How to Be an Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual Integration Book

What impressed me most about this book is that Richo doesn't offer any kind of objective evidence to back up his statements; he just comes right out and says what he believes to be true about being a mature adult. He often makes bold statements in a very compelling (and sometimes provocative) way. I certainly didn't agree with all of it, but his confident and intelligent voice was compelling enough to make me want to stay with it. This is a literary self-help book. There are no quick fixes, and thankfully, it is devoid of the cutesy kind of humor, anecdotes, and exclamation points that plague many otherwise valuable books on how to be a better person.

I am curious to read some of Richo's other books; a quick glance at his other titles suggest that he goes into much more detail than he does here on any one topic. I was tempted to begin underlining many passages in 'How to Be An Adult', but I stopped myself because I realized that I'd be underlining over half of the book. I do plan to reread it again soon, and read his other books. I'm sure that part of my enthusiasm for the author is because I am a Catholic who has been immersing himself in Buddhist thought/practices for many years; Richo's work integrates Christian and Buddhist ideas into a Jungian archetypal framework.