Healers on Healing

Author: Richard Carlson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0874774942
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
In thirty-seven original essays written for this book, some of the world's leaders in healing explore their personal and professional experiences in order to uncover the underlying principles on which all healing rests. Rather than focusing on diverse techniques, the writers seek the "golden thread" that ties together the wide range of approaches to healing. In simple, direct language, the contributors explore the complex nature of healing from many viewpoints. We hear from physicians, psychologists, nurses, metaphysical healers, and shamans. Their topics include: what healing really is and how it takes place the power of the healer within what to look for in a healer the function of spirituality in healing the dramatic effects of the healing relationship the role of attitudes and emotions love as a healing force healing and death The result is a grand synthesis of heartfelt thinking that offers a treasury of profound insights for people in the healing professions, people who seek to develop their own healing capacities, people who wish to benefit from healers, and anyone interested in the magical properties of human relationships.

Healers

Author: David Schenck
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199735387
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Healing is often discussed but infrequently studied. Schenck and Churchill provide a systematic approach to the elements that make clinician-patient interactions themselves a source of healing, based on comprehensive interviews with 50 physicians and alternative practitioners. The authors present a compelling picture of how healing happens in the practices of extraordinary clinicians.

Woman as Healer

Author: Jeanne Achterberg
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0877736162
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
This groundbreaking work examines the role of women in the Western healing traditions. Drawing on the disciplines of history, anthropology, botany, archaeology, and the behavioral sciences, Jeanne Achterberg discusses the ancient cultures in which women worked as independent and honored healers; the persecution of women healers in the witch hunts of the Middle Ages; the development of midwifery and nursing as women's professions in the nineteenth century; and the current role of women and the state of the healing arts, as a time of crisis in the health-care professions coincides with the reemergence of feminine values.

The Healers

Author: Kimo Armitage
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824866800
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
With roots firmly in the oral storytelling tradition, Kimo Armitage's The Healers weaves multiple narrators and time periods into a novel of remarkable breadth, giving insight into Hawaiian culture where nature, man, and the spirit world coexist seamlessly. Echoing the voices of long ago, the book celebrates the connection to stories of Hawaii as once told by grandparents and great-grandparents. In the world of The Healers, family and place are revered and aloha is heartfelt. Cousins Keola and Pua, chosen as the next generation of healers by their family, initially have an idyllic life as respected apprentice healers. Their days are spent training with their grandmother, investigating the healing properties of plants, and treating ailments of community and family members. Troubling dreams, however, foreshadow a sea change to come. One day, Pua meets and is immediately attracted to Tiki, a descendant of a powerful healing family from Tahiti, who has been mysteriously abandoned by his parents. Months later, Keola is sent across the island to train with Laka, the family's most knowledgeable healer, who was born with no arms or legs. A life-threatening challenge awaits this close-knit unit, and they must call upon generations of ancestral knowledge and skill to save those that stand at the precipice of death. This compelling novel fills a gap in the Hawaiian literary canon of works for young adult readers.

The Reluctant Healer

Author: David Elliott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780975391006
Category : Clairaudience
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book is a combined autobiography and healing workbook. Chronicling Elliott's evolution in becoming a professional healer, it offers explicit examples and information to guide readers toward their own healing development. The book includes illustrative diagrams, photos, line drawings, and a thorough glossary of Elliotts healing terminology.

The Wounded Healer

Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher: Image
ISBN: 0385148038
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
A radically fresh interpretation of how we can best serve others from the bestselling author of The Return of the Prodigal Son, hailed as “one of the world’s greatest spiritual writers” by Christianity Today “In our own woundedness, we can become a source of life for others.” In this hope-filled and profoundly simple book, Henri Nouwen inspires devoted men and women who want to be of service in their church or community but who have found traditional outreach alienating and ineffective. Weaving keen cultural analysis with his psychological and religious insights, Nouwen presents a balanced and creative theology of service that begins with the realization of fundamental woundedness in human nature. According to Nouwen, ministers are called to identify the suffering in their own hearts and make that recognition the starting point of their service. Ministers must be willing to go beyond their professional, somewhat aloof roles and leave themselves open as fellow human beings with the same wounds and suffering as those they serve. In other words, we heal from our wounds. The Wounded Healer is a thoughtful and insightful guide that will be welcomed by anyone engaged in the service of others.

On Becoming a Healer

Author: Saul J. Weiner
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421437821
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
An invaluable guide to becoming a competent and compassionate physician. Medical students and physicians-in-training embark on a long journey that, although steeped in scientific learning and technical skill building, includes little guidance on the emotional and interpersonal dimensions of becoming a healer. Written for anyone in the health care community who hopes to grow emotionally and cognitively in the way they interact with patients, On Becoming a Healer explains how to foster doctor-patient relationships that are mutually nourishing. Dr. Saul J. Weiner, a physician-educator, argues that joy in medicine requires more than idealistic aspirations—it demands a capacity to see past the "otherness" that separates the well from the sick, the professional in a white coat from the disheveled patient in a hospital gown. Weiner scrutinizes the medical school indoctrination process and explains how it molds the physician's mindset into that of a task completer rather than a thoughtful professional. Taking a personal approach, Weiner describes his own journey to becoming an internist and pediatrician while offering concrete advice on how to take stock of your current development as a physician, how to openly and fully engage with patients, and how to establish clear boundaries that help defuse emotionally charged situations. Readers will learn how to counter judgmentalism, how to make medical decisions that take into account the whole patient, and how to incorporate the organizing principle of healing into their practice. Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and discussion to help personalize the lessons for individual learners.

Women Healers

Author: Elisabeth Brooke
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892815487
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Offering a provocative reconstruction of the history of women's healing practices, Brooke argues that the medieval image of the healer as witch was deliberately constructed by Church officials to discredit women's powers. In its place she provides a more accurate picture of these innovative, compassionate, and capable practitioners.

Healing Spirits

Author: Judith Joslow-Rodewald
Publisher: Celestial Arts
ISBN: 9781580910644
Category : Healers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Three women--Joslow, West-Barker, and Mills--traveled across the US to meet, learn from, and record the stories of 14 practicing healers. The result of their journey in words and pictures is a testament to the lives and work of remarkable men and women. BOTMC selection. Photos.

If You Want to be a Healer

Author: Suzanne M. Haas-Cunningham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984135837
Category : Burn out (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
If You Want To Be A Healer is a working book for everyone: for those in the healing professions, and everyday healers alike. How would life be different if each of us intended to heal our world with whatever talents and skills we possess? If You Want To Be A Healer takes your hand and asks you to contemplate your role in helping others. The workbook pages challenge you to explore yourself and the meaning of health and wellness for you. We are all worthy to help others through the tempests of life. If You Want To Be A Healer empowers you to assist others without getting over extended and burned out. It shows you how to respect the integrity of each being to heal...or not. It suggests ways to think more comprehensively about problems and more simply about the impact of one single moment. It encourages creativity, empathy, and balance. If You Want To Be A Healer will call out to you to take action, to do whatever you can, in your corner of the world. Take the Healers hand and begin...