Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. has been counseling those with chronic and terminal illness for more than twenty years. She is cofounder and medical director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California, and is currently clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine.
"Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen is a pioneer in the medicine of the future.
With the elegance of simplicitym, she shows how physicians can
become healers by no longer remaining mere technicians of the human
body, but by becoming alchemists of the soul." --Deepak Chopra,
M.D.
"Rachel Naomi Remen is nature's gift to us, a genius of that
elusive and crucial capacity, the human heart. She has much to
teach us about healing, loving, and living." --Daniel Goleman,
Ph.D., author of Emotional Intelligence
"A book of stunning radiance, authenticity, and power. I laughed
and cried my way through it, from beginning to end... Come share in
this extraordinary outpouring of human wisdom." --Jon Kabat-Zinn,
Ph.D., author of Wherever You Go, There You Are
"Read these gorgeous, from-the-soul stories at the risk of burying
cynicism, finding hope, learning a good deal more about life and
living-- and having a damned good time." --Norman Lear
Remen is one of a growing number of physicians exploring the spiritual dimension of the healing arts. "Coherent, elegant, mysterious, aesthetic," she writes. "When I first earned my degree in medicine I would not have described life in this way. But I was not on intimate terms with life then." Now Remen is awed by the vitality of the life force, which she witnesses through her work counseling cancer patients and their doctors at Commonweal, a cancer-help center in California, and through her keen eye for the depths of ordinary people. Remen tells of those who, having fallen ill, discovered previously untapped wells of fortitude and who, ironically, gained a peace of mind they had never known when well. She often turns common wisdom on its head. Discussing the meaning of suffering, she cites one woman who mourned the loss of her chest pains after corrective surgery. These pains had come whenever she had compromised her integrity; now her "inner advisor" was gone. Some of the most poignant stories here are of doctors whose professional code rejects overt displays of emotion. Both patients and doctors can come to care profoundly for one another, Remen believes. A heartfelt call for change as well as a display of compassionate and courageous thinking, this meditation will speak especially to those whose lives have been touched by illness. BOMC and One Spirit alternate selections; first serial rights to Family Circle and New Age Journal. (Aug.)
"Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen is a pioneer in the medicine of the future.
With the elegance of simplicitym, she shows how physicians can
become healers by no longer remaining mere technicians of the human
body, but by becoming alchemists of the soul." --Deepak Chopra,
M.D.
"Rachel Naomi Remen is nature's gift to us, a genius of that
elusive and crucial capacity, the human heart. She has much to
teach us about healing, loving, and living." --Daniel Goleman,
Ph.D., author of Emotional Intelligence
"A book of stunning radiance, authenticity, and power. I
laughed and cried my way through it, from beginning to end... Come
share in this extraordinary outpouring of human wisdom." --Jon
Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., author of Wherever You Go, There You Are
"Read these gorgeous, from-the-soul stories at the risk of
burying cynicism, finding hope, learning a good deal more about
life and living-- and having a damned good time." --Norman Lear
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