When You're Falling, Dive
Using Your Pain to Transform Your Life
Published on 1. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-84850-067-9 (ISBN)
Description
Do survivors of life's greatest trials possess a secret knowledge? Why do some people blossom through adversity while others fall apart? What mysterious power gets us back on our feet after we've been knocked down? The answer: viriditas, the power of drawing passion, beauty and wisdom from the unlikeliest places.
In When You're Falling, Dive, Mark Matousek examines this remarkable phenomenon. Seeking advice from philosophical experts such as Eckhart Tolle, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Soyal Rinpoche, and well-known survivors, he brings 25 years of personal experience to the paradoxical question of how disaster can be used to awake and transform us.
Matousek sifts through extraordinary testimonials - as well as recent breakthroughs in neuroscience - to demonstrate that we are, in fact, hard wired to evolve and adapt when faced with the impossible. It is humbling yet inspiring to be reminded that in our frailty rests the key to our greatest strength.
In When You're Falling, Dive, Mark Matousek examines this remarkable phenomenon. Seeking advice from philosophical experts such as Eckhart Tolle, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Soyal Rinpoche, and well-known survivors, he brings 25 years of personal experience to the paradoxical question of how disaster can be used to awake and transform us.
Matousek sifts through extraordinary testimonials - as well as recent breakthroughs in neuroscience - to demonstrate that we are, in fact, hard wired to evolve and adapt when faced with the impossible. It is humbling yet inspiring to be reminded that in our frailty rests the key to our greatest strength.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84850-067-9 (9781848500679)
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06/2009
1st Edition
Hay House Publishing
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Person
Mark Matousek was born in San Francisco to an abusive mother and an AWOL father. He used drink and drugs to escape until he was diagnosed as HIV positive. This led to a dramatic change and he is now a contributing editor for O, the Oprah Magazine and the author of numerous bestsellers, including Sex, Death and Enlightenment.
Author Residence: New York, USA
Author Residence: New York, USA