LESSONS FOR LIVING What Only Adversity Can Teach You

Narrating this flow of arresting ideas from an L.A. psychiatrist with prior books and famous patients, actor JC Mackenzie connects with the author's intelligent perspectives on humanity and compassion for the challenges of modern life. His handsome speech patterns are subdued but never fail to capture the nuanced wisdom in this writing. Stutz has an uncanny grasp of how we measure ourselves against the ideal that we should always be successful and happy. He says living well is less about results and more about learning, moving forward with discipline, and embracing our connection to higher spiritual forces. With uncommon grace, Stutz describes a type of responsibility for our lives that sounds reasonable, an approach that has a real chance of promoting the love, joy, transcendence, and creativity people crave. T.W. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2023]