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A review by lory_enterenchanted
Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
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This is one of the most beautiful, most consoling and wise books I have ever read. I want to give copies to every one of my loved ones as well as all my health care providers and therapists. If only all healers were like Dr. Remen the world would be a different and better place.
Lately I have become disillusioned with doctors, due to their arrogance and closed-mindedness, their coldness and lack of true caring. This book helped me to see that there is another side to this challenging profession, that modern doctors are actively trained to deny their human qualities and thereby handicapped as healers. The healing profession is as much in need of healing as the people it is treating. This book is a wonderful step towards all of us discovering our innate capacities to heal ourselves and each others, not because we are "professionals," but because we are human beings.
I think "Kitchen Table Wisdom" is a poor choice of title though. I understand the wish to highlight its simple, homey qualities, but it sounds a book about food, or at least about homemaking. Which it is, but also so much more. I think "Healing Stories" would be a better title -- because the book is composed of stories that are healing as well as stories that are about healing. And it's also concerned with healing our stories, bringing back our sense of meaning and coherence in our lives.
I checked this out from the library but I'm going to buy a copy and read it again soon.
This is one of the most beautiful, most consoling and wise books I have ever read. I want to give copies to every one of my loved ones as well as all my health care providers and therapists. If only all healers were like Dr. Remen the world would be a different and better place.
Lately I have become disillusioned with doctors, due to their arrogance and closed-mindedness, their coldness and lack of true caring. This book helped me to see that there is another side to this challenging profession, that modern doctors are actively trained to deny their human qualities and thereby handicapped as healers. The healing profession is as much in need of healing as the people it is treating. This book is a wonderful step towards all of us discovering our innate capacities to heal ourselves and each others, not because we are "professionals," but because we are human beings.
I think "Kitchen Table Wisdom" is a poor choice of title though. I understand the wish to highlight its simple, homey qualities, but it sounds a book about food, or at least about homemaking. Which it is, but also so much more. I think "Healing Stories" would be a better title -- because the book is composed of stories that are healing as well as stories that are about healing. And it's also concerned with healing our stories, bringing back our sense of meaning and coherence in our lives.
I checked this out from the library but I'm going to buy a copy and read it again soon.