The Healing Room: Discovering Joy through the Journal [Paperback]

Dori Bohntinsky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2002

With each day that passes, every hour, every moment, loss threatens our sense of security and immortality. Dori Bohntinsky, a Speech/Language Pathologist seasoned with health care experience, shares her recovery from the tragedy of loss when her fourteen-year old daughter, Cj, suddenly developed a rare form of leukemia. The Healing Room is an odyssey in discovering joy and inspiration during an eighteen-month journey through loss—the four-month illness and death of Cj, the death of Dori's mother, and the death of Dori's father.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I admire your compassion, wisdom and humor, ...your ability to express your feelings...in a clear and insightful way.... -- Children's Hospital Physcian

About the Author

Dori Bohntinsky recently retired from Alameda County Medical Center after over twenty years as Manager of Speech Pathology and Audiology. She has a private speech pathology practice and private consulting business and will travel to give lectures and workshops.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: In-Word Bound Publisher (May 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0971945705
• ISBN-13: 978-0971945708
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,091,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a truthful account of spiritual healing through grief, October 26, 2002

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Leslie Carothers "tkpleslie" (Eagan, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Healing Room: Discovering Joy through the Journal (Paperback)

i read The Healing Room cover to cover in one sitting. i couldn't put it down as the author's voice came through so clearly to me in speaking the truth about loss, grief and healing. the book is a journal of spiritual healing- written in the first person and on a consistent basis during the time of the author's last four months with her daughter. The presence of mind and nuggets of joy that the author and her husband were able to pull out of their daily struggles with their daughter's illness and their own grief gifted me with the knowledge that, even during my own very darkest hours, the universe is open to helping me cope,understand and heal. reading her book was a blessing for my spirit and i highly recommend it for anyone
who is currently going through the loss of a loved one due to illness or who has already gone through it and is looking for a true, heartfelt, first- person account of how one mother and her family transmuted their anguish into joy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A tremendous depth of sharing...deeply moving, February 23, 2003

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Mark Greenia - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Healing Room: Discovering Joy through the Journal (Paperback)

"The Healing Room" is a very unique and personal view into the journey taken by its author Dori Bohntinsky, during her experience with the death of her daughter and others over an 18 month period. Reading this book I felt I was being let into a very special place where there was a detailed record of sadness and joys, of loss and of growth. It has touched me in many ways. Through all of this, Dori shows how the power of spirit is somehow magnified and focused through the journal writing process, and as a reader, you can share each step along the way. The book is powerful and intense, not something you can read in a day or two. Its chapters often give rise to many feelings that need their own time and space to surface and integrate. I found much of value here and know that you will too. Her framing of addictive behavior as any behavior that takes us away from feeling our true feelings is a very powerful statement for our times. Not long ago, I lost two loved ones in one year, and I know the shift in one's energy and life outlook this can cause. If you have experienced a loss of any kind, read this book and re-experience your journey and your feelings in a new light, through the beautiful messages that Dori shares with us all. Thank you Dori. --- Mark Greenia, author of "Energy Dynamics: Conscious Human Evolution."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Healing Room was aptly named, October 17, 2002

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Vicki Otting (San Ramon, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Healing Room: Discovering Joy through the Journal (Paperback)

The Healing Room was aptly named. I have gone through the grieving process, but did not really understand the emotions that I felt. I found this book to be extremely helpful in identifying my feelings. Even though I knew how it would end, I couldn't put the book down. This book is not complicated to read, and can be finished in one sitting. However, there is much to digest and I will want to open the book again and again. The Healing Room will be helpful for anyone who is experiencing, or has experienced, grief from any type of loss. I highly recommended it