Pioneering therapist Emmy van Deurzen provides a practical, philosophy-based guide for navigating the everyday challenges of living, offering a lifeline for rebuilding trust in the world. This book is designed for individuals seeking direction and purpose, whether they are currently in therapy or prefer self-guided exploration of life's struggles.

Drawing on over fifty years of experience, van Deurzen presents a way of being available to everyone, focusing on finding a more engaged, purposeful, deliberate, and buoyant life. The book explores the four key aspects of human experience: physical, social, personal, and spiritual.

• A user's guide to everyday challenges, reframing self-understanding through philosophy.
• Offers wisdom and moving stories to help deal with dilemmas and difficulties of every kind.
• Aims to rekindle confidence in personal abilities and revitalize the capacity to relate to others.
• Focuses on a 'way of being' rather than fixed qualities of personality or character.
• Examines the four key aspects of experience: physical, social, personal, and spiritual.

• Author: Emmy van Deurzen
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 432 pages
• Publication Date: May 14, 2026
• ISBN-10: 0241526108
• ISBN-13: 978-0241526101
• Dimensions: 16.4 x 3.8 x 24.1 cm
• Weight: 500 g

Beginning to Live is an invitation to step back, discover what truly matters, and recognize that your future is a work of art in progress.