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  Kitchen Table Wisdom

  Stories That Heal

  by Rachel Naomi Remen

  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... (more)
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  Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

  A Guide to Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping

  by Robert M. Sapolsky

  how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and... (more)
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  Close to the Bone: Life Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning

  by Jean Shinoda Bolen

  Describes how serious illness can actually be a soul-transforming experience that eliminates neurosis and leads to the essential truths of life.
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  Somatics: Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, and Health

  by Thomas Hanna

  The groundbreaking program for healthy aging through movement and flexibility. In the revolutionary Somatics , Thomas Hanna demonstrates that so many problems we accept as inevitable over time--chronic stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and even high blood pressure--need never occur if we maintain conscious control of nerve and muscle, a state which Hanna calls sensory-motor awareness. This gentle,... (more)
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  Healing from Trauma

  A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life

  by Jasmin Lee Cori

  Psychotherapist Cori ( The Tao of Contemplation: Re-Sourcing the Inner Life ) translates the dark language of trauma in this primer of agony and recovery, with a deep understanding of the tortuous journey many suffer after sexual assault, war, violence and childhood abuse. Skillfully, she avoids the bevy of usual tales of misery found in self-help books on trauma, focusing instead on the resilience of the spirit,... (more)
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  Sex, death, enlightenment

  by Mark Matousek

  In a unique memoir, a gay man takes readers on a brave, roller-coaster journey as he attempts to face his demons, realize his dreams, and discover the true meaning of life and holiness. Reprint. PW.