TAAZE 讀冊生活 在人生的道路上，我們其實是仰賴著感覺前行的。
理解並駕馭「情緒」，在繁忙的生活中我們才能忠於自己。
現代人生活在重重壓力之下，想要維持平靜、滿足或持續對新經驗開放，其實並不容易。如果你想減少苦悶與壞心情，增加對生活的滿足感，心理治療師能教你四種維持情緒健康的方法：練習自我觀察的技巧、審視自己的人際關係、覺察並處理壓力，以及重新解讀自己的成長經驗。透過本書所提供的一連串練習，你將可以強化抗壓力與觀照力，提升創造力。
◎規律寫日記的人心情比較好，憂傷的時間也比較少。
◎聊天氣又何妨－－閒話家常是與他人建立關係的有效方式。
◎畫出你的舒適區－－勇敢去做你一直想做，但還不敢去嘗試的事。
◎敘述你的成長故事－－回顧自己如何受到原生家庭的影響。
【人生學校系列】
如果說人生是一所學校，
艾倫．狄波頓幫你找來了最好的老師，給你立即上手的建議！
在人生學校的課表上，你不會看到「哲學」「法文」「歷史」與「古典文學」這類科目，而是會看到「婚姻」「挑選職業」「養育子女」「財務焦慮」「死亡」及「改變世界」等課程。六本不同主題的勵志書，將為你帶來實用的建議，幫助你理清自己的情感，讓你在苦惱和困頓之時有所依憑。
A handbook to console, nourish and gently lead us on the path to emotional balance
There is no simple set of instructions that can guarantee sanity, but if you want to overcome emotional difficulties and become happier, psychotherapist Philippa Perry argues that there are four cornerstones to sanity you can influence to bring about change. By developing your self-observation skills, examining how you relate to others, breaking out of your comfort zone and exploring new ways of defining yourself, she suggests ways of getting over your problems and feeling more ‘normal’. This book explores techniques to help you find emotional equilibrium, such as practising mindfulness, being emotionally honest in your relationships with others, challenging your brain in new and exciting ways, and finding cause for optimism. Through case studies, practical exercises and stories of individual experience, this insightful and inspirational book reaches out to anyone in need of a little emotional support from time to time.
★本書中譯版《如何維持情緒健康》由先覺出版。
作者簡介
菲莉帕．派瑞（Philippa Perry）
心理治療師，同時也是位作家，曾為《衛報》《觀察家周報》《暫停》及《健康生活》雜誌等刊物撰稿，並擔任《心理學》雜誌專欄作家。2010年出版圖像小說《沙發狂想》，揭開心理治療的神祕面紗，2011年為「人生學校」書系撰寫《如何維持情緒健康》一書。目前她與藝術家先生葛瑞森．派瑞住在倫敦及薩塞克斯兩地，享受蒔花弄草、烹飪、派對、散步與推特的生活。
Philippa Perry is a psychotherapist who, in an attempt to demystify psychotherapy, wrote the graphic novel, Couch Fiction. She has written for The Guardian, the Observer, Time Out and Healthy Living magazine and has a column in Psychologies magazine. She lives in London and Sussex with her husband, the artist Grayson Perry and enjoys gardening, cooking, parties, walking, tweeting (@philippa_perry) and watching telly
