Let Me Tell You a Story by Jorge Bucay Summary
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A therapist's two million copies sold masterpiece where fables become mirrors to your soul. Jorge Bucay's storytelling, praised as "highly addictive" by La Vanguardia, transforms ancient wisdom into modern healing. What hidden truth about yourself will these seventeen-language tales reveal?
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When Stories Become Medicine
A leather-bound book sits on a Buenos Aires cafe table between two friends saying goodbye. One walks away carrying more than memories-she carries stories that will cross oceans, change lives, and eventually reach millions in seventeen languages. This is how healing begins: not with prescriptions or diagnoses, but with a simple tale about an elephant and a stake. Jorge Bucay, a gestalt psychotherapist, discovered something psychiatry often overlooks-that our deepest truths bypass intellectual defenses when wrapped in narrative. His approach feels radical precisely because it's ancient. Long before therapy couches and clinical terminology, humans healed through stories around fires, passing wisdom through parables that lodged in the heart rather than the head. What makes these tales so potent isn't their complexity but their simplicity. They slip past our resistance, speaking to parts of ourselves we've forgotten how to hear.
The Chains We Cannot See and the Fight That Transforms
The Tyranny of Almost Enough
The Lies We Live By
The Wisdom of Opposites
The Price of Wings and the Courage to Fly
The Seeds We Plant
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From Columbia University alumni built in San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
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"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
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"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
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"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
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"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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