A Book Of Love And Pain

Addresses the limits in treating pain psychoanalytically, and offers a phenomenological description of psychic pain, particularly the pain of a lost loved one.

"In love with pain" is a journey through an impetuous tempest of a broken heart, mended within ink in the form of short and long poems. A journey of two strangers, the writer and the reader, filled with words of love, pain, anger and passion.

Ellen Peng straddles two inescapable complexities in her young life and family – her status as the first born and role model for her younger siblings and her very complicated relationship with her mother, Lydia who’s chosen to jeopardize her own future and that of her entire family. Lydia orchestrates the death of her husband in order to accommodate Tom, a younger, able-bodied and attractive lover in her life. Her insatiable epicurean lifestyle, coupled with her longing for self-aggrandizement make up the ingredients for her atrocious choices. How would Ellen respond to Tom and Lydia’s cat and mouse games that potentially, could lead to abysmal psycho-social suffering for the family and the larger community?

An extraordinary new mindful approach to healing after loss that taps into everyone’s ability to continue their relationship with those who have passed. “Marilyn’s vast and masterful experience in communicating with passed loved ones illustrate what they want to teach us.”—Betty Jampel, LCSW When Marilyn Kapp was two years old, she watched her grandfather leave his body. He told her he would be back and he was true to his word. When Marilyn realized that others did not share her perception of the spiritual plane, she kept her channeling abilities to herself and her family. This changed when, as a college student, she met writer, Holocaust survivor, and future Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. He became her mentor and encouraged her to use her perception to help others. In Love Is Greater Than Pain, Marilyn shares her profound understanding of the afterlife. Today a renowned medium, Marilyn reveals the beauty in the transition from the physical to the spiritual plane, helping those who are dying, as well as those left behind. With personal stories and transcripts from channeling sessions, Marilyn teaches us how to interact with the afterlife and to joyfully embrace the reality that love truly is greater than pain. Marilyn shares universal messages of comfort, forgiveness, and understanding, including specific guidance for bereaved parents, for those dealing with dementia, and even for people who are grieving for their animal friends. Marilyn’s groundbreaking seminal work offers practical advice, clear takeaways, and a new approach to death, grieving, and living your best life, sharing concrete steps for: • Raising your personal vibration to increase health, joy, and the ability to receive channeled information and love. • Helping yourself and others honor life while grieving. • Understanding the parallel process of growth that we share with those who have passed. When we honor life as we grieve, we offer healing and support to one another, as well as conscious collaboration with those who have passed.

The poetry of this book is written with tears and blood. The reader would come to know, what it looks like when a heart bleeds. When there was no one to turn to, I wrote this poetry collection as a way of expressing my love and pain. By reading this poetry, the reader will go on a journey of love, pain and healing.

Could you give love a second chance after a betrayal? Viking Elena was the love of my life, my obsession, and my ruin. Sixteen years ago, she betrayed me by marrying my enemy. Now, I discover her betrayal didn't end there; she stole my kid. I'm gonna take away her future, just like she took mine. Elena Viking is the love of my life. I both saved and betrayed him. One look in his eyes and I know he wants to break me. Fight or flight? NB: it includes the prequel novella "Love is Pain".

“Jonah Lehrer has a lot to offer the world….The book is interesting on nearly every page….Good writers make writing look easy, but what people like Lehrer do is not easy at all.” —David Brooks, The New York Times Book Review Science writer Jonah Lehrer explores the mysterious subject of love. Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness, historical accounts and literary depictions, child-rearing manuals, and the language of online dating sites, Jonah Lehrer’s A Book About Love plumbs the most mysterious, most formative, most important impulse governing our lives. Love confuses and compels us—and it can destroy and define us. It has inspired our greatest poetry, defined our societies and our beliefs, and governs our biology. From the way infants attach to their parents, to the way we fall in love with another person, to the way some find a love for God or their pets, to the way we remember and mourn love after it ends, this book focuses on research that attempts, even in glancing ways, to deal with the long-term and the everyday. The most dangerous myth of love is that it’s easy, that we fall into the feeling and then the feeling takes care of itself. While we can easily measure the dopamine that causes the initial feelings of “falling” in love, the partnerships and devotions that last decades or longer remain a mystery. This book is about that mystery. Love, Lehrer argues, is not built solely on overwhelming passion, but, fascinatingly, on a set of skills to be cultivated over a lifetime.

This book was written in response to the escalating number of passion killings in Botswana, Africa. At one point it forced our former president Mr Festus Mogae to tour the country sensitizing the public about the importance of refraining from committing passion killings as it is not a solution to the real problem.Coincidentally the author found himself in an unfortunate situation.If he was not brave enough he could have committed it passion killings himself, thanks to the grace of the almighty.He avoided it and wrote this book to enlighten the world. During that time the author was heavily and beautifully betrayed by someone he considered to be his soul mate of 9 years.After the betrayal he felt like being in another planet so he chose to drink alcohol heavily in an attempt to make himself forget about the issue.He eventually fell ill and hospitalized for 15 days.After his discharge from hospital he went to prison to investigate people who have murdered their partners and attempted to commit suicide and were caught before they could succeed.He then went to a local mental hospital here in Botswana,Lobatse Mental Hospital to interview people who became mentally disturbed due to the betrayals in relationships they were in .Also interviewed were judges,lawyers,pastors,social workers,psychiatrists and the general public.After these interviews he then decided to write this book which is all about the pains people encounter in their relationships which leads other people to commit passion killings.Solutions and counseling for those whose relationships are on the rocks are also availed in this highly important book.The aim of this book is to make people understand things which can distract peace in relationships so that every body can live in peace and harmony thus enjoy the relationship.This once achieved will end an era of passion killings incidents .This is a relationship manual book which every couple must have.