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, as well as the Existential Academy in London. She is a Visiting Professor with Middlesex University. She has published twenty books on existential therapy and the challenges of the human condition and she has lectured in more than thirty-five countries around the world.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eOne of the most \u003cb\u003eprofound\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003epotentially life-altering \u003c\/b\u003eencounters I’ve had . . . van Deurzen writes about helping people rediscover their existential courage in the face of life’s struggles and uncertainty . . . demonstrates a knack for \u003cb\u003edistilling complex ideas into something easy to grasp and practical \u003c\/b\u003e. . . She is interested in how we can cultivate meaning, courage and freedom despite or because of the suffering life throws at us, a process that begins with how we approach life, how we cultivate our inner worlds -- Sophie McBain * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003erefreshing\u003c\/b\u003e reframing . . . interlaced with \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e case studies . . . calls for a return to existential literacy: an ability to confront the fundamental givens of life without recourse to labels or premature or inauthentic consolations -- Anna Katharina Schaffner * TLS *\u003cbr\u003eSpeaks powerfully to the \u003cb\u003elived experience\u003c\/b\u003e of being in a body – its freedom, fragility, and change – offering \u003cb\u003eprofound insight\u003c\/b\u003e into ageing, identity, and transformation -- Kriss Akabusi","brand":"Emmy van Deurzen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49113802735833,"sku":"9780241526101","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780241526101.jpg?v=1787147069","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/beginning-to-live-the-art-of-existential-freedom-9780241526101","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}