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The Healer's Way

Bringing Hands-On Compassion to a Love-Starved World

by Earnie Larsen
Carol Larsen Hegarty
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"A valuable tool for both healers and those in need of healing" from the author of Stage II Recovery (Publishers Weekly).

At the center of The Healer's Way is the "hoop"—a seven-step process of healing. First we need to make sure our core needs are met; without those we can't heal ourselves or others. Then we need to get lost, get hurt, get stuck and hit the bottom of the circle. Only then can we get called, get up, and get going.

Once we get going, we move through the cycle again and again, as life presents us with new opportunities for healing ourselves and others. The Healer's Way is the culmination of Earnie Larsen's thirty-plus years as a counselor. Inspired by his relationship with a young mentor, the book tackles the hard questions—How do you keep going? What do you do when you can't make a difference? What makes a healer?—and asserts that in the beginning and in the end, healing is about change: the spiritual alchemy involved in the amazing-grace process of personal transformation.

"Is there a secret to healing others and ourselves? Larsen, originator of the process known as Stage II recovery from addictive behaviors, replies that although there is no shortcut to recovery, at the root of all human well-being is the question of love or love denied...Larsen has a solid understanding of human emotions gained through years of counseling experience."—Publishers Weekly

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    April 17, 2020

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781609257743

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781609257743
      • File size: 1311 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 30, 2007
      Is there a secret to healing others and ourselves? Larsen, originator of the process known as Stage II recovery from addictive behaviors, replies that although there is no shortcut to recovery, at the root of all human well-being is the question of “love or love denied.” Love denied leaves a wound that continues to cause pain in different forms throughout a person's life. Writing with his sister Hegarty, Larsen breaks down the healing process, or “hoop” of recovery, into seven steps. We must make sure our basic physical needs are met; then we get lost, get hurt and get stuck. Only then can we get called, get up and finally get going. By telling the stories of people in different stages of recovery, Larsen seeks to demonstrate that “the hoop” is universal. The book's loose organization, colloquial style, frequent changes of metaphor (on one page we go from bent trees to a bend in the road then the “shark bite... taken out of our soul”) and digressions make it hard to follow. Nevertheless, Larsen has a solid understanding of human emotions gained through years of counseling experience, and his conception of recovery is a valuable tool for both healers and those in need of healing.

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  • OverDrive Read
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