New Releases by Elise Loehnen

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live Why do women equate self-denial with being good? We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others’ needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best Behavior, journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses—often lauded as unselfish, distinctly feminine instincts—are actually ingrained in us by a culture that reaps the benefits, via an extraordinarily effective collection of mores known as the Seven Deadly Sins. Since being codified by the Christian church in the fourth century, the Seven Deadly Sins—pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth—have exerted insidious power. Even today, in our largely secular, patriarchal society, they continue to circumscribe women’s behavior. For example, seeing sloth as sinful leads women to deny themselves rest; a fear of gluttony drives them to ignore their appetites; and an aversion to greed prevents them from negotiating for themselves and contributes to the 55 percent gender wealth gap. In On Our Best Behavior, Loehnen reveals how we’ve been programmed to obey the rules represented by these sins and how doing so qualifies us as “good.” This probing analysis of contemporary culture and thoroughly researched history explains how women have internalized the patriarchy, and how they unwittingly reinforce it. By sharing her own story and the spiritual wisdom of other traditions, Loehnen shows how we can break free and discover the integrity and wholeness we seek.

Based on the bestselling, groundbreaking self-help book The Tools, this expansive workbook hybrid helps us access the power of the unconscious. The universe contains three unavoidable domains: uncertainty, the need for constant work, and pain. We can meet the demands of these domains, which encapsulate the problems we all face, only by accessing the unconscious and harnessing our Life Force. While therapist Phil Stutz offers some symptom relief in The Tools, Coming Alive, and Lessons for Living, providing a framework for understanding how to engage with our lives head-on, True and False Magic brings his entire worldview together into an actionable process—one that you can return to again and again. Readers will encounter familiar Stutzian concepts like Life Force, Part X, and the Realm of Illusion, but the methods conveyed here are stitched together into both a meta-theory and a map-like protocol. Stutz’s method has long been praised by his high-powered clientele, but now anyone can follow along with the prescriptive exercises to access their unconscious and overcome life’s many hurdles.

Da lista de mais vendidos do The New York Times. Finalista do prêmio Goodreads de 2023. Uma reveladora visão histórica de como as mulheres, sem se dar conta, internalizaram regras morais opressoras baseadas nos pecados capitais. Desde cedo aprendemos que, para sermos consideradas mulheres exemplares, precisamos reprimir a raiva, negar nosso desejo e colocar as necessidades dos outros na frente das nossas. Neste livro, a jornalista Elise Loehnen explica como o impulso de nos anularmos para sermos “boazinhas” na verdade se deve a ideias plantadas na mente feminina pela mesma cultura que se beneficia de nos manter sob controle. Os Sete Pecados Capitais – orgulho, ganância, luxúria, inveja, gula, ira e preguiça – têm exercido um poder insidioso sobre as mulheres desde que foram estabelecidos pela Igreja no século IV. E ainda hoje continuam a cercear nosso comportamento. Ao considerarmos a preguiça um pecado, nos negamos o descanso. O medo da gula nos leva a ignorar nossos apetites. Enquanto a aversão à ganância nos impede de negociar em causa própria, o que contribui para a desigualdade salarial entre os gêneros. Recorrendo a uma vasta pesquisa, a histórias de sua própria vida e à contribuição de diversas tradições espirituais, Bem-comportadas inspira as mulheres a se libertarem e encontrarem a integridade, o equilíbrio e a plenitude que todas nós buscamos.

»Ich strengte mich so sehr an, gut genug zu sein. Mein ganzes Leben lang hatte ich versucht, gut genug zu sein. Ich gönnte mir keine Pause, sorgte hingebungsvoll für meine Familie, für Kolleginnen und Freunde. Ich kontrollierte meinen Körper, damit er in eine bestimmte Kleidergröße passte, achtete darauf, meine Gefühle im Griff zu haben. Was würde passieren, wenn ich mit all dem einfach aufhörte? Ich wusste keine Antwort, aber ich beschloss, es herauszufinden. Ich wusste, das würde mich eine Menge kosten. Aber es würde mir auch mein Leben zurückgeben.« Podcasterin und Bestseller-Autorin Elise Loehnen schreibt ausgehend von ihren eigenen Erfahrungen über Eigenschaften und Verhaltensweisen, die bei Männern auf Zustimmung stoßen, bei Frauen jedoch sozial nicht anerkannt werden. Sie nennt sie die 7 Todsünden moderner Frauen: Faulheit Neid Hochmut Völlerei Gier Lust Traurigkeit Ein kluges und unverzichtbares Buch, das zeigt, wie sehr unser Verhalten kulturell vorprogrammiert ist – und wie es Frauen gelingt, diese Programmierung zu ändern. Elise Loehnen ruft ihre Leserinnen dazu auf, ihr eigenes Verhalten zu hinterfragen und für sich zu erkennen, wann sie aus dem Wunsch heraus handeln, anderen zu gefallen. Eine Ermutigung an alle Frauen, auszubrechen aus starren sozialen Normen und ihr authentisches weibliches Selbst zu leben.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live Why do women equate self-denial with being good? We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others’ needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best Behavior, journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses—often lauded as unselfish, distinctly feminine instincts—are actually ingrained in us by a culture that reaps the benefits, via an extraordinarily effective collection of mores known as the Seven Deadly Sins. Since being codified by the Christian church in the fourth century, the Seven Deadly Sins—pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth—have exerted insidious power. Even today, in our largely secular, patriarchal society, they continue to circumscribe women’s behavior. For example, seeing sloth as sinful leads women to deny themselves rest; a fear of gluttony drives them to ignore their appetites; and an aversion to greed prevents them from negotiating for themselves and contributes to the 55 percent gender wealth gap. In On Our Best Behavior, Loehnen reveals how we’ve been programmed to obey the rules represented by these sins and how doing so qualifies us as “good.” This probing analysis of contemporary culture and thoroughly researched history explains how women have internalized the patriarchy, and how they unwittingly reinforce it. By sharing her own story and the spiritual wisdom of other traditions, Loehnen shows how we can break free and discover the integrity and wholeness we seek.

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