Truly Sanely Deeply
A Practical Path to Real Love and Mindful Relationships
Published on 12. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-925820-11-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this age of social media, selfies and reality TV, it's all too easy to become lost in the fantasy of 'love at first sight', 'finding the one' and all the other cliches that bombard our timelines and screens. How will we ever find out knight in shining armour or princess in the tower? Well, as authors Stephen McKenzie and Bernice Plant point out, it's probably best to throw out all our ideas about what love is and instead focus on the reality. All good relationships start with really knowing ourselves and understanding why we act the way we do. Once we recognise our own life scripts, we're in a far better position to experience real love. The kind that lasts. The kind that brings us happiness, not a broken heart. Truly Sanely Deeply begins by comparing what we think love is, and how it's often portrayed, with what love actually is. Along the way, it also takes a look at the many and varied types of love. In Part 2, the authors move on to practical guidance for exploring common love traps and ways for implementing 'best practice' love. Guided reflections informed by the practice of mindfulness are included to help us identify and create our own working model for love in every facet of our life, so that we can enjoy the best possible loving relationship with parents, siblings, partners, children, friends and co-workers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Woolombi
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-925820-11-9 (9781925820119)
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Dr Stephen McKenzie has over thirty years of experience in researching and teaching a broad range of psychological areas, including depression, dementia, substance abuse, and most recently, mindfulness. Dr McKenzie has a unique ability as a lecturer, researcher and writer to present potentially complex information in a warm, engaging and entertaining way. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne's School of Psychological Sciences, where he is developing a range of new and innovative online courses on topics including wellbeing, mindfulness and mindfulness in clinical practice. He is also an online course supervisor and adviser at Monash University, where he won the Dean's Award for excellence in Education for his leading of the development of an online research portal. Dr McKenzie's other books on mindfulness are Mindfulness at Work and Heartfulness: beyond mindfulness - finding your real life.
Dr Bernice Plant is a Lecturer in Psychology at Monash University. Bernice's research interests include behaviour change, creativity and innovation, cognitive processes, individual differences, and social influence. In her spare time, Bernice enjoys hiking and bad taxidermy. Bernice's history of romantic relationships is not great, which uniquely qualifies her to co-write a book about love, including by bringing a touch of reality to its discussions of romantic love.
Dr Bernice Plant is a Lecturer in Psychology at Monash University. Bernice's research interests include behaviour change, creativity and innovation, cognitive processes, individual differences, and social influence. In her spare time, Bernice enjoys hiking and bad taxidermy. Bernice's history of romantic relationships is not great, which uniquely qualifies her to co-write a book about love, including by bringing a touch of reality to its discussions of romantic love.