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Unattended sorrow : recovering from loss and reviving the heart
Title:
Unattended sorrow : recovering from loss and reviving the heart
Author:
Levine, Stephen, 1937-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, 2005.
Physical Description:
225 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Unattended sorrow -- Every day we lose something -- The heart of loss -- Softening the belly of sorrow -- The reservoir of sorrow -- Loss of trust in life -- The meaning of life -- In the absence of God -- When the mirror of the heart is broken -- A bad dream -- Opening the heart in hell -- The trauma of survival -- Connection -- Making peace with our sorrow -- What is the body pattern of grief? -- Reentering the body -- Attending the mindset of loss -- A day of walking -- Heart breath -- Tapping the resources of the heart -- Loving kindness -- A day in the heart of pain -- Making peace with our pain -- Mindfulness-- an invitation to liberation -- A day of silence -- Breaking the isolation of fear -- Forgiveness -- A day of forgiveness -- Our most ordinary existential grief, our very human architecture -- Overcoming perfection -- The ten thousand sorrows -- A day of singing -- Our life is "just this much" -- The map of our lives -- Who are we when we are not who we thought we were? -- A day of compassion -- A day as if it were our last -- A heart revived into a new life -- Day in a life of love -- Gratitude.
ISBN:
9781594860652
Format :
Book