Easy to use in a variety of ways, Healing Words is complementary medicine for the mind, body, and spirit that has a history of proven efficacy for people of all faiths on their journeys to healing and wholeness. Every two-page spread is a chapter headlined by one of 101 words that relate to healing the mind, body, and spirit as a process or event. The word is followed by a definition, a personal reflection or a story that relates to the healing power of the word, quotes, and an affirmation for the reader to use on his or her healing journey. The quotes include contemporary excerpts as well as words from the sages, plus proverbs, psalms, and more. What others are saying: "Goldman shines a healing light...on how we can approach language with intention and transform our bodies and spirits in the process."--Jennifer Louden, author of The Comfort Queens Guide to Life and The Woman's Retreat Book. "Healing Words illuminates the power of words to touch places where our healing happens - and we are healed." --Donald P. Braun, PhD.,Vice President of Clinical Research, Cancer Treatment Centers of America. "Healing Words is incredibly inspiring and incredibly practical. Whatever your stage of healing, you'll want to refer to this book regularly. It's destined to become a classic in the field of body, mind and soul health and healing." --Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause. "Healing Words offers a wealth of anecdotes, reflections, and stories that give fresh energy and insight for the spiritual journey." --Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, author of Holy Hunger: A Woman's Journey from Food Addiction to Spiritual Fulfillment. "I am sure everyone...will find Caren's sense of wisdom and humor a refreshing tonic and a graceful companion." --Elizabeth Lesser, Cofounder of the Omega Institute and author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow. "In Healing Words, Caren Goldman shows us how to find the profound healing hidden in words that we use every day. A wise and helpful book, based on human experience and transparent to eternal light. In a word: WONDERFUL!" --Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., best-selling author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings. "This inspiring book offers a path that patients can follow to help transform helpless and hapless feelings into hopeful ones." --Barbara Dossey, author of Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer; Rituals of Healing; and Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice. "This is an inspirational, enriching, sensitive guide for anyone facing a difficult time." --Elise NeeDell Babcock, author of When Life Becomes Precious.
Caren Goldman specializes in writing about spirituality, health, religion, psychology and popular culture. For over 35 years, hundreds of Caren's articles exploring the intersections of paths to healing and wholeness have appeared in national publications. These include Spirituality & Health, Coping, Diabetes Self-Management, New Age Journal, Body & Soul, Natural Health, Common Boundary, Yoga Journal, Forward Day-By-Day, Intuition, as well as regional magazines and major metropolitan daily newspapers. In his praise for RESTORING LIFE'S MISSING PIECES, Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul, wrote: "I've been reading Caren Goldman for many years and consider her one of the very best writers in the spiritual area."
Caren is the author of four books. Eleven years ago she wrote Healing Words after being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer. She is a grateful survivor who feels blessed. She donates her royalties to cancer causes. Caren is also the Jewish co-author of Finding Jesus, Discovering Self and Across The Threshold, Into The Questions -- two acclaimed, experiential books on Jesus of Nazareth, as well as the writer for the Omega Institute Mind, Body, Spirit Book: Vitality & Wellness (Dell 1999). Additionally, she is a contributor to explorefaith.org and an associate editor of The Bible Workbench, an internationally distributed adult Bible study curriculum published by the Educational Center in Charlotte, NC.
Caren received her BA in journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University. Graduate studies included courses in journalism, psychology, religion, education, and the arts at several universities and the St. Nicholas Montessori Training Centre in London, England. She has also done leadership and organizational development training with The Guild For Psychological Studies in San Francisco, The Mid-Atlantic Training Committee, and Dr. Peter Steinke who developed the Bridgebuilder™ method of conflict resolution. Prior to becoming a full-time freelance writer and author, she was an award-winning features and investigative reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the assistant editor of the nationally acclaimed Cleveland Jewish News. Among her honors are listings in Who's Who In the Midwest, Foremost Women In Communications, Who's Who of American Women, and Who's Who of America.
When she is not racing to meet deadlines, Caren speaks about healing, spirituality, and the healing power of words to groups and audiences of all sizes at hospitals, medical schools, cancer centers, hospices, churches, synagogues, and universities. She also leads retreats and seminars at spiritual and secular conference centers throughout the country and works as a Bridgebuilder™ conflict resolution consultant to churches, synagogues, and non-profit organizations. She has also served as adjunct faculty in the Mass Communications Department at Bowling Green State University and on many non-profit and secular boards. She, her husband Rev. Ted Voorhees, and their two amazing rescue dogs Micah and Karma live in St. Augustine, FL and Asheville, NC.
