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Young adults looking for insights about love, life, and marriage should turn to dr. Lately it feels as if 25 is just a bit too young to get serious. Apr 07, 2016 the defining decade is a mustread for anyone in that decade of their life. The defining decade by meg jay, phd is the perfect book for those who are in their twenties. Contemporary culture tells us the twentysomething years dont matter. The defining decade, meg jay shop online for books in australia. In her psychology practice, and her book the defining decade, clinical psychologist meg jay suggests that many twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation about what time magazine calls the me me me generation.
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Meg jay, phd, is a clinical psychologist and an associate professor of education at the university of virginia. Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. Recently i have been reading the novel, the defining decade written by meg jay. New yorker i strongly recommend the defining decade for anyone in their 20s trying to figure out their lifes direction.
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I talked a little bit about what this book is about in my previous post, but the brief description is that this is a book about how the twenties are the years that define the rest of our lives. The defining decade does an excellent job of conveying the latest social science on twentysomething relationships and helping young adults to understand why these relationships can be so confusing and challenging. Meg jay takes the specific complaints of twenty something life and puts them to diagnostic use. Youll learn how to search productively, how to avoid being indulgent, and how to turn good opportunities into great ones. Sep 02, 2017 the author of the book, meg jay, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in adult development. She is an assistant clinical professor at university of virginia, and. Why your twenties matterand how to make the most of them now paperback april 2, 20. What we do in our twenties will determine the rest of our. Why your twenties matterand how to make the most of them now, by meg jay to read this day can be gotten by reading this page. I dont normally read nonfiction books, but this is relevant to anyone in their twenties, including myself. She earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, and in gender studies, from university of california, berkeley.
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