A Conscious Life: Cultivating the Seven Qualities of Authentic Adulthood [Paperback]

Louis Cox (Author), Fran Cox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1995

This exploration of adulthood and redefinition of the age of consent tosses out the old, generational model and redefines adulthood for our time--according to consciousness rather than chronology. A welcome departure from the accepted norm of guaranteed adulthood at the age of 21, the authors' model offers easily accessible guidelines and suggestions for achieving an examined life.

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What eaxtly does it mean to be an adult. What constitutes maturity in our culture today? In A Conscious Life: Cultivating The Seven Qualities Of Authentic Adulthood, Fran & Louis Cox explore the issues of adulthood by presenting personal stories and offering psychological principles as a way of redefining adulthood in terms of consciousness rather than chronology. A Conscious Life provides a refreshing look at what adulthood can andshould be, contrasting the idea of "grown up" with that of the truly healthy adult. The authors' model is a departure from the accepted norm of adulthood upon the age of 21 and the recent trend of delaying adulthood past the troublesome twenties. Guidelines and examples help readers break out of the cycle of their parents lives (experienced as the children). Also provided, is information on how to avoid being controlled by emotional "triggers". -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Conari Press (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943233763
• ISBN-13: 978-0943233765
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #800,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Why do I feel like a kid inside?", March 30, 2000

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Mike S (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Conscious Life: Cultivating the Seven Qualities of Authentic Adulthood (Paperback)

If you ever wondered why you feel like a child hiding in an adult's body playing "grownup", this book is for you. The authors clearly explore the differences between "grownups" and "adults". "Grownups" are cut-off from their feelings and base their behavior on surface behavioral norms. "Adults" however, are able to comfortably integrate all their feelings without splitting them into "child" and "adult". The authors explain in a clear way how our self is a constant that all too often is parsed into pieces in order to satisfy the perceived expections of other "grownups". Afterall, we don't cross a magical threshold seperating childhood from adulthood.

I enjoyed the book so much I bought four copies to share with family and friends.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A highly readable guide of developing genuine adulthood, April 8, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: A Conscious Life: Cultivating the Seven Qualities of Authentic Adulthood (Paperback)

The authors contrasted characters of grownup with those of adult. Being adult means shedding of defensive and reactive mechanisms of grownups that shield oneself from experiencing the richfulness of life. Only when truly value the worthfulness and purposeful from inside, recognizing both power and limitation of human being, can one breaks free from the bondage of perfectionism and self-doubtfulness. A highly readable guide of personal growth and development

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A guide for empowering adult emergence and cultural renewal, June 25, 2000

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Robert L. Rose (Blooming Glen, PA, 18911-0064, Bucks County,United States)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Conscious Life: Cultivating the Seven Qualities of Authentic Adulthood (Paperback)

The authors offer their Seven Qualities of Authentic Adulthood as an antidote to the conventional ideal of the "grown-up" which distracts so many of us away from the personal and social goals of individuation: Adulthood and the refounding of culture as a wisdom tradition. Read this book and join in the dawning of the age of adulthood!