Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness as a Soul Journey
Face Life Threatening Situations and Find Hope
“This book can be a companion to anyone in physical or mental pain and crisis.” —Louise L. Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life
When confronted with a life threatening condition, most people think that doctors have the final word. But, Jean Shinoda Bolen reminds us that the mind has a powerful effect on a prognosis and the process of healing.
Everyone faces illness. Whether it’s a personal health crisis or sickness a loved one is experiencing, none of us escape this life without encountering some form of illness or death. While we can try to ignore the reality, internationally known author and speaker Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen suggests we do the exact opposite: face it. By encountering the frightening world of serious illness and death, we can better uncover how it gives purpose to the journey of souls.
Trust what you know in your bones. Dr. Bolen shares how what we learn often connects to what we know to be true. As a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, Dr. Bolen has an acute understanding of what shapes a person, particularly as it relates to one’s sense of balance and wholeness. Based on her knowledge and experience, she guides us to find the truth buried in our own bones.
A tool for help and healing. While encountering sickness is inevitable, healing often seems harder to come by. We are left broken open when life threatening illness hits. While there is no single key to recovery, it is rare to find healing without first addressing the pain. This book serves as a guide to finding purpose in the pain.
Read Close to the Bone and find:
- An insightful book for anyone living with a life-threatening illness
- Encouragement for facing illness by relying on the wisdom we all have within
- A supplemental guide for those who want to form support circles
If books such as Invisible Acts of Power; When Things Fall Apart; or No Mud, No Lotus have helped you; then Close to the Bone is the next book you need to read.
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Book details
- Author
- Jean Shinoda Bolen
- Imprint
- Conari Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 258
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Mind, Body, Spirit › Healing › Prayer & Spiritual
Self-Help › Motivational & Inspirational
Self-Help › Spiritual
Health & Fitness › Healing - Topics
- spiritual healing · mind-body connection · facing death · hope and resilience · self-compassion · coping with illness
- ISBN-13
- 9781642506907
About the author
JEAN SHINODA BOLEN is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology who has authored over ten books with over a hundred foreign editions. Her book Goddesses in Everywoman sold over half a million copies.
Bolen is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has received the Institute for Health and Healing’s Pioneers in Art, Science, and the Soul of Healing Award, as well as the Demeter Award from the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology for lifetime achievement in women’s spirituality.
When she’s not writing, Bolen maintains a private practice and has been involved at the United Nations, work prompted by The Millionth Circle and the initiative it inspired. Her writing centers on women’s psychology and spirituality.
Jean lives in Mill Valley.