03161oam 2200709I 450 991079009310332120230725031041.01-136-72744-21-283-10322-297866131032221-136-72745-00-203-81719-210.4324/9780203817193 (CKB)2670000000082000(EBL)672403(OCoLC)773564521(SSID)ssj0000470915(PQKBManifestationID)11331958(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470915(PQKBWorkID)10415721(PQKB)10561051(MiAaPQ)EBC672403(Au-PeEL)EBL672403(CaPaEBR)ebr10462742(CaONFJC)MIL310322(OCoLC)714155237(EXLCZ)99267000000008200020180706e20111934 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA life of one's own /Marion Milner (Joanna Field) ; new introduction by Rachel BowlbyLondon :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (225 p.)"First published 1934 by Chatto & Windus under the name of Joanna Field."0-415-55065-3 0-415-55064-5 Includes bibliographical references.A Life of One's Own; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Prefatory Note to the 1952 edition; Introduction Rachel Bowlby; Preface; 1 First questions; 2 Keeping a diary; 3 Exploring the hinterland; 4 The coming and going of delight; 5 Searching for a purpose; 6 Searching for a rule; 7 Two ways of looking; 8 Discovering that thought can be blind; 9 Watching the antics of blind thinking; 10 The escape from blind thinking; 11 Fear of a dragon; 12 More outcasts of thought; 13 Relaxing; 14 Cart-horse or Pegasus?; 15 Discovery of the 'other'; 16 Retrospect; Epilogue; AfterwordHow often do we ask ourselves, 'What will make me happy? What do I really want from life?' In A Life of One's Own Marion Milner explores these questions and embarks on a seven year personal journey to discover what it is that makes her happy. On its first publication, W. H. Auden found the book 'as exciting as a detective story' and, as Milner searches out clues, the reader quickly becomes involved in the chase. Using her own personal diaries, kept over many years, she analyses moments of everyday life and discovers ways of being, of looking, of moving, that bring surprisingHappinessSuccessIntrospectionThought and thinkingDiariesTherapeutic useHappiness.Success.Introspection.Thought and thinking.DiariesTherapeutic use.158.1Milner Marion Blackett.1486506Bowlby Rachel1957-166107MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790093103321A life of one's own3705995UNINA