What Matters Most
Living a More Considered Life

Loved this book. Love James Hollis. What I like best about Hollis is his wry, honest approach to the challenges of facing life with courage and compassion. This is the opposite of "pop self-help." Hollis says that life is messy...failure is not only possible but necessary...and we're all very likely......more

In this day of managed care, few people can afford more than short term crisis oriented psychotherapy. The profound value of Hollis's writings is that he provides the type of wisdom and insight characteristic of long term psychodynamic therapy. In "What Matter's Most", Hollis looks at the subject of......more

James Hollis’s What Matters Most is a lively piece of nonfiction that pulled me in different directions. Written in a style that is energetic but deeply affected, the book is a series of essays that reflect on the nature of human existence and the ways in which we might lead better or worse lives. O......more

There's an awful lot to like about this book, but it's not a straightforward read. Hollis seems to relish obscure words and his text isn't always easy to parse: as Benjamin Disraeli once said of William Gladstone, he seems at times almost "inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity". Having......more

This is my second James Hollis book and will end up being part of my collection of his books - I shall probably get them all. I have found a voice in Hollis which resonates deeply within me. The Jungian perspective that informs his analytical mind and his own philosophy on life based upon his own ex......more