Sh*t Happens – Lessons for dealing with life’s ups & downs

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Sh*t Happens: Lessons for Dealing with Life’s Ups & Downs

Have you ever wondered why you react the way you do to stressful situations? Or why some people seem to fall apart while others become rigid or controlling?

We are all shaped by our childhood, our relationships and our life experiences — good and bad. We can’t control the sh*t life throws at us, but we can learn to understand and change how we respond to it.

In Sh*t Happens, psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald draws on more than 20 years of clinical experience to explain some of the key concepts he uses in his practice. The book explores the patterns we fall into — particularly when we are stressed — and how understanding those patterns can help us build stronger relationships with ourselves and with other people.

Kyle describes Sh*t Happens not so much as a conventional “self-help” book, but as a map: an accessible guide to some of the things people learn through psychotherapy. Regardless of the responses and habits we may have developed over the course of our lives, we are not locked into them. Our past does not have to dictate our future.

Across 13 chapters, Sh*t Happens explores childhood and parenting, trauma, depression and low mood, mindfulness, managing emotions, relationships, love and anger, identity and meaning — and, importantly, how to put these ideas into practice.

Written in Kyle’s straightforward, accessible and at times humorous style, Sh*t Happens offers a practical way to better understand your emotional world and navigate the inevitable ups and downs of being human.

Buy directly from Kyle — and receive a free book

Purchase Sh*t Happens directly from Kyle’s website and receive a FREE copy of The Nutters Club: Helping Nutters from the Inside Out with your order, while stocks last.

The Nutters Club shares eleven candid personal stories dealing with mental health, addiction, trauma and recovery, together with insights into Mike King’s own experiences. Based on the groundbreaking New Zealand television and radio programme, the book explores difficult subjects in an accessible, non-preachy way, with a focus on coping, recovery and hope.

Copies of Sh*t Happens purchased here can also be personally inscribed by Kyle at no additional cost. Simply enter the name and message you would like written in the book when ordering.

For $39.99 you receive:

• One copy of Sh*t Happens: Lessons for Dealing with Life’s Ups & Downs
• One FREE copy of The Nutters Club: Helping Nutters from the Inside Out, while stocks last
• Optional personalised inscription by Kyle at no additional cost
• NZ-wide shipping $9.99 added at checkout

Sh*t Happens
Paperback
Published by Upstart Press
ISBN: 9781990003677