Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood

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In this inspiring book, Wayne Muller draws on eighteen years of work with adult children of troubled families to show how hard-won wisdom born of hurt can become a powerful source of strength and peace. He teaches us how to recognize and transform the damaging effects of childhood wounds and rediscover our natural vitality, creativity, and joy.

A gentle, entirely new approach to uncovering a source of spiritual strength hidden in the scars of childhood. Wayne Muller ...

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Overview

In this inspiring book, Wayne Muller draws on eighteen years of work with adult children of troubled families to show how hard-won wisdom born of hurt can become a powerful source of strength and peace. He teaches us how to recognize and transform the damaging effects of childhood wounds and rediscover our natural vitality, creativity, and joy.

A gentle, entirely new approach to uncovering a source of spiritual strength hidden in the scars of childhood. Wayne Muller brings together the teachings of many different religions and spiritual traditions in a healing program that will appeal to readers of The Road Less Traveled and Homecoming.

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Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
In this gentle book, therapist Muller explains that the private place to which a traumatized child flees remains the adult's spiritual home. (Feb.)
Spirituality & Practice - Frederic & Mary Ann Brussat
Adults who grew up in troubled families torn apart by abuse, violence, & constant turmoil carry within them painful memories. Yet they may have developed survival strategies... fundamentally spiritual in nature, such as attentiveness, empathy, and compassion. Using the Old & New Testaments, Buddhist & Sufi wisdom, the author reveals how "family pain broke us open and set our hearts on a pilgrimage in search of the love & belonging, safety & abundance, joy & peace...missing from our childhoods"
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780733604867
  • Publisher: Hodder Headline Group
  • Pages: 204

Meet the Author

Wayne Muller is a therapist, minister and author. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, Wayne has spent the last thirty-five years working with people suffering abuse, alcoholism, illness and loss, and also working with small groups from organizations and corporations to help clarify inner sense of meaning and purpose. He is co-founder of The Institute of the Southwest. You can visit Wayne at WayneMuller.com.
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