Authentic being

This book compares existentialism and New Thought philosophies as a means of understanding and simplifying a complex psychological and philosophical problem called authenticity. Stated as a question, this problem asks, what really is authenticity and what stands in the way of expressing a person's real self? Many quotations are used throughout the book for clarification, exemplification, and validation by well known philosophers and psychologists. In addition stories by the author have been included to exemplify, clarify, and color the concepts. -- taken from back cover.