Most of us try to avoid our problems. However, our spiritual growth depends on confronting them and working through the suffering they cause. In The Road Less Traveled, psychotherapist M. Scott Peck teaches you how to face the inevitable challenges in your life, grow through hardship, and ultimately attain deeper self-knowledge. His recommended path to spiritual enlightenment includes four key elements: discipline, love, personal religion, and grace. Without these four qualities, you risk not only spiritual stagnation but also the mental health problems that come with it. Embracing these four qualities leads to better health, better relationships, and a richer life.

What is love, really? In The Art of Loving, psychologist and philosopher Erich Fromm argues that what most people think of as love is actually a form of false love—giving affection only to get something in return—instead of genuine, mature love. He believes that this failure to truly achieve loving connection is why so many people are unhappy, despite having all their basic needs met. However, if we can learn how to genuinely love others, we’ll be happier and less isolated.

The Art of Loving was originally published in 1956, but many of its lessons are just as relevant today as they were in the 20th century. In this guide, we’ll begin by examining Fromm’s ideas on the purpose of love. Then, we’ll examine the types of false love that people often mistake for genuine love. Finally, we’ll learn what genuine love looks like and how to practice it. Throughout the guide, we’ll compare Fromm’s ideas about love to those of other philosophers and psychologists and add some additional nuances he may not have considered.

Have you felt like trying to understand and analyze your problems isn’t enough to actually solve them? In The Tools, psychiatrist Phil Stutz and psychotherapist Barry Michels go beyond the common analytical approach to therapy by providing practical strategies for handling life’s challenges and unlocking your potential. They argue that focusing on practical strategies that change your behavior can push you past your mental blocks and limiting beliefs.

In this guide, we’ll examine the authors’ five strategies: embrace pain, accept yourself, love radically, let gratitude guide you, and stay disciplined. We’ll also compare Stutz and Michels’s ideas to those in other books, such as The Obstacle is the Way, and offer additional advice to help you change your behavior for the better.

Most people lead fragmented and unhappy lives full of suffering, driven by a variety of conflicting impulses even as they yearn to be true to their real selves. But fortunately, there’s an infallible expert on the subject of who you really are: you. You’re the only one with firsthand knowledge of what it’s like to be yourself.

In The Untethered Soul, spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer, founder of the Temple of the Universe meditation center and a pioneering figure in the world of medical software, teaches you how to use your direct self-knowledge as an intuitive tool for spiritual awakening. Combining powerful principles with practical techniques, he shows you how to free yourself from false identities and live an enlightened life of peace, joy, creativity, and divine love.

At some point in their life, every artist has wished for a sure-fire method to enhance their creativity. Luckily, Julia Cameron provides that method in Seeking Wisdom. She explains that spirituality is the key to creativity—to maximize your creative potential, you must first get in touch with divinity through prayer. Throughout the book, Cameron walks you through each step of your spiritual journey, using anecdotes from her own life and interviews with those close to her to illustrate her recommendations.

This guide to Seeking Wisdom will break down Cameron’s techniques to unblock and boost creativity. We’ll discover how you can begin communicating with the divine, the types of prayers you should practice, and how to channel your spirituality into your creative endeavors. We’ll also discuss books from other authors, spiritual guides, and psychologists that supplement Cameron’s advice, such as The Secret by Rhonda Byrne and The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown.

Most of us try to avoid our problems. However, our spiritual growth depends on confronting them and working through the suffering they cause. In The Road Less Traveled, psychotherapist M. Scott Peck teaches you how to face the inevitable challenges in your life, grow through hardship, and ultimately attain deeper self-knowledge. His recommended path to spiritual enlightenment includes four key elements: discipline, love, personal religion, and grace. Without these four qualities, you risk not only spiritual stagnation but also the mental health problems that come with it. Embracing these four qualities leads to better health, better relationships, and a richer life.

Most people lead fragmented and unhappy lives full of suffering, driven by a variety of conflicting impulses even as they yearn to be true to their real selves. But fortunately, there’s an infallible expert on the subject of who you really are: you. You’re the only one with firsthand knowledge of what it’s like to be yourself.

In The Untethered Soul, spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer, founder of the Temple of the Universe meditation center and a pioneering figure in the world of medical software, teaches you how to use your direct self-knowledge as an intuitive tool for spiritual awakening. Combining powerful principles with practical techniques, he shows you how to free yourself from false identities and live an enlightened life of peace, joy, creativity, and divine love.