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Piero Ferrucci is a psychotherapist and a philosopher. He graduated from the University of Torino in 1970. He was trained by Roberto Assagioli, the founder of psychosynthesis, and has written several books:

• What We May Be: The Vision and Techniques of Psychosynthesis is a comprehensive description of this approach, with exercises and practical tips.
   
• Inevitable Grace is the result of a nine-year research project in the lives of 500 creative and enlightened people of all times and cultures. It describes their peak experiences and highest moments, as well as how they achieved their breakthroughs.
   
• What Children Teach Us is about what we can learn from babies and children as parents, relatives, or educators, and how we can grow by being around them.
   
• The Power of Kindness is a view of kindness from the perspective of eighteen different qualities, such as gratitude, warmth, and generosity. This book includes a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
   
• The Child of Your Dreams with Laura Huxley
   
• As editor: The Human Situation, a book of lectures by Aldous Huxley

Piero Ferrucci has had a psychotherapy practice for the past 35 years. He teaches in several European countries, and lives in Florence with his wife and two sons.

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