Further Along the Road Less Traveled: Self-Love Versus Self-Esteem

by M. Scott Peck

Audio Cassette

Published February 5, 1988

About the author

Morgan Scott Peck was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who wrote the book The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978.

Reviews

[Credo Vita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peck, a psychiatrist, opens with a now-famous line — "life is difficult" — and builds his entire book around the argument that most psychological suffering comes not from difficulty itself but from refusing to accept that difficulty is simply part of life. He blends clinical case studies with spiritual reflection, treating discipline, love, and grace as three intertwined paths toward genuine maturity.

First published in 1978, it spent years on bestseller lists and helped popularize the idea that spiritual growth and psychological health aren't separate projects but the same one. Denser and more overtly religious in places than more secular books on this shelf, but the opening framework alone has stayed relevant for decades.

Part of the purpose-and-meaning shelf on The Credo Vita (thecredovita.com/products.html?utm_so...).

[司南 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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