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.

Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and discussion to help personalize the lessons for individual learners.

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.

If You Want To Be A Healer is a book for healing professionals and everyday healers alike. How would our world be different if each of us intended to heal our world with whatever talents and skills we possess? It takes the reader's hand and asks them to contemplate their role in helping others. The workbook pages challenge the reader to explore themselves and their personal meaning of "health," "healing," and "wellness." If You Want To Be a Healer empowers you to assist others without getting overextended and burned out. It shows you how to respect the integrity of each being to heal...or not. It suggests ways to thing 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 to create healing encounters, in your corner of the world.

Becoming the Healer: The Miracle of Brain Injury is a book to be read by more than just those trying to understand the brain-injured person. It can renew in you hope, faith, and the belief that miracles still happen today and can happen for you too. You will be inspired with great ideas, encouraging you to step out in faith, to let go of your fears, and to make the necessary changes to step into your own miracles. By opening your eyes and your heart, looking at things in a different perspective, asking, then really listening, the answers will come. Sometimes when the answers come, they don't show up the way we expected them to. This was the case with Deborah, who never imagined herself to be given the gift of healing. Now, having experienced a brain injury and the miracles of healing that have brought her full circle in that process, she shares to help you do the same.

"Born a Healer is the inspiring life story of Master Chunyi Lin. It chronicles his journey from an often-terrifying childhood during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in his native China to becoming the renowned healer and teacher he is today. Discover the events that led him to energy healing, the challenges he faced with his mind and body, and the beautiful formation of Spring Forest Quigong. Born a Healer was written for anyone searching for a way to help others heal from pain, sickness, disease, injury, stress, anxiety, and depression. It will help you find a balance and insight into your life, abundant energy, a more positive outlook, and understanding of the way the universe works."--Page 4 of cover.

In order to become a healing presence for others, we must first be healed ourselves--through an active relationship with the great Healer, Christ. Drawing on the teachings of the Fathers and saints of the Church, Dr. Rossi gently points the way toward deepening our love for God and for each other so that others may experience Christ through us.

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.

Full of effective exercises and simple techniques for beginning practitioners, a psychotherapist reveals how you can use energy healing—alongside meditation and mindfulness—to heal yourself and others. In this book, energy healer and psychotherapist Abby Wynne explains the basic concepts of energy healing and gives the reader exercises and techniques for getting started right away. This book teaches the reader how to: • ground and center themselves • bring healing into their everyday activities to feel calmer and more balanced • open to a healing light • send energy healing to loved ones Energy Healing Made Easy is aimed at readers who are completely new to, or only just getting to grips with, energy healing. With step-by-step instructions and uncomplicated exercises that can be performed at home, it will give the reader the confidence they need to find healing and balance in their life. This book was previously published within the Hay House Basics series.

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.