Rachel Naomi Remen Books

"In My Grandfather's Blessings, Rachel Naomi Remen, a cancer physician and master storyteller, uses her luminous stories to remind us of the power of our kindness and the joy of being alive." "Dr. Remen's grandfather, an Orthodox rabbi and scholar of the Kabbalah, saw life as a web of connection and knew that everyone belonged to him, and that he belonged to everyone. He taught her that blessing one another is what fills our emptiness, heals our loneliness, and connects us more deeply to life." "Life has given us many more blessings than we have allowed ourselves to receive. My Grandfather's Blessings is about how we can recognize and receive our blessings and bless the life in others. Serving others heals us. Through our service we will discover our own wholeness -- and the way to restore hidden wholeness in the world. Book jacket."--Jacket

"I recommend this book highly to everyone." --Deepak Chopra, M.D.This special updated version of the New York Times-bestseller, Kitchen Table Wisdom, addresses the same spiritual issues that made the original a bestseller: suffering, meaning, love, faith, and miracles."Despite the awesome powers of technology, many of us still do not live very well," says Dr. Rachel Remen. "We may need to listen to one another's stories again." Dr. Remen, whose unique perspective on healing comes from her background as a physician, a professor of medicine, a therapist, and a long-term survivor of chronic illness, invites us to listen from the soul.This remarkable collection of true stories draws on the concept of "kitchen table wisdom"-- the human tradition of shared experience that shows us life in all its power and mystery and reminds us that the things we cannot measure may be the things that ultimately sustain and enrich our lives.

The author, who believes that the telling of stories is the way in which wisdom is passed along from generation to generation, relates tales from her own life and experiences as a physician, professor, therapist, and survivor of a chronic illness

Rachel Naomi Remen erzählt Geschichten über ihr Leben als Tochter, Enkelin, Freundin, Patientin und Ärztin, Geschichten, die andere Ärzte und Patienten ihr anvertraut haben, Geschichten von Tieren und Pflanzen. Was auch immer sie am "Küchentisch des Lebens" ausbreitet, es gebietet uns, innezuhalten, nachzudenken und zu staunen. Die Erzählerin erinnert uns daran, dass hinter allen Geschichten eine Geschichte steht. Diese eine große Geschichte handelt von unserer wahren Identität, davon, wer wir sind, warum wir hier sind und was uns trägt. So ist jede Geschichte ein überzeugendes Plädoyer für das Leben, mit seinen schönen Seiten, aber auch mit seinen dunklen Aspekten. Auf beides lässt Remen sich ein und spendet Hoffnung, auch dann, wenn sie sich mit angstbeladenen Themen befasst.