Boteach real boon is his ability to convey difficult ideas in simple ways. Compared to his media persona this book gives an element of intimacy with the reader that one rarely beings across in other communications. The book drawers from the wide field of Kabbalist and Hasidic philosophy, and gives one a core understanding of particular concepts around how these schools of understanding help the reader to identify and understand their emotions in a more healthy way. I read this in the 90s and still find myself looking back to it at times.