Vincent Deary is professor of applied health psychology at Northumbria University, where his research focuses on the development of new psychosocial interventions for people with a variety of health complaints, including cancer survivors and fear of falling in older adults. As a clinician he works in the UK's first trans-diagnostic Fatigue Clinic, to help people for whom fatigue is a disabling symptom. He is the author of How We Are.
A lyrical and ultimately uplifting examination of what happens when
our minds and bodies are put under extreme stress or suffering
*The Financial Times*
Drawing on a wide range of sources about the human experience,
Vincent Deary has written a warm and compassionate book about how
we hurt and how we heal. A rich and humane work
*Gwen Adshead, forensic psychiatrist and author of THE DEVIL YOU
KNOW*
From a deep mine of science, philosophy, art and personal
experience, Vincent Deary has produced a treasure of a book. Every
page of How We Break gleams with wisdom and insight. Nobody could
fail to be enriched by it
*Matt Rowland Hill, author of ORIGINAL SINS*
A particular strength of the book is the way Deary weaves between
different schools of thought within psychology, philosophy and
religion. The result is not merely a discussion of abstract ideas,
but a collection of valuable observations about what it means to be
human in the modern world
*the Guardian*
Deary’s exhilarating new book mixes science, philosophy and memoir
to argue that self-acceptance is our best defence against the
stress of living… Deary’s writing is wise and compassionate,
sometimes florid and always interesting – few writers could jump so
nimbly between Proust and RuPaul, neuroscience and the occult. …
Deary’s is the rare book that helps you see the world a little
differently
*The New Statesman*
The psychologist and researcher’s persuasive inquiry into how
life’s struggles take their toll is full of hard-won wisdom...
There is a rawness to Deary’s analysis that gives a compelling
human edge to his theorising
*Observer (Book of the Day)*
Deary offers a thought experiment that just might be a
game-changer
*The Irish Times*
In How We Break, the health psychologist Vincent Deary suggests
some answers for ‘navigating the wear and tear of living’… This
essential self-exploration underlines the deeply humane plea which
is the heartbeat of the book: for more self-compassion… There is
much wisdom in Deary’s regret that this society has neglected the
idea of convalescence’
*The Daily Mail*
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