Living Your Unlived Life: Coping with Unrealized Dreams and Fulfilling Your Purpose in the Second Half of Life

By Robert A. Johnson and Jerry M. Ruhl

Book Overview

The esteemed Jungian psychologist counsels on how to cope with feelings of failure or regret in the latter half of life and how to open to a more meaningful existence, even if outer circumstances cannot be changed. In Living Your Unlived Life , the renowned therapist Robert A. Johnson, writing with longtime collaborator and fellow Jungian psychologist Jerry M. Ruhl, offers a simple but transformative premise- Our abandoned, unrealized, or underdeveloped talents, when they are not fully integrated into our lives, can become profoundly troublesome in midlife, leading us to depression, suddenly hating our spouses, our jobs, or even our lives. When our unlived lives are brought to consciousness, however, they can become the fuel that can propel us beyond our limitations?even if our outer circumstances cannot always be visibly altered.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585426997
• ISBN13: 9781585426997
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Tarcherperigee
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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Having read most of the publications of Robert Johnson and used them almost as exercise books enhanced my life enormously during last years. The gratitude I feel urged me to write this review, a) in order to thank to Johnson for his effective and compassionate guidance pointing the direction for inner peace and happiness ; b) to thank to Jerry M. Ruhl, for his contributions and also for having persuaded Johnson to continue...

Living Your Unlived Life

In the blurrrr of early-life demands people fail to realize how much of their potential they are suppressing. Now at age 87, Robert Johnson offers wisdom for the aging.

There is gold in the shadow

This is not a book to just read in the ordinary sense of the term. This is a book that is best judged by the results it produces for the reader, and the reader will need to work, not just read, to attain them. I read the book. I did the work. I gained some splendid benefits. For that reason, the following essay is as much a testimonial as a review. We all have unlived lives. In the process of making the decisions that...

Experiencing a well-rounded life

From John Howard Prin, author of Secret Keeping: Overcoming Hidden Habits and Addictions I heartily recommend this book for everyone who yearns to live their dream. The authors have packed much wisdom into 200+ pages, all in a highly readable style. Their insights opened up many mysteries of the unconscious for me and showed healthy ways to experience freedom and fulfillment...to drink life to the last drop. What I learned...

Well-written, practical and wise

An insightful invitation to the "second half of life" (which is always there, before, during, and after "mid-life"). With the help of a "guiding myth" (Castor & Pollux), Johnson and Ruhl engage the reader in an illuminating quest for personal wholeness through Story, Inner Work, Active Imagination and Dreams. Helpful exercises are included along the way (I see a workbook edition coming), and an Unlived Life Inventory is...