Being True to Life: Poetic Paths to Personal Growth

Psychotherapist David Richo offers a fresh and inspiring approach to personal growth: we can use the process of writing and reading poetry to move toward greater self-understanding and emotional healing. Even if you’ve never written a poem before you can learn to use poetry to explore your feelings your relationships your childhood your dreams and more. . Richo explains how the creative intuitive process of making poetry can help us gain access to our deepest truths leading us to make connections and explore experiences in a new way beyond the constraints of everyday language. This book offers a range of practical exercises for getting started as well as guidance on how to read poetry in a way that can be personally transformative. . Being True to Life shows us that poetry is not reserved for a few specially talented individuals but is a deeply human activity that anyone can tap into for greater clarity and insight into life’s struggles beauty and mysteries.