The Universal Heart: A practical guide to love

by Stephanie Dowrick

Stephanie Dowrick shows how you can make lasting change from within to create positive and loving relationships with family, friends, children and colleagues using simple and fail-safe golden 'rules'.

'A tour de force in matters of the heart.' Claire Scobie, Kindred Spirit

A life worth living is a life of love. Love is the currency that transcends all others. Love connects us most deeply to our best selves, as well as to other people.

The presence or absence of love makes the greatest difference to our happiness, our health and wellbeing. Yet seeking love and sustaining it continues to disappoint many people.

In this powerful and practical book, Dr Stephanie Dowrick affirms our highest ideals and intentions. Better still, she shows us how possible it is to live them out. With the compassion and psychological depth that is the hallmark of her writing, she also explores the common pitfalls to love. Then, with persuasive wisdom, she helps us to transform them.

Perhaps what also makes this book exceptional is that Stephanie Dowrick shows us how to live more appreciatively across all our relationships, including with our own selves. Through her powers of storytelling, she demonstrates that anything worth discovering about love improves not one but every one of our connections. In a world where fears of not being or having enough dominate, she proves that love is ours to discover, to give and to receive.

'Deeply attentive and acutely perceptive ... infinitely compassionate and accepting.' Josephine Brouard, Women's Health

'Stephanie Dowrick is a godsend. Her gift is the ability to write in a manner that genuinely enriches and changes lives.' Nigel Marsh, writer and global CEO

'Her wisdom is contagious. If anyone can cause a happiness revolution, she can.' Paul Wilson, author of the Calmbooks

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction

456 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 26, 2012

Reviews

[Amanda]

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My first book by Stephanie when I turned 24, beautiful
Still read it to this day x

[Izzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book off and on (I read novels in between).This is a book that you can take your time with as there is plenty of points to think about. I love the way Stephanie Dowrick writes,which made the book even more enjoyable.
Overall I would highly recommend this book for people who want to,or continue to,learn the most simple lessons of living a wonderful, fulfilling life.

[Isabel Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

This came at the right time for me - quite a number of significant things in my life collided. Stephanie's wisdom, gentleness and understanding helped to create some calm and peace. I lent the book to someone else going through similar things - I never got it back, but I don't mind. I bought another without hesitation.

[Bernadine Kennedy]

Found it difficult to sit and read it constantly - have given it back to the lender and will try again when I buy my own, as I do want to have it there to refer to from time to time....

[Janine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned so much from this book about myself and my relationships… will be reading it again some time in the future.