The Healing Path

Author : Dan B. Allender
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781578563913

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Don't Waste Your Pain None of us escapes the heartache and disappointments of life. To live is to hurt, and we all have the wounds to prove it. Regardless of how we've been hurt, we all face a common question: What should we do with our pain? Should we stoically ignore it? Should we just "get over it"? Should we optimistically hope that everything will work out in the end? If we fail to respond appropriately to the wounds that life and relationships inflict, our pain will be wasted; it will numb us or destroy us. But suffering doesn't have to mangle our hearts and rob us of joy. It can, instead, lead us to life--if we know the path to healing. Healing is not the resolution of our past; it is the use of our past to draw us into deeper relationship with God and his purposes for our lives. If you're ready to shape a future characterized by love, service, and joy, now is the time to step out onto The Healing Path.

Author : Nischala Joy Devi
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780307565785

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The Healing Path of Yoga by Nischala Joy Devi Pdf

Stress is now considered the foremost contributor to poor health and a major factor in causing heart disease, cancer, and a myriad of chronic and acute diseases. This book will make yoga a fundamental part of your quest for wellness and well-being, whether you are a novice or a current pactitioner. Nischala Joy Devi, a pioneer in the field of alternative healing and a renowned yoga expert, has spent years helping people realize the healthful and stress-controlling benefits of yoga. In 1982 she developed yoga-based retreats for Dr. Michael Lerner's now famous Commonweal Cancer Help Program. That same year Dr. Dean Ornish asked her to create a program of yoga practices for patients suffering from heart disease. Yoga's contribution to the success of both programs has been astounding. Devi shares her years of experience working with the healthful benefits of yoga, teaching visualizations, breathwork, and meditation, as well as providing the classic steps and illustrated instructions for yoga's physical poses. The Healing Path of Yoga uses timeless Indian-based yoga techniques and philosophy, along with Devi's lifestyle-altering regimen, to create one extraordinary program with the power to rejuvenate and heal. The Healing Path of Yoga presents the key to:preventing disease and stress in healthy people aiding in recovery from heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses physical conditioning and weight loss deep, healing relaxation techniques heightened overall wellness of body, mind, and spirit From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Mark A. Barnes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : PSU:000033561998

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The Healing Path with Children by Mark A. Barnes Pdf

Author : Ron Roth,Peter Occhiogrosso
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307556639

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The Healing Path of Prayer by Ron Roth,Peter Occhiogrosso Pdf

Prayer is the key to tapping into the healing energy of the Divine. Yet for many people, prayer has been reduced to a rote practice that has lost its basic meaning and efficacy. In his long-awaited first book for an ecumenical readership, internationally renowned spiritual healer Ron Roth teaches his unique approach to prayer as energy medicine. The Healing Path of Prayer explains in detail the connection between healing, faith, and prayer. Roth shows you how to find your own path to prayer in a way that connects with God's healing energy. As Roth explains, you can use this energy not only for physical healing but also, perhaps more significantly, for healing emotional and spiritual wounds that may be at the root of physical maladies. The Healing Path of Prayer gives you specific guidance in setting up a daily healing prayer practice. Through a series of simple but effective exercises and rituals, Roth shows you how to celebrate your own sacraments and become a mystic in the course of your everyday life. Each chapter offers a new, higher level of prayer, enabling you to acquire more advanced techniques of focus, intention, and insight. As Roth revitalizes many tired, traditional prayers with his fresh and inspiring reinterpretations from original scripture, he also recounts the dramatic story of when he discovered his healing abilities, as well as true cases of healing in which he has participated. The Healing Path of Prayer is a blueprint for a truly democratic spirituality. Roth's instruction on how to pray and establish a daily practice of meditation will lead readers into a vital path of everyday mysticism and personal power.

Author : Nick Polizzi
Publisher : Hay House
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781401952914

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The Sacred Science by Nick Polizzi Pdf

In the work of documentary filmmakers, explains Nick Polizzi, one cardinal rule is never forget that your job is to document, not participate. But when Nick set out to explore the native outback of the Americas - meeting healers, shamans, and medicine women and tapping their well of ancient wisdom, nearly lost to the rest of the world - he had to bend that rule. As he found his way into highly sacred and often very private shamanic ceremonies, not participating ceased to be an option. Nick invites readers along on his journey of discovery to make indigenous knowledge of healing accessible to us all.

Author : Andrea D. Sullivan
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0385485751

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A Path to Healing by Andrea D. Sullivan Pdf

Twenty years ago, at age twenty-nine, Andrea Sullivan was a high-level executive at HUD in a state of what she now calls "dis-ease": stressed out, thirty-pounds overweight, with a face full of acne. Moved by a desire to help her community and herself in a "meaningful way," she quit her job and decided to become a doctor. She applied and was accepted to Bastyr Medical School for Alternative Medicine and became a naturopathic physician. Since then, Dr. Sullivan has been at the vanguard of naturopathic medicine and has helped hundreds of African Americans create dramatic and lasting lifestyle changes. Unlike traditional doctors, naturopathic physicians, with the aid of herbs, roots, and other natural remedies, treat the patient, not the disease. Here, in easy-to-understand language, Dr. Sullivan provides an overview of alternative medicine (paying close attention to naturopathy), discusses the African American tradition and its link to naturopathic medicine, and delves into stress, high blood pressure, arthritis, obesity, depression, and diabetes (all problems that plague African Americans), and prescribes an overall guide to maintaining health and keeping disease at bay. In "A Path to Healing, Dr. Sullivan makes a convincing case for naturopathic medicine as the best way to prevent disease and treat chronic illnesses, while not discounting the use of traditional Western medicine, especially in cases of traumatic injury.

Author : Maya Tiwari
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9788120818576

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The Path of Practice by Maya Tiwari Pdf

As one of the world's only female experts on the ancient Indian tradition of Ayurvedic medicine, renowned teacher Bri. Maya Tiwari has devoted her heart and soul to share the philosophy and methods that saved her from terminal cancer and redirected her life. In this book, she offers a short course on healing and living and reveals how she has gone back to the sources of Ayurvedic wisdom to reclaim time-honoured, natural, spiritual techniques for use in contemporary life. Filled with illuminating insights, easy-to-follow recipes, and meditations and exercises that can be adapted to different lifestyles and traditions, The Path of Practice is one of the only holistic programs designed for women by a woman. This book has a strong focus on women because they are the staff-holders of sacred life and nurturance. The aim is to evoke, inform, strengthen, and safeguard the memory of women as guardians of sacred healing. It is also meant to help men become awakened to the Mother's primordial healing energy that has existed within them from ancient times.

Author : Richard S. Balkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Forgiveness
ISBN : 9780190937201

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Practicing Forgiveness by Richard S. Balkin Pdf

In Practicing Forgiveness, the author reviews the contextual and cultural aspects of forgiveness with stories, humor, clinical examples, research, and empirical findings while examining the influence of environment and religion. The content is presented in such a way so as to serve as a resource to both professional mental health providers (who can benefit from the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of working with clients through the forgivenessprocess) and lay readers (who can benefit from the processing and self-help components of the book).

Author : Sylvester McNutt, III
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401976637

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Care Package by Sylvester McNutt, III Pdf

Move beyond pain and discover the healing power of self-care. Have shame, guilt, or codependency seemingly become insurmountable hurdles in your life? Do you struggle with forgiveness, setting boundaries, and putting yourself first? Are negative self-talk and people-pleasing tendencies preventing you from feeling fulfilled? Sylvester McNutt III, life coach and host of the Free Your Energy podcast, shares the stories of his own traumas and challenges to reveal the lessons he’s learned to overcome obstacles and truly thrive. To help guide you down your own path of healing, Sylvester provides: Strategies for managing stress, setting boundaries, and cultivating healthy habits Practical tactics for processing childhood trauma and being present as an adult Tools to move beyond the feelings of pain that are holding you back Inspiring advice that will urge you to keep moving forward Healing from pain is not easy, but it is possible. With Sylvester’s guidance, you will find the inspiration to release, to forgive, to vibrate higher, and to practice self-care every single day.

Author : Desmond Tutu,Mpho Tutu
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062203588

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The Book of Forgiving by Desmond Tutu,Mpho Tutu Pdf

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chair of The Elders, and Chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, along with his daughter, the Reverend Mpho Tutu, offer a manual on the art of forgiveness—helping us to realize that we are all capable of healing and transformation. Tutu's role as the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission taught him much about forgiveness. If you asked anyone what they thought was going to happen to South Africa after apartheid, almost universally it was predicted that the country would be devastated by a comprehensive bloodbath. Yet, instead of revenge and retribution, this new nation chose to tread the difficult path of confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Each of us has a deep need to forgive and to be forgiven. After much reflection on the process of forgiveness, Tutu has seen that there are four important steps to healing: Admitting the wrong and acknowledging the harm; Telling one's story and witnessing the anguish; Asking for forgiveness and granting forgiveness; and renewing or releasing the relationship. Forgiveness is hard work. Sometimes it even feels like an impossible task. But it is only through walking this fourfold path that Tutu says we can free ourselves of the endless and unyielding cycle of pain and retribution. The Book of Forgiving is both a touchstone and a tool, offering Tutu's wise advice and showing the way to experience forgiveness. Ultimately, forgiving is the only means we have to heal ourselves and our aching world.

Author : Marc Barasch
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 014019486X

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The Healing Path by Marc Barasch Pdf

Drawing on the work of Jung and Joseph Campbell, as well as the wisdom of dreams and mythology, this book presents an archetypal map of a perilous transition--not just for the ill, but for all those who travel over difficult terrain in search of wholeness.

Author : Thomas Insel, MD
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780593298046

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Healing by Thomas Insel, MD Pdf

A bold, expert, and actionable map for the re-invention of America’s broken mental health care system. “Healing is truly one of the best books ever written about mental illness, and I think I’ve read them all." —Pete Earley, author of Crazy As director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Thomas Insel was giving a presentation when the father of a boy with schizophrenia yelled from the back of the room, “Our house is on fire and you’re telling me about the chemistry of the paint! What are you doing to put out the fire?” Dr. Insel knew in his heart that the answer was not nearly enough. The gargantuan American mental health industry was not healing millions who were desperately in need. He left his position atop the mental health research world to investigate all that was broken—and what a better path to mental health might look like. In the United States, we have treatments that work, but our system fails at every stage to deliver care well. Even before COVID, mental illness was claiming a life every eleven minutes by suicide. Quality of care varies widely, and much of the field lacks accountability. We focus on drug therapies for symptom reduction rather than on plans for long-term recovery. Care is often unaffordable and unavailable, particularly for those who need it most and are homeless or incarcerated. Where was the justice for the millions of Americans suffering from mental illness? Who was helping their families? But Dr. Insel also found that we do have approaches that work, both in the U.S. and globally. Mental illnesses are medical problems, but he discovers that the cures for the crisis are not just medical, but social. This path to healing, built upon what he calls the three Ps (people, place, and purpose), is more straightforward than we might imagine. Dr. Insel offers a comprehensive plan for our failing system and for families trying to discern the way forward. The fruit of a lifetime of expertise and a global quest for answers, Healing is a hopeful, actionable account and achievable vision for us all in this time of mental health crisis.

Author : Judith Lynne Daylen,Wendy Harvey,Dennis Michael O'Toole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 1552211142

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Trauma, Trials, and Transformation by Judith Lynne Daylen,Wendy Harvey,Dennis Michael O'Toole Pdf

The goal of this book is to guide victims of sexual assault or abuse in the pursuit of justice, and to assist in their emotional and psychological recovery.

Author : Norman Doidge
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780698191433

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The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times–bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illness. Now in an updated and expanded paperback edition. Winner of the 2015 Gold Nautilus Book Award in Science & Cosmology In his groundbreaking work The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge introduced readers to neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to change its own structure and function in response to activity and mental experience. Now his revolutionary new book shows how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing really works. The Brain’s Way of Healing describes natural, noninvasive avenues into the brain provided by the energy around us—in light, sound, vibration, and movement—that can awaken the brain’s own healing capacities without producing unpleasant side effects. Doidge explores cases where patients alleviated chronic pain; recovered from debilitating strokes, brain injuries, and learning disorders; overcame attention deficit and learning disorders; and found relief from symptoms of autism, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebral palsy. And we learn how to vastly reduce the risk of dementia, with simple approaches anyone can use. For centuries it was believed that the brain’s complexity prevented recovery from damage or disease. The Brain’s Way of Healing shows that this very sophistication is the source of a unique kind of healing. As he did so lucidly in The Brain That Changes Itself, Doidge uses stories to present cutting-edge science with practical real-world applications, and principles that everyone can apply to improve their brain’s performance and health.

Author : Victoria Sweet
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780698183711

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Slow Medicine by Victoria Sweet Pdf

"Wonderful... Physicans would do well to learn this most important lesson about caring for patients." —The New York Times Book Review Over the years that Victoria Sweet has been a physician, “healthcare” has replaced medicine, “providers” look at their laptops more than at their patients, and costs keep soaring, all in the ruthless pursuit of efficiency. Yet the remedy that economists and policy makers continue to miss is also miraculously simple. Good medicine takes more than amazing technology; it takes time—time to respond to bodies as well as data, time to arrive at the right diagnosis and the right treatment. Sweet knows this because she has learned and lived it over the course of her remarkable career. Here she relates unforgettable stories of the teachers, doctors, nurses, and patients through whom she discovered the practice of Slow Medicine, in which she has been both pioneer and inspiration. Medicine, she helps us to see, is a craft and an art as well as a science. It is relational, personal, even spiritual. To do it well requires a hard-won wisdom that no algorithm can replace—that brings together “fast” and “slow” in a truly effective, efficient, sustainable, and humane way of healing.