Water Bears No Scars

Author : David K. Reynolds
Publisher : William Morrow & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780688074487
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Water bears no scars written by David K. Reynolds and published by William Morrow & Co. This book was released on 1987-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how to apply the teachings of Japanese philosophy to overcome neuroses and develop a more meaningful life

Author : Sandra P. Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780826125439
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Transforming Nurses' Stress and Anger written by Sandra P. Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-12-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AJN Book of the Year Award Winner! (Second Edition) "This book is a gem! It provides a wealth of well researched information to help the reader understand sources of stressÖ.It tackles very important issues that lead to burnout and provides an exceptionally comprehensive analysisÖ.This book is illuminating for clinicians." Afaf Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN Dean of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing This inspiring, award-winning title guides nurses to transform work-related stress and anger into strength and resilience. The profession has witnessed increasing workplace violence, conflicts with colleagues, and poor working conditions. In this book, Thomas demonstrates how anger can actually be a catalyst for personal and professional empowerment. In this new edition, Thomas discusses the causes and consequences of nurses' stress and anger, and presents new strategies to prevent and manage both, even under the worst conditions. She demonstrates how to forge stronger relationships with colleagues and patients, and solve work-related problems head-on. As a nursing educator, therapist, practitioner, and practicing RN, Thomas provides personal accounts of her own experiences as a nurse, struggling to meet the many challenges of the job. Key Features: Thoroughly updated with new research data and case studies Offers step-by-step guidelines on working towards remediation and healing Organized with bulleted lists and boxes highlighting key points Guidance on pursuing career movement, both vertical and horizontal Useful for nurses, hospital administrators, managers, and graduate students

Author : Thom Rock
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498218253
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Table in the Wilderness written by Thom Rock and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The joyful premise at the heart of this book is that there is a table lavishly spread for all who hunger for forgiveness--the believer, the doubter, and the famished. The book's journey begins and ends with this assertion: not only is there a table of forgiveness set for us in the many wildernesses of life, there is a seat waiting for each and every one of us at that table. What matters is whether we take that seat and, if so, how we behave at the feast. Rooted in the notion of journeying, of setting out each day to discover some new vista along the many paths to the banquet hall of forgiveness, A Table in the Wilderness draws upon the wisdom of multiple religious traditions, as well as non-religious sources, in order to gain perspective on this long misunderstood subject. Readers are just as likely to encounter Dr. Seuss as they are to read the words of Sri Ramakrishna or Saint Augustine along the way. Anyone who has ever been hurt or has hurt another will find this book a helpful guide.

Author : David K. Reynolds
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438417144
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Flowing Bridges, Quiet Waters written by David K. Reynolds and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1989-07-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to discuss experiences of the Morita and Naikan ways of life in the Western World. Although Morita and Naikan are therapies—perspectives on neurotic habits and their correction—the vision is educational rather than medical. The approach offers a way of acknowledging feelings while engaging in constructive living. With roots in Zen, the principles of this constructive living were formulated over 80 years ago by Shoma Morita, a Japanese psychiatrist. Like Zen, these principles are thoroughly grounded in the reality of the here and now. Morita's methods are aimed at the person who suffers from anxiety, shyness, phobias, and obsessions that often manifest in physical symptoms such as headaches, insomnia, stomach disorders, and heart palpitations. However the techniques are available and beneficial to people at widely different stages of self-development, not just to those whose lives are plagued by neurotic suffering. Reynolds offers a look at the adaptations necessary to transform and transport these Japanese methods into techniques useful to Westerners. Cultural-psychological insights are presented by the author who is both an anthropologist and clinician. Flowing Bridges offers a unique case study of directed change of a psychotherapeutic system. What is Eastern, what is Western, and what is commonly human becomes more clear from this example of importation of Japanese ideas into the West. For psychotherapists, there are extensive accounts of hands-on treatment methods. For those interested in adding these very effective techniques, the first-person accounts of a variety of contributors will be helpful.

Author : Robert E. Carter
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773563210
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Becoming Bamboo written by Robert E. Carter and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1992-03-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many problems we face in today's world -- among them war, environmental destruction, religious and racial intolerance, and inappropriate technologies -- demand that we carefully re-evaluate such issues as our relation to the environment, the nature of progress, ultimate purposes, and human values. These are all issues, Robert Carter explains, that are intimately linked to our perception of life's meaning. While many books discuss life's meaning either analytically or prescriptively, Carter addresses values and ways of meaningful living from a broader perspective, using Japanese philosophy to augment his investigation. He examines Martin Heidegger's distinction between "dwelling" and existing in the world, Lawrence Kohlberg's "stage seven" of human moral development, and the works of Viktor Frankl, Carol Gilligan, and Nel Noddings. He applies hermeneutic and deconstructionist theory to the question of meaning, and explores the feminist contribution to ethics and its relation to the interconnectedness of things celebrated in Zen and Shinto thought. Bridging various dichotomies such as East/West, reason/emotion, male/female, and caring/justice, Carter shows that ethics, environmental concern, caring, and joy in living are dependent on the growth and transformation of the self. Only by becoming aware of the interrelatedness of things, Carter reveals, can we become as supple and as strong as the bamboo tree, long the symbol of longevity and constancy.

Author : David K. Reynolds
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438417152
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Plunging Through the Clouds written by David K. Reynolds and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-01-26 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructive Living brings together two psychotherapies—Morita and Naikan— and their associated lifeways. Both therapies were developed in this century, but their roots extend back hundreds of years in East Asian history. Morita was a professor of psychiatry at Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo. Yoshimoto was a successful businessman who retired to become a lay priest in Nara. Morita's method has it origins in Zen Buddhist psychology, and Yoshimoto's Naikan has its origins in Jodo Shinshu Buddhist psychology. Neither of these systems requires that one believe in Buddhism or have faith in anything other than one's experience. They work as well for Christians and Moslems and Jews as for Buddhists. Both are built on the naturalistic observations of humans and careful introspection of their founders. Constructive Living isn't mystical or oriental, but practical and human.

Author : David K. Reynolds
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824826000
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Handbook for Constructive Living written by David K. Reynolds and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in plain language, is the definitive guide for taking control of your life and imbuing it with greater meaning and productivity. Constructive Living is an action-based way of looking at the world that combines good, old-fashioned straight talk and the celebrated Japanese psychotherapies Morita and Naikan. David Reynolds, the father of this brilliantly simple and effective therapy, shows us how to live thoughtfully and economically, to regard our actions as if they were divine rituals, and to perform them with the utmost care. He contends that contentment is achieved, not bestowed--attaining peace and satisfaction takes daily practice and learning. With user-friendly anecdotes, practical exercises, and a sense of humor, he refreshes the experienced student and takes the novice to the beginning, laying out the essence of Constructive Living.

Author : Brian Cavanaugh
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809133246
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book More Sower's Seeds written by Brian Cavanaugh and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A veritable gold mine of brief sidewalk sermons and captivating anecdotes laced with wholesome humor and practical wisdom.

Author : Linda E. Olds
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791410110
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Metaphors of Interrelatedness written by Linda E. Olds and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olds examines the role of metaphor and models in psychology, science, and religion and argues the case for systems theory as a contemporary unifying metaphor across domains, with particular emphasis on clarifying its potential for psychology.

Author : Patricia Ryan Madson
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0307531848
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Improv Wisdom written by Patricia Ryan Madson and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an irresistible invitation to lighten up, look around, and live an unscripted life, a master of the art of improvisation explains how to adopt the attitudes and techniques used by generations of musicians and actors. Let’s face it: Life is something we all make up as we go along. No matter how carefully we formulate a “script,” it is bound to change when we interact with people with scripts of their own. Improv Wisdom shows how to apply the maxims of improvisational theater to real-life challenges—whether it’s dealing with a demanding boss, a tired child, or one of life’s never-ending surprises. Patricia Madson distills thirty years of experience into thirteen simple strategies, including “Say Yes,” “Start Anywhere,” “Face the Facts,” and “Make Mistakes, Please,” helping readers to loosen up, think on their feet, and take on everything life has to offer with skill, chutzpah, and a sense of humor.