Peace, Love and Healing: Bodymind Communication & the Path to Self-Healing: An Exploration [Paperback]

Bernie S. Siegel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 4, 1990

A classic of patient empowerment, Peace, Love & Healing offered the revolutionary message that we have an innate ability to heal ourselves. Now proven by numerous scientific studies, the connection between our minds and our bodies has been increasingly accepted as fact throughout the mainstream medical community. In a new introduction, Dr. Bernie Siegel highligths current research on the relationships among consciousness, psychosocial factors, attitude and immune function.

"Love and peace of mind do protect us," Siegel writes. "They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. They teach us to survive...to live now...to have the courage to confront each day."

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Siegel's first book, Love , Medicine & Miracles , has headed the paperback best-seller lists since it came out in that format over a year ago. Yes, this latest book is rather haphazardly organized. Yes, it is somewhat repetitive and rambling. Yes, indeed, it needed far better editing. But the hope, spiritual guidance, and compassion it provides, both to people with life-threatening diseases and to their friends, relatives, and health-care providers, overwhelmingly transcend any stylistic imperfections. Highly recommended reading for just about everyone. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 2/189.
- Marcia G. Fuchs, Guilford Free Lib., Ct.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"Bernie Siegel [is] a doctor who loves. In this age of massive, impersonal medical technology, his advocacy of human caring is a necessity." -- Larry LeShan, Ph.D., author of Cancer as a Turning Point

"I was enthralled with this book. Once into it, I could not stop reading until I had finished...It is a truly great book...[that] combines sound thought with captivating humor." -- Norman Vincent Pearle

"The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness....Bernie Siegel is helping to define and open up these new frontiers. In this sense he is in the best medical tradition." -- Norman Cousins

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (May 4, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060917059
• ISBN-13: 978-0060917050
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bernie Siegel, M.D., speaks and runs workshops across the country and is devoted to humanizing medical care and medical education. His books Love, Medicine, and Miracles; Peace, Love, and Healing; and How to Live between Office Visits are classics in the field of healing. Visit Bernie at www.berniesiegelmd.com.

Customer Reviews

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book definitely leaves you with peace and love., May 1, 1999

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This review is from: Peace, Love and Healing: Bodymind Communication & the Path to Self-Healing: An Exploration (Paperback)

The first time I read this book, I needed emotional help because I was recently separated and later divorced. When I finished this book, I felt so much love and peace; peace that I had not felt before. Since when I'm in need of the feelings of love, I return to this book and read it. I also read his book Love, Medicine and Miracles at the same time. Both of these books helps you realize there are different ways to handle crisis situations; instead of anxiety you can have peace. You can live in the moment, survive your experience, and have courage to face each day. I recommend his books and tapes to everyone.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love, Medicine & Miracles, May 28, 2000

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This review is from: Peace, Love and Healing: Bodymind Communication & the Path to Self-Healing: An Exploration (Paperback)

Bernie is a legend! He has totally changed my life with this book. I couldn't put it down. I have put some of his theories into practice and THEY WORK! He has shown me that my mind is a very powerful tool and that I can achieve ANYTHING I put my mind to. It also had a whole lot more significance with me when I read a case study of a man who had the same disease that I do. When Bernie said he cured himself, I felt a huge weight life off my shoulders. There should be more doctors who practice his theories - then there'd be less sick people! Even though this book was written in the early eighties, time was no barrier for this amazing reading. I will make a point of reading everything he's written.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for everyone's health, February 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Peace, Love and Healing: Bodymind Communication and the Path to Self-Healing : An Exploration (Hardcover)

Bernie Siegel writes in a very conversational-easy-to-read style in a book packed with information, facts, and understanding which is helpful for everyone regarding the connection between mind-body healing. Bernie Siegel helps us to take responsibility for our own health and to work as a team member with medical professionals in a co-operative style of relating.
Having fairly recently been diagnosed with an advanced cancer this book helped me to see cancer in a new light.
Everyone would bemnefit from reading this book for their health in general.