Heart Medicine: How to Stop Painful Patterns and Find Peace and Freedom--at Last
Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD
Publisher : Shambhala (December 7, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1611808235
ISBN-13 : 978-1611808230
Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.74 x 9 inches
Description
Find freedom from life’s painful recurring patterns in 12 simple steps, with guided practices of self-compassion, mindfulness, and embodiment.
Do you ever feel trapped by experiencing challenging feelings over and over again--sometimes without realizing it? Or do you find yourself thinking "Why is this happening to me again?" or "Why do I always feel this way?" You're not alone. With Heart Medicine, you can learn to identify your emotional and behavioral patterns through the lens of loving awareness--without self-judgment or blame, learning to hold yourself as you would a dear friend, with space and grace.
Radhule Weininger draws on decades of experience as a therapist and meditation teacher to help readers understand the trauma behind their patterns, then offers twelve simple steps to work toward healing. Each chapter includes short practices so readers can begin to put the book's concepts to work for transformation in their own lives. With Heart Medicine you can finally be equipped with the tools to break through the patterns that hold you back and begin to live with more freedom, confidence, and peace. And that's good medicine, indeed.
Review: Heart Medicine by Radhule Weininger
In reading Heart Medicine, How to Stop Painful Patterns and Find Peace and Freedom--at Last, we learn a title for our distress is hurps: Long-standing, Recurrent, Painful Patterns of hurt. And this book provides examples of lives affected by these.
Through exercises, we are able to put in perspective that symptoms and responses are varied based on the circumstances surrounding the situation and the frame of mind about them.
Throughout the process, Weininger guides us to identify challenges such as the feeling of being betrayed, smothered or ignored, and unwanted.
We may be in a search for gentleness and safety and be recollecting disapproval, criticism, shame, helplessness, loss of control, or a combination of these.
Weininger helps us admit that our thoughts are often tainted by fear, wants, and worries and points out in some cases our influences and triggers can feel like stepping on a booby trap.
The practices help us learn how to be mindful of our emotions and she supplies steps that will help guide us to pause and let things go.
When we have self-awareness, we have the ability to connect with the present moment with the understanding that Heart Medicine is a change that is life-giving.
I received a copy of this book through the generosity of Michelle Fitzgerald, Publicity Director, FSB Associates.
About the Author
Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher. She leads meditation groups in Santa Barbara and retreats globally, at La Casa de Maria Retreat Center, Spirit Rock, Insight LA, the Esalen Institute, and the Garrison Institute. She is also the author of Heartwork: The Path of Self-Compassion.