Authors: Richard Carlson, Benjamin Shield (Editor), W. Brugh Joy
ISBN-13: 9780874774948, ISBN-10: 0874774942
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: February 1989
Edition: 1st ed
In 1997, Richard Carlson, Ph.D., published a little book that became a big phenomenon. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and It's All Small Stuff was an instant bestseller, spawning a line of Don't Sweat books that cover everything from motherhood to money matters.
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. 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.
Foreword | xiii | |
Introduction | xv | |
Part 1 | Love is the Healer | 1 |
Love, the Healer | 5 | |
What is Healing? | 12 | |
Healing, Love, and Empowerment | 18 | |
Healer, Heal Thyself | 22 | |
Removing Distress to Reveal Health | 26 | |
Part 2 | Returning to Wholeness | 31 |
The Mystery of Wholeness | 35 | |
Mirroring the Life Force | 42 | |
The Harmony of Health | 48 | |
Innate Intelligence is the Healer | 53 | |
The Circle of Healing | 58 | |
Part 3 | The Healer Within | 63 |
Self-Discovery and Self-Healing | 67 | |
Listening to Inner Wisdom | 73 | |
Illness As An Opportunity for Healing | 78 | |
Part 4 | The Healing Relationship | 83 |
The Healing Equation | 87 | |
The Search for Healing | 91 | |
Teaching What I Live | 97 | |
The Healing Relationship | 100 | |
Healing As a Journey Together | 104 | |
The Compassion Factor | 106 | |
The Empathic Relationship: A Foundation of Healing | 108 | |
Touchstones of The Healing Process | 111 | |
Part 5 | The Role of the Healer | 115 |
Trust and Honesty: Foundations of Healing | 119 | |
The Timeless Concept of Healing | 124 | |
The Four Pillars of Healing | 127 | |
Presence | 131 | |
The Hidden Universe of the Healer | 135 | |
Healing: The Emergence of Right Relationship | 139 | |
Part 6 | The Healing Attitude | 145 |
Healing Attitudes | 149 | |
Living and Loving one second at a time | 154 | |
Healing: What We Can Learn from Children | 158 | |
Part 7 | Consciousness and the Healing Response | 163 |
The Mind of Healing | 167 | |
The Intuitive Heart | 171 | |
Mind Beyond Body | 173 | |
The Healing Silence | 177 | |
The Spell of Mortality | 179 | |
Part 8 | Healing as our Birthright | 185 |
Removing Barriers to the Peaceful Core | 189 | |
The Healing for Which We Took Birth | 196 | |
Afterword | 205 |