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Book SynopsisCould happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself?
Mentors – Russell Brand's follow up to Sunday Times number one bestseller, Recovery – describes the benefits of seeking and offering help.
‘I have mentors in every area of my life, as a comic, a dad, a recovering drug addict, a spiritual being and as a man who believes that we, as individuals and the great globe itself, are works in progress and that through a chain of mentorship we can improve individually and globally, together . . . One of the unexpected advantages my drug addiction granted is that the process of recovery that I practise includes a mentorship tradition.
I will encourage you to find mentors of your own and explain how you may better use the ones you already have. Furthermore, I will tell you about my experiences mentoring others and how invaluable that has been on my ongoing journey to self-acceptance and how it has helped me to transform from a bewildered and volatile vagabond to a (mostly) present and (usually) focussed husband and father.’ – Russell Brand
Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped describes the impact that a series of significant people have had on the author – from the wayward youths he tried to emulate growing up in Essex, through the first ex-junkie stage, to the people he turns to today to help him be a better father. It explores how we all – consciously and unconsciously – choose guides, mentors and heroes throughout our lives and examines the new perspectives they can bring.
Table of ContentsIntroduction - i: Introduction Chapter - 1: Among Lost Boys: The Time Before Mentors Chapter - 2: The First Mentor: Initiation with a Devoted Atheist Chapter - 3: Mentor Two: Zen Nurture from the Wise Woman Chapter - 4: Mentor Three: The Goodison Guru Chapter - 5: Mentor Four: The Warrior on the Mat Chapter - 6: Mentor Five: The Park Bench Merlin Chapter - 7: Mentor Six: The Aphrodite of the Damned Chapter - 8: Mentor Seven: The Divine Mother Chapter - 9: Missed Chances: Before the Student is Ready Chapter - 10: Mentor Eight: The Brother Swami Chapter - 11: Fatherhood: How to Practise Chapter - 12: Becoming a Mentor Chapter - 13: Answering the Call Section - ii: Conclusion Section - iii: The Twelve Steps Acknowledgements - iv: Acknowledgements
