Nothing is harder for us than to confidently walk our own path. Too often, our individuality has been broken since childhood. Dr. phil. Mathias Jung, born in 1941, provides emotional and intellectual impulses on how to regain the vital 'courage to be oneself.' He encourages the reader with Nietzsche: 'One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.' Contents include: The shadow of the unlived, life is a construction site, the adventure of individuation, Laubart: The wolf nature of women, Iron John: The wild man - courage to face fear, courage to live, the song of sexuality, maturity: Kant or the upright walk, more time for myself, the end of modesty.