Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (688 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1573226106 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Dr. Remen is a Blessing" according to Nadine Levin. Several friends had told me about Kitchen Table Wisdom over the years, and I just put off purchasing it. Then while recovering in the hospital from surgery, the chaplin suggested I read it. I read it during my recovery and have not stopped reading it since. There are so many lessons in the book, and Dr. Remen's selection of stories and writing style present an education on how to be human and to develop a deeper understanding of the humanity each one of us posseses. I look at my life, and those around me in a different way since I read the book. Dr. Remen has taught me that we all have the . Ronda Rice said A wise healer and friend in the form of a book.. Kitchen Table Wisdom and the sequel, My GrandFather's Blessings, are both masterpieces of story telling.Rachel Naomi Remen has the gift of bringing comfort, encouragement, healing, upifting reflection and companionship to all who read her stories. Whether the stories come from her own extraordinary life or the lives of those who come to her in their post powerful time need and transformation, each story has a way of hitting "home" to each reader in their own way.. Extraordinary and Healing Rachel Naomi Remen fittingly dedicated her extraordinary book "Kitchen Table Wisdom" to "everyone who has never told their story." Remen, a physician and counselor, says stories "heal when they are more about who we are, not what we have done. About what we have faced to build what we have, what we have drawn upon and risked to do, what we have felt, thought, feared and discovered through the events of our lives." And about where the love that has sustained us comes from.Remen shows through her own story living with Crohn's disease how suffering and helplessness helped her to connect more d
Kitchen Table Wisdom addresses spiritual issues-suffering, meaning, love, faith, courage, and miracles-in the language and authority of our own life experience.Foreword by Dean Ornish, M.D."This is a beautiful book about life, the only true teacher."-Bernie Siegel, M.D."Rachel Naomi Remen is nature's gift to us, a genius of that elusive and crucial capacity, the human heart. She has much to teach us about healing, loving, and living."-Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of Emotional Intelligence"A great healer and a living saint."-Larry Dossey, M.D."Heartfeltcompassionate and courageous."-Publishers Weekly"I recommend this book highly to everyone."-Deepak Chopra, M.D.. Enthusiastically praised by everyone from Bernie Siegel to Daniel Goleman to Larry Dossey, Rachel Remen has a unique perspective on healing rooted in her background as a physician, a professor of medicine, a therapist, and a long-term survivor of chronic illness. A deeply moving and down-to-earth collection of true stories, this prominent physician shows us life in all its power and mystery and reminds us that the things we cannot measure may be the things that ultimately sustain and enrich our lives
is a pioneer in training physicians in relationship-centered care and has been in the private practice of psycho-oncology for the past 20 years. Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. A former faculty member at the Stanford School of Medicine, she is also cofounder and medical director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California, which was featu
is a pioneer in training physicians in relationship-centered care and has been in the private practice of psycho-oncology for the past 20 years. . A former faculty member at the Stanford School of Medicine, she is also cofounder and medical director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California, which was featured on Bill Moyers's PBS special "Healing and the Mind." She is currently the clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. About the Author Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D