Ensamhet
109 produkter
109 produkter
Ensam i en värld full av människor - en bok om ensamhet, gemenskap och att hitta hem hos sig själv
Storpocket, Svenska, 2025
354 kr
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💡 Ensam i en värld full av människor – En bok om ensamhet, gemenskap och att hitta hem hos sig själv Du kan ha människor runt dig hela tiden – och ändå känna dig ensam. Och vet du vad? Du är långt ifrån ensam om den känslan. I Sverige uppger över en miljon människor att de besväras av ensamhet, och bland unga män säger mer än var fjärde att de inte har någon att prata med om det som känns på riktigt. Ensamhet är inte ett undantag – det är en tyst gemensam erfarenhet. "Ensam i en värld full av människor" är boken som bryter tystnaden. Med verkliga berättelser, psykologisk insikt och konkreta steg mot gemenskap hjälper den dig att förstå, acceptera och förändra din ensamhet – på ditt sätt. 🌿Den här boken är för dig som: Känner dig ensam, trots att du har människor omkring dig. Har tappat kontakten med vänner – eller aldrig riktigt hittat din plats. Vill förstå varför ensamhet gör ont, och hur man kan hitta vägar ut. 💡I boken möter du människor som vågat sätta ord på det tystaste vi bär på: Emelie, som var den glada på jobbet – men grät varje kväll hemma. William, som varje midsommar scrollade genom andras fester – och undrade varför ingen bjöd. Amanda, som hade tusen likes men noll riktiga samtal – tills hon började söka kontakt på riktigt. Du får mer än igenkänning – du får vägar vidare: ✔️ Perspektiv på olika sorters ensamhet – från den existentiella till den sociala. ✔️ Övningar och reflektionsfrågor för att förstå dig själv bättre. ✔️ Praktiska tips för att skapa kontakt, bygga vänskap och trivas i ditt eget sällskap. 🎁 Passar perfekt för: Den som längtar efter äkta gemenskap – men inte vet var man ska börja. Dig som vill förstå dig själv bättre och hitta trygghet i ditt eget sällskap. Du som är trött på att känna dig ensam – och redo att ta små steg mot förändring. ✨ Det är inget fel på dig – ensamhet är inte ett misslyckande. Det är en mänsklig erfarenhet. Och du är inte den enda som känner så här – men du kan bli den som vågar göra något åt det.
204 kr
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Vi talar sällan om det, men vi är många som kan känna oss ensamma. Det kan vara en faktisk avsaknad av social samvaro eller en känsla av att inte bli sedd, förstådd och bekräftad av de människor man har runt omkring sig.Ensamhet bör beskrivas som en av vår tids folksjukdomar. Vi har skapat ett samhälle som fokuserar på individen oavsett hur det får oss att må, och inte sällan blir kostnaden stress, ensamhet och en känsla av tomhet. Samtidigt står såväl samhället som den drabbade ofta handfallna när det kommer till att åtgärda problemet. Hur gör man egentligen för att få nya vänner? Hur lever man med någon, och inte bara bredvid? Hur vågar man ta de där viktiga små stegen till en förändrad livssituation med större gemenskap?Anna Bennich, leg psykolog och leg psykoterapeut, möter många människor som kämpar med olika former av ensamhet. Här beskriver hon tillståndets olika uttryck, orsaker och effekter. Hon lyfter fram den senaste forskningen om relationernas betydelse för vår hälsa och ger handfasta tips och strategier för hur vi kan öka och fördjupa relationerna i våra liv. Hon lyfter även frågan om allas vårt gemensamma ansvar för att se och finnas till för varandra.
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En bok som på ett kort och lättsamt sätt behandlar frågor om ensamhet, framförallt den ofrivilliga. Syftet är att väcka tankar, ge kunskap och locka till samtal. Vad kan man själv göra för att motverka ensamhet? Vilka grupper riskerar särskilt att bli ensamma? Hur känns ensamhet och hur påverkar den oss? Långt fler än man tror är ensamma och det förekommer i alla åldrar från barn till seniorer. Relationer är svårt, för man behöver själv skapa och vårda dem. Ensamheten kan vändas och bli till samhörighet! Det finns hopp och mycket man kan göra.
Ensamhetens århundrade : så återtar vi känslan av att höra ihop i en splittrad värld
Inbunden, Svenska, 2022
225 kr
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"Ensamhetens århundrade är en fantastisk bok som berör oss alla! --- Boken vänder sig till alla som formar våra liv"BTJ
"Hisnande scener från ensamheten"DN
I Ensamhetens århundrade skildrar Noreena Hertz den växande ensamhetskrisen, hur pandemin förvärrade problemet och vad vi måste göra för att hålla samman i en värld som glider isär.
Känslor av isolering och främlingskap finns över hela världen oavsett ålder, kön, klass och inkomstgrupp. Människor känner sig alltmer frånkopplade – inte bara från varandra utan också från sina politiker, staten och sig själva. I Nederländerna säger 30 procent av de vuxna att de känner sig ensamma. I USA är siffran 40 procent, dubbelt så stor som på 1980-talet. I Tyskland anser två tredjedelar av befolkningen att ensamhet är ett allvarligt problem och i Storbritannien utsågs nyligen en ”ensamhetsminister”.
Noreena Hertz väver samman berättelser om hur olika kulturer reagerar på den växande ensamhetskrisen. Hon berättar om en kurs vid ett toppuniversitet i USA i hur man läser av andra människors ansiktsuttryck, testar på att ”hyra en vän” och rapporterar om den växande trenden med robotar som vårdare på äldreboenden i Japan. Hertz undersöker ensamhet genom en global, vidsträckt lins: från hur vi arbetar till vilken typ av relationer vi har, hon tittar på varför interpersonella färdigheter avtar och på de ekonomiska kostnaderna av ensamhet och de politiska effekterna av isolering. Men mer än så hjälper hon oss att hitta lösningar på problemen.
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Kanske har du nyligen börjat känna dig ensam eller känt dig ensam och lite utanför en stor del av ditt liv. Kanske saknar du ett socialt nätverk eller lider av ensamhet trots att du har människor som bryr sig om dig. Ensamhet som inte är självvald är smärtsam. Ofta leder ensamhet till att onda cirklar uppstår som gör att självkänslan sjunker och att tankar om att andra inte vill vara med en blir starka. Men det går att ta sig ut ur ensamheten.
I Ut ur ensamheten hjälper den erfarna psykologen Martina Wolf-Arehult dig att reflektera över vilken form av ensamhet som skapar problem för dig och vilket behov av närhet och samhörighet just du har. Du får sedan ta del av olika strategier och förhållningssätt som kan hjälpa dig ut ur ensamheten, bland annat hur du:
• visar omvärlden att du är öppen för kontakt• skapar en känsla av trygghet• slutar jämföra och döma dig själv• hanterar social ångest• skapar värme och närhet i kontakten med andra• skapar mening• hittar en balans i hur mycket du vill anpassa dig till andras behov• visar vänlighet och omsorg gentemot dig själv.
Sagt om boken
”Boken är mycket välarbetad och utgör en genomtänkt väg för att du ska komma ut ur ensamheten. Även behandlare erhåller god kunskap.”Margareta Fridstjerna, BTJ-häftet nr 24, 2023
Att motverka ofrivillig ensamhet : en forskningsstudie med goda metodexempel från Sverige och England och tips för den svenska kulturarvssektorn
Häftad, Svenska, 2024
135 kr
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I den här forskningsrapporten diskuteras begreppen social isolering och ofrivillig ensamhet i Sverige, och att ensamhet måste kopplas till hur den upplevs av den enskilde och därför kan se olika ut från individ till individ. Även personer i parrelationer och personer som bor i exempelvis gruppboende kan uppleva ofrivillig ensamhet. Ökar därmed ensamheten eller är den konstant? Vilka hälsorisker finns med ofrivillig ensamhet? Och framför allt, hur kan vi hjälpas åt i samhället, på olika nivåer och mellan civilsamhälle och det offentliga, att motverka ensamhet oavsett målgruppens ålder, kön, ekonomi och etnicitet? Rapporten innehåller en inventering av goda metodexempel från olika delar av Sverige. Metoder hämtas också från England, där man framgångsrikt i bred samverkan mellan det offenliga och civilsamhället har arbetat med att motverka ofrivillig ensamhet sedan 1960-talet. Tips och exempel från både England och Sverige på hur även kulturarvsaktörer kan vara en del i arbetet presenteras. Rapporten är en del av ett projekt som Stiftelsen Kiviks Museum & Arkiv under hösten 2023 uppburit anslag för genom Socialstyrelsens nationella utlysning av medel för att motverka ofrivillig ensamhet.
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Bara i Stockholms län finns det ca 150 000 personer som lever ensamma, i Sverige 1,9 miljoner. I denna bok får du som är äldre och ensam tips och idéer hur du kan förändra din livssituation. Komma ut mera och träffa andra, många som är i samma situation som du. De flesta förslagen gäller Stockholm, du får anpassa idérna till där du själv bor. Möjligheter finns praktiskt taget överallt.
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Ingen kunde se den tunga, inre ensamhet jag bar på. Den gömde jag som mitt livs dyraste skatt, där ingen kunde nå den, i djupet av mig själv.
Med mod och öppenhet lyfter Sandra Torbjörnsdotter och Suzanne Pärlhamn ett av samhällets största och helt osynliga problem – ensamheten som inte syns utåt, den som ingen talar om. Den som faktiskt kostar liv.
Vad är ensamhet? Varför är det så viktigt för oss att känna tillhörighet? Vad händer i kroppen när vi känner oss ensamma? Och finns det en väg ut ur ensamheten? Genom insiktsfulla berättelser och intressant fakta får du som läsare hjälp att förstå och hantera ensamhetens olika sidor.
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THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Bravely revealing’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO‘Funny, moving, helpful and true, Friendaholic deserves a massive audience’ SATHNAM SANGHERA‘This book is brilliant’ JO ELVIN‘Essential reading… admirably candid and well-crafted’ GUARDIAN As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important? So why is it hard to find the right words to express what these uniquely complex bonds mean to us? In Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict, Elizabeth Day embarks on a journey to answer these questions. Growing up, Elizabeth wanted to make everyone like her. Lacking friends at school, she grew up to believe that quantity equalled quality. Having lots of friends meant you were loved, popular and safe. She was determined to become a Good Friend. And, in many ways, she did. But in adulthood she slowly realised that it was often to the detriment of her own boundaries and mental health.Then, when a global pandemic hit in 2020, she was one of many who were forced to reassess what friendship really meant to them – with the crisis came a dawning realisation: her truest friends were not always the ones she had been spending most time with. Why was this? Could she rebalance it? Was there such thing as…too many friends? And was she really the friend she thought she was?Friendaholic unpacks the significance and evolution of friendship. From exploring her own personal friendships and the distinct importance of each of them in her life, to the unique and powerful insights of others across the globe, Elizabeth asks why there isn’t yet a language that can express its crucial influence on our world.From ghosting and frenemies to social media and seismic life events, Elizabeth leaves no stone unturned. Friendaholic is the book you buy for the people you love but it's also the book you read to become a better friend to yourself.
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THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Bravely revealing’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO‘Funny, moving, helpful and true, Friendaholic deserves a massive audience’ SATHNAM SANGHERA‘This book is brilliant’ JO ELVIN‘Essential reading… admirably candid and well-crafted’ GUARDIAN As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important? So why is it hard to find the right words to express what these uniquely complex bonds mean to us? In Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict, Elizabeth Day embarks on a journey to answer these questions. Growing up, Elizabeth wanted to make everyone like her. Lacking friends at school, she grew up to believe that quantity equalled quality. Having lots of friends meant you were loved, popular and safe. She was determined to become a Good Friend. And, in many ways, she did. But in adulthood she slowly realised that it was often to the detriment of her own boundaries and mental health.Then, when a global pandemic hit in 2020, she was one of many who were forced to reassess what friendship really meant to them – with the crisis came a dawning realisation: her truest friends were not always the ones she had been spending most time with. Why was this? Could she rebalance it? Was there such thing as…too many friends? And was she really the friend she thought she was?Friendaholic unpacks the significance and evolution of friendship. From exploring her own personal friendships and the distinct importance of each of them in her life, to the unique and powerful insights of others across the globe, Elizabeth asks why there isn’t yet a language that can express its crucial influence on our world.From ghosting and frenemies to social media and seismic life events, Elizabeth leaves no stone unturned. Friendaholic is the book you buy for the people you love but it's also the book you read to become a better friend to yourself.
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THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW WITH AN EXTRA CHAPTER! ‘Essential reading’ Guardian 'A joyful read' Sunday Times 'Disarmingly honest' Daily Mirror ‘Bravely revealing’ Bernardine Evaristo 'Filled with relatable insights' Daily Mail ‘Funny, moving, helpful and true’ Sathnam Sanghera 'A generous guide to a part of life every bit as crucial as romance' Observer As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important? So why is it hard to find the right words to express what these uniquely complex bonds mean to us?In this fascinating, insightful and uniquely moving book, Elizabeth Day embarks on a journey to find out. Friendaholic unpacks the significance and evolution of friendship from the ancient wisdom of Cicero to the modern curse of ghosting. How and why do we make friends? Is friendship an antidote to loneliness? How should we deal with a frenemy? And is it ok to end a friendship that has gone awry?Friendaholic examines what makes a ‘good’ friend and asks us what kind of friend we want to be – to each other but also to ourselves.
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‘The most life-affirming book ever written about death.’ Sandi Toksvig‘One of the most powerful and helpful books about grief that you will ever read.’ Anita Anand ‘Grief is more than the price of love. It is love. We must learn not just to live with it, but to make it welcome.’ Catherine Mayer and her mother Anne Mayer Bird were widowed at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is their story of supporting each other through whirling grief, ‘sadmin’ and the darkest of times, as they learn to embrace life again.Now updated with brand new chapters, Good Grief is an essential companion for loss and a testimony to enduring love. Spiked with wry humour, it is an uplifting, moving and unexpectedly joyous read.‘Smart, upbeat and brimming with fortitude’ Observer‘One of the saddest things I've ever read but also the most powerful. It's made me want to cling tight to the people I love while acknowledging their mortality and mine too.’ Marian Keyes
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You can’t move past the breakup. You feel stuck in cycles of rumination and pain. This helpful guide provides brand-new therapeutic tools to revolutionise the way we overcome loss, and seek and welcome love, within and outside of ourselves. We know heartbreaks are inevitable. We also know that somehow it is within our power to break free of the suffering and transform pain into meaning. Yet, somewhere between the sad songs, the late-night fixations, and the social media stalking, we get lost.Alice Haddon, psychologist of over twenty-five years, and Ruth Field, bestselling self-help author, show us how we can dissect heartbreaks, mine them for strength and live our most empowered life. They also examine how society sets up women to fall into love traps and engage bad habits of self-sacrificing and enabling. With Alice and Ruth’s help, those patterns end forever.Bursting with compassion, humour and courage, this book will take you into the actual exercises conducted at the retreat that they run. It will teach you how to: face your deepest hurt without shame or judgment ask for help and lean on the collective be kind and forgiving to yourself turn your heartbreak into love and pride Providing you with a clear pathway to recovery, Alice and Ruth draw on their wealth of professional and personal experience to help you.
180 kr
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You can’t move past the breakup. You feel stuck in cycles of rumination and pain. This helpful guide provides brand-new therapeutic tools to revolutionise the way we overcome loss, and seek and welcome love, within and outside of ourselves. We know heartbreaks are inevitable. We also know that somehow it is within our power to break free of the suffering and transform pain into meaning. Yet, somewhere between the sad songs, the late-night fixations, and the social media stalking, we get lost.Alice Haddon, psychologist of over twenty-five years, and Ruth Field, bestselling self-help author, show us how we can dissect heartbreaks, mine them for strength and live our most empowered life. They also examine how society sets up women to fall into love traps and engage bad habits of self-sacrificing and enabling. With Alice and Ruth’s help, those patterns end forever.Bursting with compassion, humour and courage, this book will take you into the actual exercises conducted at the retreat that they run. It will teach you how to: face your deepest hurt without shame or judgment ask for help and lean on the collective be kind and forgiving to yourself turn your heartbreak into love and prideProviding you with a clear pathway to recovery, Alice and Ruth draw on their wealth of professional and personal experience to help you.
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134 kr
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You can’t move past the breakup. You feel stuck in cycles of rumination and pain.This helpful guide provides brand-new therapeutic tools to revolutionise the way we overcome loss, and seek and welcome love, within and outside of ourselves.We know heartbreaks are inevitable. We also know that somehow it is within our power to break free of the suffering and transform pain into meaning. Yet, somewhere between the sad songs, the late-night fixations, and the social media stalking, we get lost.Alice Haddon, psychologist of over twenty-five years, and Ruth Field, bestselling self-help author, show us how we can dissect heartbreaks, mine them for strength and live our most empowered life. They also examine how society sets up women to fall into love traps and engage bad habits of self-sacrificing and enabling. With Alice and Ruth’s help, those patterns end forever.Bursting with compassion, humour and courage, this book will take you into the actual exercises conducted at the retreat that they run. It will teach you how to: face your deepest hurt without shame or judgment ask for help and lean on the collective be kind and forgiving to yourself turn your heartbreak into love and prideProviding you with a clear pathway to recovery, Alice and Ruth draw on their wealth of professional and personal experience to help you.
224 kr
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Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her empathy and warmth have been earned the hard way – formed by her own deeply-felt experiences of loss and grief.Inspired by her own life, and her podcast on grief, Coleen takes readers on a heartfelt and helpful journey through how to cope with all kinds of grief, drawing not just on her own thoughts and feelings, but on those of friends and celebrities she’s interviewed, who share their personal takes on loss and life after it. By turns moving, courageous and inspiring, each chapter also features a poem to make you smile, think or shed a tear.Written with accessibility, heart and fellow-feeling, this is not a guidebook but a companion, a friendly word in the darkest times, packed with advice, understanding and hope – a book to say you’re not alone.
126 kr
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Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her empathy and warmth have been earned the hard way – formed by her own deeply-felt experiences of loss and grief.Inspired by her own life, and her podcast on grief, Coleen takes readers on a heartfelt and helpful journey through how to cope with all kinds of grief, drawing not just on her own thoughts and feelings, but on those of friends and celebrities she’s interviewed, who share their personal takes on loss and life after it. By turns moving, courageous and inspiring, each chapter also features a poem to make you smile, think or shed a tear.Written with accessibility, heart and fellow-feeling, this is not a guidebook but a companion, a friendly word in the darkest times, packed with advice, understanding and hope – a book to say you’re not alone.
178 kr
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Read the latest book from Dr Lucy Pollock, a wise, compassionate and helpful guide to ageing happily'The Golden Rule is part manifesto for better integration and appreciation between generations, and part reflection on a career spent looking after our elders, [. . .] with good humour, sanity, wisdom and quite a few jokes' The Times'From the first pages, the impression you have is how much you’d want Pollock as your medical practitioner. . . this warm and compassionate book is part reflection, part rallying cry to set in place a better society for older people' Daily Mail'Beautiful and wise, filled with characters I know living through situations I recognise, filtered through the kindness of thoughtful storytelling' Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind__________In a society obsessed with staying young, how can we age with confidence?Today, we are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age.What will make us happy?What are we frightened of, and what might allay those fears?What changes, made right now, will help us to flourish as we age?This book contains lessons Lucy Pollock has learned from thirty years of working with older people and those close to them. It looks at problems that can be fixed with tests and tablets, and problems that require a different sort of medicine. Lucy explains what she has been taught about loss, about impossible families, about becoming older without children, and the important things she has learned about sexuality, race, love and living with uncertainty.The Golden Rule sets out guiding principles we can all try to live by, in the hope that together we can bring about positive change, and all benefit from a kinder, more compassionate society.Here is how we may meet our futures with optimism and confidence.
Loneliness Problem
A Guided Workbook for Creating Social Connection and Ending Isolation
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
123 kr
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Improve your social relationships and overall well-being with The Loneliness Problem guided workbook.The current epidemic of loneliness and social isolation is having detrimental effects on our mental, physical, and emotional health. The Loneliness Problem addresses these issues and provides tangible techniques and guidance on how to alleviate your social disconnection, loneliness, and low self-esteem.With this accessible workbook, you’ll explore different types of loneliness and learn about what may be holding you back from making important connections. Dig deeper in your current relationships and learn about the structure and function that each one of your social connections brings to your life.The Loneliness Problem features: Over 100 thought-provoking writing promptsPsychology-based techniques and exercisesA loneliness quiz to assess how lonely you really areInspirational quotesSample prompts include: Is anxiety preventing you from connecting?Do you often have conflicts in your relationships?Where do you need more support right now, and whom could you ask to provide it?Learn how to expand your social network, deepen your relationships, and live a more fulfilling life with this insightful workbook.With so much of our lives and contact going digital, the Guided Workbooks offer an intimate way to nurture your connection with yourself and the people around you. An entertaining way to get off your screen, the pages in these guided prompt books are great for writers and first-timers alike. Each workbook offers content around a different, compelling theme, filled with thoughtful questions, inspiration for composition, and interactive prompts to learn about yourself and the world around you. Beautifully designed on high-quality paper stock and full of mindful prompts, channel your inspiration as you put pen to paper to learn more about what inspires you.Other books in the series include: 52 Weeks to Better Mental Health, Finding Your Authentic Self, and Overcome Your Anxiety
147 kr
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Improve your social relationships and sense of connection with the lighthearted Don’t Die Alone guided workbook.The current epidemic of loneliness and social isolation is having detrimental effects on our mental, physical, and emotional health. Don’t Die Alone addresses these issues in an easygoing way, providing tangible techniques and guidance on how to alleviate your social disconnection, loneliness, and low self-esteem.With this accessible workbook, you’ll explore different types of loneliness and learn about what may be holding you back from making important connections. Dig deeper into your current relationships and learn about the structure and function that each one of your social connections brings to your life.Inside, you’ll find:Over 100 thought-provoking writing promptsPsychology-based techniques and exercisesA loneliness quiz to assess how lonely you really areLearn how to expand your social network, deepen your relationships, and live a more fulfilling life with this insightful workbook.
207 kr
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The average adult spends nearly one-third of their waking life alone. How do we overcome the stigma of solitude and find strength in going it alone? Whether we love it or try to avoid it, we can make better use of that time. The science of solitude shows that alone time can be a powerful space used to tap into countless benefits. Translating key research findings into actionable facts and advice, this book shows that alone time can boost well-being. From relaxation and recharging to problem solving and emotion regulation, solitude can benefit personal growth, contentment, creativity, and our relationships with ourselves and others. Learning what makes us better at spending time alone can help us move toward our best possible selves.
167 kr
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The average adult spends nearly one-third of their waking life alone. How do we overcome the stigma of solitude and find strength in going it alone? Whether we love it or try to avoid it, we can make better use of that time. The science of solitude shows that alone time can be a powerful space used to tap into countless benefits. Translating key research findings into actionable facts and advice, this book shows that alone time can boost well-being. From relaxation and recharging to problem solving and emotion regulation, solitude can benefit personal growth, contentment, creativity, and our relationships with ourselves and others. Learning what makes us better at spending time alone can help us move toward our best possible selves.
162 kr
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Need a rental person who does nothing?Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. After an old boss told him that he contributed nothing and that it made no difference whether he showed up to work or not, he wondered if a person who ‘does nothing’ could still have a place in the world. With a tweet, his Rental Person service was born.- Have a deep secret you desperately need to reveal, so deep that you can’t tell a friend or family member?- Have you spent a long time home alone, and want to know what it’s like to have somebody with you at your apartment?- Or for someone to simply think of you on a stressful day? Or wave to you as you leave the train station on a long journey?Morimoto is dependable, non-judgmental and committed to remaining a stranger throughout each request, and his encounters are revelatory about both Japanese society and human psychology.In Rental Person Who Does Nothing, Morimoto chronicles his extraordinary experiences in his unique line of work and reflects on how we consider relationships, jobs and family in our search for meaningful connection and purpose in life.
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Today, I’m starting a ‘rent a person who does nothing‘ service . . . Except for very simple conversation, I’m afraid I can do nothing.Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told that he was a ‘do-nothing’ because he lacked initiative. Dispirited and unemployed, it occurred to him that if he was so good at doing nothing, perhaps he could turn it into a business. And with one tweet, he began his business of renting himself out . . . to do nothing.Morimoto, aka Rental Person, provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. Sitting with a client undergoing surgery, accompanying a newly-divorced client to her favourite restaurant, visiting the site of a client’s suicide attempt are just a few of his thousands of true life adventures. He is dependable, non-judgmental and committed to remaining a stranger and the curious encounters he shares are revelatory about both Japanese society and human psychology.In Rental Person Who Does Nothing, Morimoto chronicles his extraordinary experiences in his unique line of work and reflects on how we consider relationships, jobs and family in our search for meaningful connection and purpose in life.
121 kr
Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar
The true life adventures of Shoji Morimoto, who launched a business in which he rents himself out to do nothing in Japan.'Distinctively Japanese musings on meaning and connection' – ObserverNeed a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. After an old boss told him that he contributed nothing and that it made no difference whether he showed up to work or not, he wondered if a person who ‘does nothing’ could still have a place in the world. With a tweet, his Rental Person service was born.- Have a deep secret you desperately need to reveal, so deep that you can’t tell a friend or family member?- Have you spent a long time home alone, and want to know what it’s like to have somebody with you at your apartment?- Or for someone to simply think of you on a stressful day? Or wave to you as you leave the train station on a long journey?Morimoto is dependable, non-judgmental and committed to remaining a stranger throughout each request, and his encounters are revelatory about both Japanese society and human psychology.In Rental Person Who Does Nothing, Morimoto chronicles his extraordinary experiences in his unique line of work and reflects on how we consider relationships, jobs and family in our search for meaningful connection and purpose in life.
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This book explores adolescents’ (10-18 years) experiences of silence, solitude, loneliness within the school setting. Although many studies explore social withdrawal and loneliness in adolescence, little is known about young people’s experiences of solitude as a state of being alone. This book ties together cutting-edge research from developmental psychology and education on solitude in adolescence, and opens the way to a pedagogy of solitude and well-being.Sandra Leanne Bosacki explores concerns about how adolescents learn social and solitude skills and the extent to which such skills are harmful or helpful, including self-control and regulation, and self-compassion. The book further explores implications of solitude studies for practice and provides recommendations for future research and education. Holistic models of education are encouraged to promote a balance of social and solitude skills that combines social management with self-regulation and self-compassion.
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This book explores adolescents’ (10-18 years) experiences of silence, solitude, loneliness within the school setting. Although many studies explore social withdrawal and loneliness in adolescence, little is known about young people’s experiences of solitude as a state of being alone. This book ties together cutting-edge research from developmental psychology and education on solitude in adolescence, and opens the way to a pedagogy of solitude and well-being.Sandra Leanne Bosacki explores concerns about how adolescents learn social and solitude skills and the extent to which such skills are harmful or helpful, including self-control and regulation, and self-compassion. The book further explores implications of solitude studies for practice and provides recommendations for future research and education. Holistic models of education are encouraged to promote a balance of social and solitude skills that combines social management with self-regulation and self-compassion.
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This book presents a thematic analysis of various aspects of solitude, silence and loneliness, from the ancient world to the present day, explored thematically with consideration to the links between aloneness to other social and political issues. The themes include exile (expulsion from a community), ecstasy (getting ‘out of oneself’) and enstasy (being comfortable within oneself), to the Romantic idea of the artist as solitary. There is work on aloneness in and through nature, especially the importance of natural settings for positive experiences of solitude. A central theme is alienation and its emotions, with the idea of loneliness and the rejected self being a more modern experience. The book explores modernism and postmodernism as presenting new forms of solitude in the twentieth century, and how, more recently, there have been attempts to ‘recover’ the self, through therapeutic uses of the arts. All of these types and experiences of aloneness are described through the lenses of artistic, literary and musical forms of expression, as aloneness is not only explored and articulated through these art forms, but is in many ways created through these art forms.
383 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book presents a thematic analysis of various aspects of solitude, silence and loneliness, from the ancient world to the present day, explored thematically with consideration to the links between aloneness to other social and political issues. The themes include exile (expulsion from a community), ecstasy (getting ‘out of oneself’) and enstasy (being comfortable within oneself), to the Romantic idea of the artist as solitary. There is work on aloneness in and through nature, especially the importance of natural settings for positive experiences of solitude. A central theme is alienation and its emotions, with the idea of loneliness and the rejected self being a more modern experience. The book explores modernism and postmodernism as presenting new forms of solitude in the twentieth century, and how, more recently, there have been attempts to ‘recover’ the self, through therapeutic uses of the arts. All of these types and experiences of aloneness are described through the lenses of artistic, literary and musical forms of expression, as aloneness is not only explored and articulated through these art forms, but is in many ways created through these art forms.