Silence: The Psychology and the Craft for Emotional Wellbeing

by Olga V. Lehmann

In The Psychology and the Craft for Emotional Wellbeing, the author―a psychotherapist, university professor, educator, and researcher―takes the listener into a thought-provoking and heartfelt journey. She offers original perspectives and vulnerable stories from her clients, students, and personal life. Drawing on, among others, ethnographic and autoethnographic accounts, Lehmann serves the listener with psychological insights, offering a timely, critical, and thorough viewpoint to contrast with an overload of misinformation about what silence is and how people should feel when quiet. The listener will be challenged to aspire to balance when communicating or connecting with themselves, with others, with nature, or with art, or, for some, as part of a spiritual path. Whether in nature, at work meetings, on the road, in a classroom, in the therapy room, or at the dinner table, silences appear as coordinates, and this book is the missing map for surviving and thriving when navigating toward well-being.

336 pages, Hardcover

Published December 8, 2025

Reviews

[Mindee Bacon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This interesting book surprised me in how easy and enjoyable of a reading experience it was. I was afraid when I received this book as an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley and RBmedia, that it might read like a psychology textbook. This was not the case. Olga V. Lehmann, shared her research and life experiences in a way that were not only interesting, but simple and inspiring. In this loud, chaotic world, this book explained how to just pause, take a few minutes to just enjoy the present, listen to your inner thoughts, pray or meditate, and just listen to the silence. There are constantly noises in this fast moving world, but after reading this book, I have a different perspective on how I should move in this hectic, noisy life. This encouraged me to slow down, breathe, stop and take a breath and just be silent.