Healing through the dark emotions: the wisdom of grief, fear, and despair
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Author: Miriam Greenspan
- Publisher: Shambhala Publications
- Release Date: January 2003
- ISBN-10: 1590301013
- ISBN-13: 9781590301012
- List Price: $19.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryWe are all touched at some point by the dark emotions of grief, fear, or despair. In an age of global threat, these emotions have become widespread and overwhelming. While conventional wisdom warns us of the harmful effects of "negative" emotions, this revolutionary book offers a more hopeful view: there is a redemptive power in our worst feelings. Seasoned psychotherapist Miriam Greenspan argues that it's the avoidance and denial of the dark emotions that results in the escalating psychological disorders of our time: depression, anxiety, addiction, psychic numbing, and irrational violence. And she shows us how to trust the wisdom of the dark emotions to guide, heal, and transform our lives and our world. |
Customer Reviews
Very comprehensive and useful
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I used this book as part of my Buddhist meditation practice. I have chronic illness and was struggling with the feelings discussed in this book, so I thought I'd buy it.
I'm very impressed with the way the author writes. It's a very comprehensive book. At times I find the writing a little too dry, or dense, but I think that's just a personal perspective. (My illness involves a lot of fatigue, so I prefer books that are written in short sections and with a little bit more lightness).
There are sections throughout the book with ideas for dealing with feelings of despair and grief and so far, I've found them really useful.
I do think I would have struggled with this book though, if I didn't already have an established meditation practice that I could 'slot' some of the books ideas into, and also a psychologist that I was consulting. If I'd started just with this book I think I would have been a little overwhelmed.
I think this book would be useful for both professionals and people wanting to use it to deal with personal problems. For a book that covers similar issues, but in a lighter tone, I'd recommend Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach. (Or, for free, check out some of her talks on itunes).
good points
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The writer made lots of good points but I found the style of writing tedious.
I also thought the feminist prespective although important was slightly excessive.
3.5 stars from me.
Compassionate wisdom...
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I can't recommend this book highly enough... The author writes is a very direct, honest, down-to-earth style, yet what she has to say is extremely profound. Like the little boy who says, "look, but the emperor has no clothes", she compassionately yet clearly through the cultural myths and denial that envelop and alienate us from the truth of our own direct experience.
I came to this book having read plenty of other books already on "the shadow", "befriending our pain", the dangers of "spiritual bypass", etc. etc. etc. so I was initially concerned that I might find some of this material old-hat or repetitive. Instead, I was delighted to find that the author offers a fresh and original take on these valuable subjects from the perspective of both Jewish spirituality and mysticism, as well as from the wisdom of her own hard-won experience.
The stories that the author shares from her own life, as well as the stories of the clients who have been fortunate enough to have her as a therapist, point to the real possibility of transformation and healing, by learning to listen to the wisdom of the "dark emotions". I found this book highly inspiring, and would recommend it to anyone who wants to find their way through and beyond the truth of suffering...
While I have never met the author, I want to say a heartfelt "thank you" for having written such a powerfully moving book...
Extremely useful for deepening emotional competence - very highly recommended
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A relatively recent book with the simple but profound concept that fear, grief and despair contain the seeds of great wisdom, vitality and balance when they are experienced fully rather than phobically avoided. It demonstrates how our aversion to pain sabotages our search for happiness. I often recommend this book in my psychotherapy practice.
This booked helped me
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I am a 9/11 survivor and this book really helped me accept my feelings rather than judging myself for having them. I bought this at Amazon.com from an Awesome Deal I found on DailyTool.com.
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