Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up by James Hollis Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up
Book Review: WHAT A LOVELY, PROVACATIVE READ
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not much of a reader of self-help books but this title caught my eye, and I picked it up. It is so thoughtful and provocative that, to my surprise, I read it twice. My husband also read it, and it has led to such lovely conversations.
James Hollis is not the purveyor of simple cheer or bromides. He is interested in helping us ask the question, "What new thing do I have to learn about myself in the world?"and then giving us some guidance in figuring out how we might possibly answer it.
This book is neither hard nor easy to read. It requires attention and thought. Hollis believes, "...the goal of life is not happiness but meaning." If you find yourself feeling mostly grown up but wanting to have a greater sense of self and meaning, this is a book well worth trying. I loved it.
Book Review: Raves from one who doesn't read "self-help"
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm 54 (in the second half of life) and I generally do not read "self-help", spiritually inclined books. I picked up Hollis' work at the beloved Powell's in PDX months ago and have just finished it, reading a bit here and there over time, jotting some notes in a journal as I went. Wonderfully insightful and helpful for me it was as I yearn for more solid second-half-of-life meaning beyond career and societal niche. I loved his kind, literary writing voice and the sense that Hollis has helped himself and many others find their ways to deeper truths.Book Review: The luxury of finding meaning
Summary: 3 Stars
At a time when many of us are constrained by potential or real economic pressures, it's difficult to envision breaking out of constricting roles and living freely into our soul's passion and wisdom.
BUT, I have been wrestling...and blessed by this book. I particularly resonated with the section on making "deals" with God and the universe (pp 83-84). Big deal maker and prayer chatterer that I am...thinking that perhaps if I distract God, my shortcomings will be overlooked...some of my most painful and profound learnings have been around trying to give up my magical thinking.
Book Review: We Need To Find Meaning
Summary: 5 Stars
I buy every book by Jim Hollis and attend his lectures because he makes my life bigger and better. This excellent book helped me to grow up and out and take responsibility for my life as we all must do! His beautiful word choices and description of our inner worlds makes me feel like my life is my partner and let me tell you how I love to dance with my partner.
You can never go wrong with a book written by the esteemed Dr. Hollis.
Mary Jane Hurley Brant
www.wheneverydaymatters.com
Book Review: One of the clearest Jungian exposés that exists.
Summary: 5 Stars
As someone who has studied Jung for a great deal of their adult life, I find this to be an exceptional book. Many terms that other authors attempt to describe such as psyche, ego, transference, etc., are really very difficult to follow. Hollis does an exceptional job in breaking Jungian terms open for the reader. Of course, this does not say that it is a particularly easy read as I believe the book is probably most beneficial for someone who has studied psychology somewhat, even if on his or her on. The most amazing part of the book (for me) is that the author really speaks to the crisis of mid-life. As someone who feels as though he has just faced this :) the book was most helpful not in telling me what to do, but rather the questions that I need to reflect on to live a fuller life in the second half of life. I have recommended this book to others as well. I look forward to reading Dr. Hollis' other books as this was my first.