{"title":"Clare Cooper Marcus","description":"\u003cp\u003eClare Cooper Marcus explores the deep connections between our living spaces and our inner lives, inviting readers to reflect on how the environments we create mirror our emotions and identities. Her work often blends psychology, architecture, and personal growth, offering insightful perspectives on the ways our homes shape our sense of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful explorations that encourage self-awareness and healing through the spaces they inhabit, making her books a unique bridge between personal development and the study of our surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"house-as-a-mirror-of-self-house-by-clare-cooper-marcus-9780892541249","title":"House as a Mirror of Self House","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHouse as a Mirror of Self\u003c\/em\u003e is an unprecedented examination of our relationship to where we live, interwoven with compelling personal stories of the search for a place for the soul. It is not about architecture, decorating styles, or real estate, but rather about the more subtle bonds of feelings we experience with dwellings past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the base of the book is a very simple, yet frequently overlooked premise: as we change and grow throughout our lives, our psychological development is punctuated not only by meaningful emotional relationships with people but also by close affective ties with a number of significant physical environments, beginning in childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClare Cooper Marcus explores how the self-image is reflected in our homes; power struggles in making a home together with a partner; territory, control, and privacy at home; self-image and location; disruptions in the bonding with the home; and beyond the \"house ego\" to the call of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs our culture becomes swept up in home improvement to the extent of having a TV network dedicated to it, this book is essential for understanding why the surroundings that we call home make us feel the way we do. With this information, we can embark on home improvement that truly makes room for our soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536660087020,"sku":"9780892541249","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780892541249-house-as-a-mirror-of-self-house.jpg?v=1776385653"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/clare-cooper-marcus.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}