The Five Gifts
Discovering Hope, Healing and Strength When Disaster Strikes
by Laurie Nadel
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Pub Date Apr 03 2018 | Archive Date Apr 10 2019
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Description
"Once a seasoned journalist but now a distinguished scholar and practicing psychotherapist, Dr. Laurie has immersed herself in the academic study of suffering, in addition to the depth her own life story provides . . . . When it comes to teaching how to get up after being knocked down, how to not just survive life's hardest blows but eventually thrive, nothing beats a teacher who has learned through personal experience. I'll be surprised if you don't find this book highly readable and the information in it unusually accessible and easy to understand, digest, and put to use. Dr. Laurie Nadel touches off many new sunbursts of thought as she guides us through what we need to know about coping with life's most troubling times." --From the Foreword by Dan Rather
As the frequency and intensity of catastrophic events continue to surge, organizations provide guidelines for how to pack a "Go-Kit" in case of emergency. The Five Gifts is like an emergency 'Go-Kit' for the mind, packed with information and insight that can minimize and prevent long-term psycho-spiritual damage from a traumatic event. It's a field guide for the heart and soul to guide you through to cycles of damage and recovery that can be useful before, during, and after a tragic loss, trauma, or disaster.
In a nationwide Google survey Dr. Nadel commissioned for this book, 33% of those surveyed identified their greatest fear as a terrorist attack, followed by displacement from their homes. As this upsurge in violent episodes continues, the numbers show a greater likelihood that you, or someone close to you, will be directly affected by a traumatic event.
But what if you had access to a mind-body-spirit 'Go-Kit' before disaster strikes? In The Five Gifts, Dr. Nadel wisely maps out a path integrating what she has learned from over two decades of working with people damaged by a trauma event. Her own life was impacted by the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001 and Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012. The Five Gifts contains interviews with people whose lives were directly impacted by such major news events as the Rwanda genocide, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, the tsunami in Bali, and the Boston Marathon terrorist bombing.
Although you can never be fully prepared for a shocking, traumatic event, this book will provide information, ideas, insight and tools to build the emotional stamina and clarity needed to cope with acute stress responses and emotional aftershocks. If you are open to receiving the gifts of Humility, Patience, Empathy, Forgiveness, and Growth, The Five Gifts will lead you safely through disaster and traumatic minefields.
A Note From the Publisher
Very few of us know what to do when disaster strikes, but we need to know. And we need to know now.
Advance Praise
"Once a seasoned journalist but now a distinguished scholar and practicing psychotherapist, Dr. Laurie has immersed herself in the academic study of suffering, in addition to the depth her own life story provides . . . . When it comes to teaching how to get up after being knocked down, how to not just survive life's hardest blows but eventually thrive, nothing beats a teacher who has learned through personal experience. I'll be surprised if you don't find this book highly readable and the information in it unusually accessible and easy to understand, digest, and put to use. Dr. Laurie Nadel touches off many new sunbursts of thought as she guides us through what we need to know about coping with life's most troubling times." --From the Foreword by Dan Rather
"This is a fantastic book. I always like to quote that 'The problem is not the problem; the problem is how you deal with the problem.' Dr. Nadel guides you through adversities using other cultures' wisdom to transform the 'problem' into a growth opportunity—her last gift. This book is the gift that the American culture needs right now to reassess its values and to reconquer its wisdom.
—Dr. G. Clotaire Rapaille, author of The Culture Code
"This is a fine teaching for anyone in this human condition."
—Zen Monk Dai-en Friedman
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"Thanks to Dr. Laurie for these important first steps into the future that we now face in our wounded world. Her book is a necessary companion to all those who are becoming professionals in service to others instead of self."
—Leslie McTyre, UNICEF ambulance driver during the Rwandan genocide
"This book offers immense healing benefits to anyone who has experienced traumatic events. This is a brilliant work by someone who's been there. If you are struggling with the aftermath of trauma, let Dr. Laurie Nadel be your guide."—Larry Dossey, MD
Marketing Plan
- www.mindbodynetwork.com and MindBodyNetwork cable television will give top priority to promoting The Five Gifts. and reach more than 67-million potential readers. With online courses and workshops, joint venture promotion campaigns with best-selling authors who are members of the MBN community, The Five Gifts will have a major online launch.
- Author will be featured on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, reaching four million listeners.
- Wire services, the National Press Club, and cable TV shows have expressed interest in interviewing Dr. Nadel. Connections also exist with Reuters, Newsdsay, CNN, AP and NPR.
- Author is a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post, The MBN e-mail list alone reaches more than 100,000 people weekly, and is growing rapidly.
- With a Foreword by news icon Dan Rather, this book embeds news pegs that guarantee extensive media coverage by professional journalists.
- Dr. Nadel's Twitter partnerships reach more than 300,000 people
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780757320446 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 264 |
Featured Reviews
Lisa C, Reviewer
Full of facts, concrete examples and spot on steps to healing. While reading this book, I could see myself in the different scenarios the author presents. This helps me to model the steps to healing through my own experience. The things I can't change, I can change my view to change my reactions and thoughts. The author uses reality to help us face ourselves and realize that only we are responsible for our own thoughts about everything. Only we can change our minds; change our thinking. The forgiveness part is huge and something that we don't normally think of as needed to release ourselves from the negative patterns, but forgiveness benefits us personally, more than it benefits anyone outside of ourselves. Again, it changes our perceptions and brings us more in line with reality. These steps to realizing reality and changing our thoughts, lead us directly to healing.
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