Life's Three Fires

A reflective guide for understanding yourself, others, and the space between

Life’s Three Fires is a grounded and humanistic guide for anyone who wants to understand themselves more deeply, build healthier relationships, and reconnect with what truly matters. Written by George Fortune, an integrative humanistic counsellor with more than a decade of lived and clinical experience, this book introduces a simple visual metaphor that helps you see your inner world with clarity and compassion.

At the heart of the model are three fires:

Self Fire, Others Fire, and Shared Fire.

Together, they show how you support your own wellbeing, how you connect with others, and how relationships grow, strain, or flourish.

Informed by humanistic psychology, attachment theory, and the work of Adler, Rogers, Bowlby, and many others who have shaped how we understand relationships, this guide invites you to explore:

• What fuels your life, and what drains you.

• How boundaries protect you without becoming rigid walls.

• How communication strengthens connection.

• How unmet needs create imbalance, conflict, and emotional distance.

• Why some relationships feel safe, and others feel overwhelming.

• How to build connections that feel mutual, respectful, and alive.

Each chapter combines practical tools, reflective questions, and clear explanations that help you understand your patterns without judgement. The metaphor is simple, but the depth is rich. You will learn how to tend your own fire with care, how to respond to others without losing yourself, and how to create shared spaces that feel warm, steady, and genuine.

Whether you are exploring personal growth, navigating relationships, managing anxiety, working through past experiences, or trying to understand your identity, Life’s Three Fires offers a clear, relatable framework you can return to again and again.

This book is ideal for:

• People seeking personal development and clarity.

• Anyone trying to understand their relationships.

• Counsellors, coaches, and educators looking for a simple visual tool.

• Couples who want to communicate with more honesty and understanding.

• Readers who appreciate practical, compassionate psychological guidance.

Life’s Three Fires is not a theory for the sake of theory. It is a living model that helps you understand yourself in real moments, with real people, in real life. It is warm, accessible, and deeply human. Most importantly, it helps you step back into your life with more balance, intention, and connection.

Life’s Three Fires is a clear and compassionate framework for understanding yourself, others, and the connections that shape you, both past and present.

Drawing on humanistic psychology and real counselling practice, George Fortune introduces the Three Fires as a living metaphor: the Self Fire, the Others Fire, and the Shared Fire. Each helps you see how you care for yourself, how you relate to people around you, and how you tend the space between.

This book is for anyone who wants to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most. Whether you’re rebuilding balance after burnout, navigating change, or simply wanting to understand yourself and your relationships more deeply, it offers space to pause and rediscover warmth and meaning.

Inside, you’ll find:
• Reflective prompts to reconnect with your own values and energy
• Case snapshots drawn from real counselling experience
• Guidance for setting and maintaining healthy boundaries
• Insights into attachment, communication, and trust
• Support for navigating endings, transitions, and the natural rhythms of relationships

Through grounded theory, lived examples, and reflective exercises, Life’s Three Fires guides you to notice what fuels you, what drains you, and how to tend to your connections with awareness and authenticity. Rooted in ideas from Rogers, May, Adler, and Bowlby, it bridges psychology, self-development, and philosophy to create a practical guide for genuine personal and relational growth.

Like a fire, connection needs care, boundaries, and room to breathe. This book invites you to tend yours.

Publisher - ThreeFiresPress

Language - English

Perfect Bound

Contributors

By author

George Fortune

Published Date - 2025-11-08

ISBN - 9781919346403

Dimensions - 21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm

Page Count - 214