Ingredients of Emotional Maturity
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- ISBN 9781916753518
- Dimensions: 125 x 180mm
- Publication Date: 06 Aug 2026
- Publisher: The School of Life Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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We often assume that maturity arrives automatically with age. Yet many of us enter adulthood without ever learning what emotional maturity actually involves — or how to develop it.
The Ingredients of Emotional Maturity explores the core psychological qualities that define emotional adulthood: the ability to explain rather than merely react, to forgive without abandoning ourselves, to face conflict without catastrophising, and to live with the limits of who we are without falling into despair.
Written with clarity and compassion, this book examines emotional responsibility, vulnerability, self-compassion and the art of staying calm under pressure. It shows why emotional immaturity can persist long into adult life — and how, with patience and insight, we can move beyond reactive habits to become more resilient, generous and wise.
Thoughtful, practical and deeply humane, The Ingredients of Emotional Maturity is for anyone who wants to become a better friend, partner, colleague or parent — not through perfection, but through a kinder, more realistic understanding of what it truly means to grow up.
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