The Bedside Healing Companion: Using Your Presence to Help People Heal
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062516647 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 123 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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personal experience of illness, he began to explore how different our modern techniques for curing are from true and lasting healing. Shifting his study from scientific knowledge to the. Complex and conflicting emotions arise, and we can feel at a loss when trying to help. Through stories filled with compassion, wisdom, and gentle humor, Dr. The ability to heal is not reserved for a gifted few. As he points out, while disinfectant and a Band-Aid may cure the skinned knee of a child, it is a parent's hugs and kisses that allow the wound to truly heal. The Healing Companion provides caregivers with all they need to practice these accessible but subtle healing arts.When serious illness threatens those we love, providing care and support can be a daunting challenge. Kane increasin
"Healing with compassion" according to MusicPro. I picked this book up off the shelf because I have been grappling with my husband's recent diagnosis. As his caregiver, I have often felt frantic trying to organize his medications, supplements, and doctors' appointments while searching the internet for some sort of "cure." Jeff Kane very gently brought me back to earthand to my husband's immediate need for my compassion and calmness. Since reading this wonderful book and putting Dr. Kane's suggestions to use, I have seen a change in my husband's demea. Great Guide Have you ever read a book that felt like you were having a conversation with a good friend? Jeff Kane's new book, The Healing Companion makes me feel comforted, entertained, encouraged and enlightened; just as if I'd spent time talking with a good friend.The book could be considered as a guide toward offering sick loved ones our healing presence. This guidance is valid for anyone relating to someone who is sick and is just as helpful to doctors, nurses and counselors as it is to family members and anyo. Diane Miessler said Best book I've read on "What do I say?". I LOVE this book. I'm a hospice nurse, and fairly comfortable talking with people who are facing their own death, but this is by far the best thing I've read on the topic. Besides being a wonderful, accessible writer, Jeff Kane is funny, wise, and practical. He's obviously done his own spiritual work, and his book shows that. I looked forward to every chapter, each of which seemed to answer a question I'd barely known to ask, and to answer it in a way that has helped me immensely in my practice, as wel
Agent, Agnes Birnbaum. Based on 25 years of leading support groups for cancer patients, Kane's book is spiritual, anecdotal and wise. From Publishers Weekly Healing Yourself and OthersCuring is not the same as healing, explains physician Jeff Kane in The Healing Companion: Simple and Effective Ways Your Presence Can Help People Heal, with a foreword by Larry Dossey (Reinventing Medicine). Healing, he avers, is a process involving the emotional experience of illness and the "full, honest presence" of those who help