Are You Chasing Rainbows?: A Practical Insight into Emotional Maturity and Why Adults Sometimes Behave Like Children - Softcover

Alison R Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907798358 ISBN 13: 9781907798351

Publisher: Balloon View Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

A personal and practical insight into emotional maturity and why adults sometimes behave like children. Have you ever looked at an adult and thought, Oh grow up ? Why do adults sometimes behave like children? What do they gain from doing so? What can they do about it? This book is a personal and practical insight into emotional maturity, using personal observations of adult and child behaviour. It will help you to: Tell the difference between childlike and childish behaviour in yourself and others. Understand what leads to the sayings, Oh Grow up, Act your age and many others. Recognise when a frightened child can hijack an adult body. Know why EQ (emotional intelligence) is not the same as IQ. Discover the healing in accepting what cannot be changed. Learn that what you want is not the same as what you need. Stop old and unhelpful behaviour patterns. Change something small and experience a big difference. Feel good enough. Grow up.

About this title

About the Author

Following more than a decade as psychotherapist with a thriving practice, Alison Russell became passionate about the role of emotional maturity in mental health problems. She turned her attention to developing the subject, using her previous working experiences in childcare and retailing. She has spoken at conferences in the UK and taken workshops in the UK and Australia. Alison is a regular speaker and contributor to the press, radio and online. She lives in North Yorkshire, where she is also a professional taster of chocolate for Nestle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Balloon View Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907798358
• ISBN 13: 9781907798351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 247