The Psychoanalysis of Overcoming Suffering: FlourishingDespite Pain offers a guide to understanding and working with a range of everyday causes of suffering from a psychoanalytic perspective. The book delineates some of the underappreciated, everyday facets of the troubling and …
We've all felt inadequate, believing that we're alone and broken or otherwise unworthy. But this doesn't have to be a life sentence. Presenting four guiding principles and five core practices based in deep spiritual wisdom, clinical psychologist Gail Brenner shows readers who st…
"Millions of people feel that they are not good enough. They may struggle every day, seeing themselves as deficient, pathetic, or damaged, and destined to fail. They convince themselves they aren't worthy of love or respect, and view themselves with self-hatred. When you believe…
"Standing at the Edge is an ... examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience. Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activi…
"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book ... she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings."--The foreword by Rebecca Solnit Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of how…