Healers on Healing

by Richard Carlson (Editor), Benjamin Shield (Editor)

In thirty-seven original essays written for this book, some of the world's leaders in healing explore their personal and professional experiences in order to uncover the underlying principles on which all healing rests. Rather than focusing on diverse techniques, the writers seek the "golden thread" that ties together the wide range of approaches to healing.

In simple, direct language, the contributors explore the complex nature of healing from many viewpoints. We hear from physicians, psychologists, nurses, metaphysical healers, and shamans.

Their topics

The result is a grand synthesis of heartfelt thinking that offers a treasury of profound insights for people in the healing professions, people who seek to develop their own healing capacities, people who wish to benefit from healers, and anyone interested in the magical properties of human relationships.

Love is the Healer
Love, the Healer / Bernie Siegel
What is Healing? / Hugh Prather
Healing, Love, and Empowerment / Jack Schwarz
Healer, Heal Thyself / Louise L. Hay
Removing Distress to Reveal Health / Serge Kahili King
Returning to Wholeness
The Mystery of Wholeness / Richard Moss
Mirroring the Life Force / Lynn Andrews
The Harmony of Health / O. Carl Simonton
Innate Intelligence is the Healer / George Goodheart
The Circle of Healing / Brooke Medicine Eagle
The Healer Within
Self-Discovery and Self-Healing / John E. Upledger
Listening to Inner Wisdom / Shakti Gawain
Illness As An Opportunity for Healing / Martin Rossman
The Healing Relationship
The Healing Equation / Norman Cousins
The Search for Healing / Rachel Naomi Remen
Teaching What I Live / Emilie Conrad-Da'oud
The Healing Relationship / Jerry Solfvin
Healing As a Journey Together / Ted Kaptchuk
The Compassion Factor / Rosalyn Bruyere
The Empathic Relationship: A Foundation of Healing / Rollo May
Touchstones of The Healing Process / Stanley Krippner
The Role of the Healer
Trust and Honesty: Foundations of Healing / Emmett E. Miller
The Timeless Concept of Healing / Dolores Krieger
The Four Pillars of Healing / Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Presence / Don Hanlon Johnson
The Hidden Universe of the Healer / Michael Harner
Healing: The Emergence of Right Relationship / Janet F. Quinn
The Healing Attitude
Healing Attitudes / Sun Bear
Living and Loving one second at a time / Gerald Jampolsky
Healing: What We Can Learn from Children / Patricia Norris
Consciousness and the Healing Response
The Mind of Healing / Joan Halifax
The Intuitive Heart / Ram Dass
Mind Beyond Body / Larry Dossey
The Healing Silence / Harold Bloomfield
The Spell of Mortality / Deepak Chopra
Healing as our Birthright
Removing Barriers to the Peaceful Core / Joan Borysenko
The Healing for Which We Took Birth / Stephen Levine

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Health

225 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1989

About the author

Richard Carlson was an American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. His book, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and it's all Small Stuff (1997), was USA Today's bestselling book for two consecutive years and spent over 101 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. It was published in 135 countries and translated into Latvian, Polish, Icelandic, Serbian and 26 other languages. Carlson went on to write 20 books.

Reviews

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

page 92
"I don't believe that one person heals another. I believe that what we do is invite the other person into a healing relationship." Rachel Naomi Remen


page 165
" Healing goes frar beyond the confinds of teh physical body... Disease and suffering arise from a mind that is unwhole, that is filled with confusion and despair. To be "Healed" means to restore oneself to a place in which the mind is at peace."

[Alicia Gines · Rating 5 out of 5]

Healers in Healing was a required book for one of my university courses on spirituality, and it has left a lasting impact on me, both professionally and personally. The book is a compilation of writings from various authors, each offering their unique perspectives on spirituality.

What I found particularly valuable is how the diverse viewpoints come together to explore deep ideas behind different religions and spiritual practices, and how these teachings can be applied to the process of healing and being healed. This book has enriched my understanding of spirituality and has supported my personal growth while also enhancing my professional journey.

It’s one of those books that will stay on my bookshelf for years to come, both for its intellectual value and its personal significance. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring various spiritual perspectives and their connection to healing. 5 stars without hesitation.

[Mark Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

The golden thread that links all modalities of healing is love. Healing can take place under the most unlikely circumstances. These short essays by renowned healers gave me hope and inspiration that healing will take place.

[Jodi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring, thought provoking.

[Liaken · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of essays on healing, this book is divided into categories according to healing philosophy. I found it interesting to see which sections I identified with and which sections were sort of off-putting.

There has been one essay that really rocked my world, but there were quite a few that I enjoyed or that gave me a new perspective.

[Bee · Rating 5 out of 5]

this wonderful collection of essays draws upon the golden thread that weaves through all modalities of healing: love, intention, attitude, relationship and wholeness. as a future healer, i found this book essential to my education and highly recommend it to anyone interested in healing and health!

[Elizabeth]

I have several copies
bought again Aug 15 2008
coedited by Benjamen Shield

filler in a non book box

another copy bought 2/23/2014, $2.99 @goodwill, bent @corner, clean text, solid binding

[Daylynn Foster · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book. Especially page 90 & 191-193. I'm really glad to have it!

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

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