Living Alone

Self-Help

synopsis

Synopsis

Living alone following the end of a long-term relationship? This book is for you. Living on your own, after having shared your life with someone else for a long time, can be challenging. Not only do you have to look after yourself physically, you also need to face the demons of boredom and loneliness. In Living Alone, you’ll find all the content from the three books in the Living Alone series: • After She’s Gone • Cooking4One • Sanity Savers After reading Living Alone, you’ll have all the information you need to look after yourself physically, mentally and emotionally. Not only will you find out how easy it is to cook for yourself, you’ll also discover seven boredom-busting strategies for using your alone time, each illustrated with numerous tips. You will also find two strategies for avoiding loneliness, which highlight the value of committing to personal growth and engaging with others. Living Alone is a reminder that being on your own does not mean you have to stay home alone.

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Author Biography

Peter Mulraney is a crime writing mystic from Adelaide, Australia. He worked as a teacher, an insurance agent, a banker, and a public servant before turning to full-time writing. He is the author of the Inspector West & Stella Bruno Investigates crime series, several books as a mystic, including My Life is My Responsibility: Insights for Conscious Living, and the Living Alone & Everyday Business Skills series of self-help books.

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Author Insight

Solitude is not loneliness

One of the great lessons I learnt about living on my own was that being alone is not the same thing as being lonely. Solitude is a gift, especially when it becomes a gateway to knowing yourself, to becoming your own best friend. Loneliness, on the other hand, is that sense of feeling alone, isolated, or cut off from others. Enjoy your solitude but be aware solitude doesn't help when you're feeling lonely. The only cure for loneliness is to get out there where the people are. We are, after all, social beings and we need to be with other people. Friendship is the cure for loneliness. Engaging in life with others helps you avoid loneliness, even if you enjoy own company.

Book Excerpt

Living Alone

Befriending yourself

There is a difference between loneliness (being isolated or cut off from others) and being alone (being on your own).

For your entire life, you have been living with the best friend you could ever have - yourself. Unfortunately, most of us have lived our lives totally oblivious to that fact, and so, when we are on our own, we feel lonely. Some of us actually treat ourselves as the enemy.

It doesn't have to be that way.

One of the possible outcomes of living alone is finding out who you really are. I say one of the possible outcomes deliberately, because there are others, and you need to make a deliberate choice to embark on a journey of self-discovery.

I encourage you to make that choice, simply because the alternatives, like loneliness, depression and alcoholism, are not all that enjoyable. And suicide is final - you don't get to reconsider it after the fact, at least not in this dimension.

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Peter Mulraney

Living Alone

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

Solitude is not loneliness

Book Excerpt

Living Alone

Befriending yourself

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