Using the seven deadly sins as a structure, Elizabeth Oldfield discovers ways to live meaningfully and develop wisdom at a time when the world is most in need of adults who can make good, whole-hearted and life-giving decisions for themselves, their families and society around them. Chapters incude: – From Sloth, or it's original term Acedia which means spiritual apathy, to Attention – How do I make the most of my short life, focus on the most important things, and stop getting so distracted by trivialities. – From Envy to Belovedness – How do I avoid status anxiety, comparison and competition and feel at home in my own skin? – From Wrath to Peacemaking – How do I become a depolarising person in an age of deepening tribalism and division? – From Gluttony to Awe -What might it look like to find my highs, my moments of ecstasy, awe and transcendence in expansive, life-giving ways, not in the bottom of a tub of ice cream or a bottle of wine? – From Lust to Sexual Humanism – How do I have a healthy and fulfilling sex life that doesn't instrumentalise others. – From Greed to Generosity and Gratitude – How can I live generously, gratefully and simply in a world constantly trying to form me into a good little consumer, killing the planet in the process, especially when I really do like serums? – From to Pride to Connection – How do I overcome the disconnection which keeps me from intimacy, committed community, and ultimately perhaps from the divine?