The Will to Live and Other Mysteries [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Rachel Naomi Remen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2001

As an honored physician and teacher, Rachel Naomi Remen has spent a lifetime immersed in the world of science. Yet today, after four decades of face-to-face experience with cancer patients, medical academia, and her own chronic illness, she has come to see that life is best defined not by science, but by mystery.

On The Will to Live and Other Mysteries, this bestselling author and beloved "healer of the heart" probes the universal experience of the unknown and reminds us that we all participate in life's mystery. "We have become a culture of control," Dr. Remen begins, "and have traded mystery for mastery." But "life is larger than science," she says. "Science is only one of the tools for healing. Real healing is always a work of mystery." A master storyteller, Dr. Remen shares compelling front-line stories of people who opened to mystery and found healing. She encourages us to pay attention and stay "awake," because the mystery at the heart of life can speak to any one of us at any time.

Complete with step-by-step exercises that Dr. Remen has taught to thousands of people, The Will to Live and Other Mysteries will touch and strengthen all who hear it, awakening us to our real power, and enabling us to live more fully and deeply, no matter what obstacles we face in life.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Remen is a best-selling author (Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings) as well as a psycho-oncologist in private practice for more than 20 years. Her work has earned her an international reputation in the field of mind/body health. In The Will To Live & Other Mysteries, she recounts her four decades of expertise with cancer patients, medical academia, and her own chronic illness. Remen is very aware of how American culture worships science, yet experience has taught her that "the will to live" can't be explained this way. Working with people who survived despite all medical odds made the author think in terms of hope, wonder, and healing the heart when dealing with patients. Citing examples from her own practice, Remen is inspirational; her tone is gentle, funny, and kind just the right note anyone would want in a physician or friend. Recommended for libraries with a large circulation of self-help books. Pam Kingsbury, Florence, AL

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Call these two wise men the superstars of the alternative universe. -- USA Today, October 18,, 2001

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564556204
• ISBN-13: 978-1564556202
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good story never ages, May 3, 2008

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Nancy C. De Young "darthmader" (Fairfax, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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Dr Rachel Naomi Remen has years of experience as an accomplished physician, but I feel her greatest success is as a thoughtful observer of human nature. Struggling with Chrohn's disease and surviving long past predictions, she sees life from both sides of a medical question...patient and healer...and merges them for a brilliant perspective of how medicine should be practiced but seldom is.
It makes me wonder...if she had never gotten Chrohn's and married and had children...a very different path..we all may have missed her wisdom gained from a single dedicated life. Since I first read her 1996 Kitchen Table Wisdom, I have sent her telepathic blessings for her humor, insight, and the life she has led. All of her works are warm and touching memories from childhood through till today, as woman, teacher, and physician, and should be required reading for anyone in the health professions. I can't recommend her works highly enough. I bought this cd because I wanted to hear her voice...I wasn't disappointed.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kitchen Table Wisdom, September 13, 2005

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This book has profound meaning . In a time when shallow lives and superficiality are epidemic , this book leads us to the depth of heart that seem so missing,in our culture .

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal!, January 7, 2008

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I am a physician who sees the same mystery this woman speaks of. You will encounter it if you look for it. What a gift she has given to us to speak so eloquently about this topic.