The road less travelled : a new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth / M. Scott Peck.
By: Peck, M. Scott (Morgan Scott) [author]
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BookPublisher: London : Rider, 2020Description: xviii, 377 pages : 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781846046391 (paperback).Subject(s): Self-actualization (Psychology) | Interpersonal relations | WellbeingDDC classification: 158.1 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Wellbeing | 158.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Wellbeing Collection - Wellbeing | 00220064 |
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'Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.'
A timeless classic in personal development, The Road Less Travelled is a landmark work that has inspired millions. Drawing on the experiences of his career as a psychiatrist, Scott Peck combines scientific and spiritual views to guide us through the difficult, painful times in life by showing us how to confront our problems through the key principles of discipline, love and grace.
Teaching us how to distinguish dependency from love, how to become a more sensitive parent and how to connect with your true self, this incredible book is the key to accepting and overcoming life's challenges and achieving a higher level of self-understanding.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Discipline -- Love -- Growth and religion -- Grace.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
M. Scott Peck was born on May 22, 1936 in New York City. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and was attending Middlebury College before being expelled for refusing to attend mandatory R.O.T.C. sessions. He transferred to Harvard University, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1958, and then received a medical degree in 1963 from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.He was a psychiatrist in the United States Army for nearly 10 years, was the director of the New Milford Hospital Mental Health Clinic, and worked in a private psychiatric practice in Connecticut. In 1984, he helped establish the Foundation for Community Encouragement, whose mission is to promote and teach the principles of Community.
He was among the founding fathers of the self-help genre of books. His works include The Road Less Traveled, Further Along the Road Less Traveled, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond, People of the Lie, and The Different Drum. He also wrote a novel entitled A Bed by the Window. He received the 1984 Kaleidoscope Award for Peacemaking, the 1994 Temple International Peace Prize, and the Learning, Faith and Freedom Medal from Georgetown University in 1996. He died from complications of pancreatic and liver duct cancer on September 25, 2005 at the age of 69.
(Bowker Author Biography)