Deep human connection : why we need it more than anything else /
Cope, Stephen,author.
"Do you long to connect more deeply with other human beings? Do you wonder if you're living up to your human potential to make these deep connections happen--and perhaps missing out on this most compelling aspect of a vital life? In this groundbreaking book, best-selling author Stephen Cope invites us to explore the most important questions in this domain: What is the nature of human connection? Why, precisely, is a capacity to connect deeply so important to the development of our minds, bodies, and spirits? What are the actual mechanisms of connection that we must master during the course of life? How can our lack of connection inhibit our happiness and satisfaction in life? Can we learn to connect more wisely than we do? Cope is well known as a master storyteller, and in this new book he seamlessly blends science, scholarship, and storytelling, drawing on poignant stories from his own life as well as the lives of famous figures--from E.M. Forster to Sigmund Freud to Queen Victoria--whose formative relationships shed light on the nature of connection itself. In the process, he lays out in stunning detail the precise mechanisms of human connection, which he distills into five helpful categories: containment, twinship, adversity, mirroring, and conscious partnership. Then he invites us into a remarkably practical reflection on how these forms of connection appear in our own lives, helping us work toward a fuller understanding of deep human connection--and a more satisfying and fruitful life."--Page 4 of cover.
Revised edition of: Soul friends : the transforming power of deep human connection / Stephen Cope. 1st edition. 2017.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1. Containment. Safely and securely held and soothed ; Eleanor Roosevelt and Marie Souvestre: the search for safe harbor -- Part 2. Twinship. The thrill of reciprocity ; Telling our stories, co-creating ourselves ; Finny and Gene: doubt, rivalry, and intense contingency -- Part 3. Adversity. Wrestling with the angel ; Survivability! -- Part 4. Mirroring. The self behind the self, concealed ; Ghosts of the past ; The wish to see and the wish not to see ; Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Fliess, and the urge to truth ; The puzzle solved: unwinding the mystery of "Annabel Lee" -- Part 5. Conscious partnership. The "found object" ; The upward spiral : joy, contentment, interest, and love ; Victoria and Albert: the noble ally.
"Do you long to connect more deeply with other human beings? Do you wonder if you're living up to your human potential to make these deep connections happen--and perhaps missing out on this most compelling aspect of a vital life? In this groundbreaking book, best-selling author Stephen Cope invites us to explore the most important questions in this domain: What is the nature of human connection? Why, precisely, is a capacity to connect deeply so important to the development of our minds, bodies, and spirits? What are the actual mechanisms of connection that we must master during the course of life? How can our lack of connection inhibit our happiness and satisfaction in life? Can we learn to connect more wisely than we do? Cope is well known as a master storyteller, and in this new book he seamlessly blends science, scholarship, and storytelling, drawing on poignant stories from his own life as well as the lives of famous figures--from E.M. Forster to Sigmund Freud to Queen Victoria--whose formative relationships shed light on the nature of connection itself. In the process, he lays out in stunning detail the precise mechanisms of human connection, which he distills into five helpful categories: containment, twinship, adversity, mirroring, and conscious partnership. Then he invites us into a remarkably practical reflection on how these forms of connection appear in our own lives, helping us work toward a fuller understanding of deep human connection--and a more satisfying and fruitful life."--Page 4 of cover.
Friendship.
Soul mates.
Interpersonal relations.
Friendship.
Interpersonal relations.
Soul mates.