The Healing Heart

Stories and narratives aimed at helping families work through an array of subjects like health, illness, grief, adoption, sexual identity, and school. The Healing Heart provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. These engaging books contain stories, and narratives about the use of the stories in activities with different populations (children, teens, those with disabilities, seniors, inmates, etc.) or which address specific social or community problems (addictions, poverty, violence, racism, environmental degradation, homelessness, abuse). The books are a collective effort containing the expertise of more than 60 storytellers and health professionals who illustrate the power of story in moving others to commitment and action, in building self-esteem and mutual respect. The Healing Heart ~ Families focuses on families, dealing specifically with healing through story, health promotion, disease prevention, early childhood intervention, children with medical problems, adopting families, schools, sexual identities, grief, and spiritual healing. The Healing Heart ~ Communities focuses on community-building, with sections on youth, violence prevention, poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse and addiction, racism, elders, culture, environmental protection, homelessness, and community development. Praise for The Healing Heart ~ Families “Both children and adults, sick or well, need the embrace of soulful storytelling. They need to witness and be witnessed, for it is in this state that healing occurs . . . . If newscasters were to read aloud each night to their listeners for 1,001 nights one of the stories from this treasury, we would all be healed and lose our fear, recapturing real security in our homeland.” —N. Michael Murphy, MD, author of The Wisdom of Dying “An extraordinary work . . . . Hit the bulls eye by providing both process and practice. Thought provoking and insightful theory is intertwined with appropriate stories for direct application. It makes clear that story can be a powerful catalyst for change, giving eloquent voice to what many of us have known for some time but have been unable to express. What a gift for those who work with families!” —Elizabeth Ellis, co-author of Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking about Difficult Stories

“This book serves as your personal heart healing coach to . . . free your heart and mind of the wounds of the past.” —Jamie Lynn Sigler, actress on The Sopranos Whatever the cause of your heartbreak—the end of a relationship, the death of a loved one, a divorce, shattered dreams, a family feud, a life-threatening diagnosis, career turmoil, or past abuse that repeats over and over again—it is never too early or too late to courageously forgive and let go. Filled with stories, proven exercises, and powerful affirmations to free you from any resentment and anger you are holding towards yourself or others, this book offers potent opportunities for lasting, life-changing heart-healing. The “emotional clutter” of old resentments, grudges, guilt, and shame are blocks to love and a direct call for action. Readers will learn: The distinction between a closed and broken heartTo identify the specific beliefs that continue to activate your emotional wounds and unresolved angerHow to forgive yourself and others using the Deal-Heal-Forgive ProcessHow healing your heart contributes to healing the broken-heartedness in the world today. With wisdom gained from her own heartbreak story and decades of study with Joseph Campbell, Jean Houston, Robert Fritz, don Miguel Ruiz and thousands of clients and students, Susyn Reeve has written a refreshingly honest and practical guide to living a life of contentment, connection, and long-overdue love. “Heartbreak is a painful fact of life. Be prepared to free your heart, because you were born worthy.” —Nell Merlino, creator of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

The Healing Heart provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. These engaging books contain stories, and narratives about the use of the stories in activities with different populations (children, teens, those with disabilities, seniors, inmates, etc.) or which address specific social or community problems (addictions, poverty, violence, racism, environmental degra-dation, homelessness, abuse). The books are a collective effort containing the expertise of more than 60 storytellers and health professionals who illustrate the power of story in moving others to commitment and action, in building self-esteem and mutual respect. The Healing Heart ~ Families focuses on families, dealing specifically with healing through story, health promotion, disease prevention, early childhood intervention, children with medical problems, adopting families, schools, sexual identities, grief, and spiritual healing. The Healing Heart ~ Communities focuses on community-building, with sections on youth, violence prevention, poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse and addiction, racism, elders, culture, environmental protection, homelessness, and community development. Allison Cox is a therapist and Prevention Specialist, in Tacoma, Washington, with 20 years experience as a professional storyteller, and is a founder of the Healing Story Alliance—part of the National Storytelling Network. David Albert is a storyteller, writer, and Senior Planner and Policy Analyst with the Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, and a contributor to Spinning Tales, Weaving Hope (New Society, 2002).

This AJN 2008 Book of the Year winner is a collection of reflections and affirmations based on stories that have taken place in hospitals, clinics and hospice. This gift quality, portable book supports a patient-centered care culture and is appropriate for all health care professionals

Discusses the massive heart attack Cousins suffered in 1980, the events leading up to the attack, the importance of coping with panic, the treatment process, his intensive rehabilitation program, and his recovery

A 28 Day Experience to Transform Your HeartAre you living a life that is fully alive from the heart? In a world where many are just looking to get by in life, a remnant is crying out for more. They desire to live free from a heart that is fully alive to God and awakened to the transformation that is available to them. Are you aware that your heart needs healing? The reason you may be struggling in certain areas of your life is because your heart needs to experience healing, so that love and truth can have a greater work in your life. This book will outline what a heart journey looks like, so you can break through some of the hindrances that don't seem to budge. Are you passionate for personal transformation? Do you want to get to the root issues of your heart so that you can experience the change and transformation you were destined for? Then The Heart Healing Journey is the book for you. Inside these pages, Mark will use over 25 years of personal experience helping people in teaching you the keys to walking in greater wholeness. If you have a passion to let your heart experience greater love and healing, then get ready for adventure! The life of the heart is involved with everything that happens in your life. Yet it is one of the most neglected areas that people address. We might work overtime on our physiology with exercise or nutrition. Or we may develop the capacity of our minds to learn new information and gain more knowledge. But have we been trained to live powerfully from a healthy heart life? Do we even know what that means?In this series of simple, yet straightforward writings, Mark will walk along side of your journey and encourage you to live with a heart that is fully alive, while experiencing the healing that your heart needs. Now is your time to stop going through the motions and invite God to breath life into your heart.

Can you mend a broken heart and begin to love again? Can you remain calm in an ever-changing world? Discover who you really are ? a peaceful soul ? and what your true purpose in life is. We all experience grief, loss or sadness at some time in our lives. Through spiritual lessons, meditations and affirmations, Healing Heart and Soul teaches us how to mend a broken heart, overcome our vulnerability to loss and experience deep and lasting love. When we understand that the soul, mind, heart and intellect are intimately entwined, we begin to heal ourselves and others. Through divine love we develop our healing power and become living angels who extend this healing to the world. DR ROGER COLE is an oncologist and palliative care physician and has been caring for the terminally ill for many years. He has published articles on palliative care, meditation for health professionals and the spiritual care of the dying. He is also the author of the bestselling book MISSION OF LOVE.

Jette details how to create a healing atmosphere through tarot. One does not need to be a tarot expert or a healing practitioner to benefit from this book. All that is needed is a desire to heal, an open mind, and a courageous heart.