A Blessing in Disguise: 39 Life Lessons from Today's Greatest Teachers

by Andrea Joy Cohen M.D., Thich Nhat Hanh (Foreword by)

Overview

Today's greatest luminaries generously share personal stories about their most challenging experience-and provide the healing wisdom that helped them emerge fortified with inner-peace, strengthened faith, and a deeper understanding of life.

Features pieces by:
Dean Ornish
Rachel Naomi Remen
Bernie Siegel
Joan Borysenko
Harriet Lerner
Belleruth Naparstek
Stephen Levine
Martha Beck
Dharma Singh Khalsa
Daphne Rose Kingma
David Whyte
Anne Wilson Schaef
And Others

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425219669
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/02/2008
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Andrea Joy Cohen, M.D., is a physician, cancer researcher, international speaker, writer, and poet. An associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, she founded the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Program in Cancer there.

Editorial Reviews

"If you need any type of healing at all you need look no further than this book." — Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.  "A rich collection...culled from people who are old enough to have learned something and authentic enough to tell the truth about themselves...A night table book, for sure." — Belleruth Naparstek, author of Invisible Heroes  "A magnificent manual for receiving grace...If you must read one book this year, this is the one!" — Stephen Levine, author of A Year to Live

From the Publisher

Physician Andrea Jay Cohen counsels us that that when life lands us in the pits, we should look for new foliage. To prove her point, she enlists dozens of prominent spiritual teachers, psychologists, artists, and writers to reflect on their most memorable "blessing in disguise." The contributors include Dean Ornish, Bernie Siegel, Martha Beck, Dharma Singh Khalsa, Harriet Lerner, and Daphne Rose Kingma.

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