Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World by Elie Kaplan Spitz

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This wise and helpful resource explores the nature of personal suffering and brokenness and the potential for personal crisis as a source of strength and renewal instead of despair and death.

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Are you: Feeling anxious? Feeling depressed because ofthe loss of health, a relationship or a job? Grieving theloss of a loved one? Grieving loss by a suicide? Feelinghopeless? Concerned about a friend who has suicidalthoughts?This wise and helpful resource explores the natureof personal suffering and brokenness and the potentialfor personal crisis as a source of strength andrenewal instead of despair and death. Examining thepersonal journeys of biblical and historical figuressuch as Moses, Maimonides, Abraham Lincoln andMartin Buberas well as the author's own personalexperience with despairit looks at brokenness as aninescapable element of the human condition. It tracesthe path of suffering from despair to depression todesperation to the turning pointhealingwhenfirsthand knowledge of suffering can be transformedinto blessing.Whether you have encountered despair anddepression personallythrough illness, loss, trauma orbetrayalor you know someone who is struggling withbrokenness, this book will provide an informative, safeand comforting look at the nature of despair and theways you can overcome it.

Author Biography

Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz is the author of Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World and Does the Soul Survive? A Jewish Journey to Belief in Afterlife, Past Lives & Living with Purpose (both Jewish Lights). A spiritual leader and scholar specializing in topics of spirituality and Judaism, he teaches, writes and speaks to a wide range of audiences. He has served as the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in Tustin, California, for more than a decade and is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly Committee of Law and Standards.Erica Shapiro Taylor is a volunteer with Tarbut V'Torah Day School and a court appointed special advocate.Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, MD, a psychiatrist, rabbi and frequent lecturer on a broad range of topics including spirituality and self-esteem, is author of over fifty books, including Happiness and the Human Spirit: The Spirituality of Becoming the Best You Can Be; A Formula for Proper Living: Practical Lessons from Life and Torah (both Jewish Lights); Waking Up Just in Time; The Spiritual Self and Getting Up When You're Down. He is the founder and medical director emeritus of Gateway Rehabilitation Center. For more information,

Table of Contents

This Book Is For You If ...ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTools for Perspective One: A Shattered VesselTools for Transformation Two: Bitter DarknessTools for Gratitude Three: Forgiving the Lost SoulTools for Forgiving Four: A Healed WorldTools for Healing Five: You Shall Be a BlessingTools for Becoming a Blessing Practical Guidance Distilled: Checklists for Specific Areas of ConcernNotes

Review

"A deft blend of the personal and the theological, a book to lift souls and even to save lives."-Rabbi Harold Kushner, author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People"Wisdom of the heart and of the head.... A book for those who struggle with depression, and for those who live with those who struggle with depression. In short, for many, many of us."-Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author, A Code of Jewish Ethics and Jewish Literacy"Rich with honesty and wisdom.... Gets to the heart of the human experience of prolonged despair and the possibilities for healing. Gentle, learned and insightful ... provides kind and solid company for anyone seeking guidance, perspective and hope when the world comes crashing in."-Rabbi Nancy Flam, cofounder, National Center for Jewish Healing; codirector, Programs, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Long Description

The suffering that brings you to despair and even desperation can--with healing--become a source of hope, purpose and blessing. Are you: Feeling anxious? Feeling depressed because of the loss of health, a relationship or a job? Grieving the loss of a loved one? Grieving loss by a suicide? Feeling hopeless? Concerned about a friend who has suicidal thoughts? This wise and helpful guide explores the nature of personal suffering and brokenness and the potential for personal crisis as a source of strength and renewal instead of despair and death. Examining the personal journeys of biblical and historical figures such as Moses, Maimonides, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Buber--as well as the author's own personal experience with despair--it looks at brokenness as an inescapable element of the human condition. It traces the path of suffering from despair to depression to desperation to the turning point--healing--when first-hand knowledge of suffering can be transformed into blessing.

Review Quote

"A deft blend of the personal and the theological, a book to lift souls and even to save lives." -Rabbi Harold Kushner, author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People "Wisdom of the heart and of the head.... A book for those who struggle with depression, and for those who live with those who struggle with depression. In short, for many, many of us." -Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author, author, A Code of Jewish Ethics and Jewish Literacy "Rich with honesty and wisdom.... Gets to the heart of the human experience of prolonged despair and the possibilities for healing. Gentle, learned and insightful ... provides kind and solid company for anyone seeking guidance, perspective and hope when the world comes crashing in." -Rabbi Nancy Flam, co-founder, National Center for Jewish Healing; co-director, Programs, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Details ISBN1580234364 Short Title HEALING FROM DESPAIR Publisher Jewish Lights Publishing Language English ISBN-10 1580234364 ISBN-13 9781580234368 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-09-01 Imprint Jewish Lights Publishing Subtitle Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World Place of Publication Woodstock Country of Publication United States DEWEY 296.7 Author Elie Kaplan Spitz Pages 171 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2011-07-28 We've got this

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