Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say

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Summary: Healing Conversations
Review: What a wonderful book! Nance Guilmartin's Healing Conversations gives us the opportunity to find the appropriate and caring thing to say, when we are at a loss for words. It also teaches us that listening is the most important thing in a healing conversation. We humans often work so hard to find the right thing to say while someone is telling their story that if we had simply listened, the message we could have delivered to them, might have been very apparent. I have personally had people risk sharing their stories with me when I was sick with cancer. I knew what I wanted to hear and when I did not want to hear anything at all. Just a listening ear and an open heart. Ms. Guilmartin' book is perceptive in its wisdom and reminds us that we are part of a large family called humankind. Her words teach us to be both human and kind. I plan to buy it for all of my doctors and nurses. I keep it on my nightstand - there are times when I may not need to have a healing conversation with someone other than myself - I find solace and comfort in her words.

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Summary: To comfort or to be comforted
Review: When you least expect it, you will be faced with a personal situation in your life or in the life of someone close to you, that will leave you speechless. You will get ready to say one of those cliches that we all say, like "it was for the best because bla, bla, bla". Reading this book, in short spurts or at one time, will help get you ready for these moments and better appreciate the healing power of your words.

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Summary: Everyone needs to read this book!
Review: When you least expect it, you will be faced with a personal situation in your life or in the life of someone close to you, that will leave you speechless. You will get ready to say one of those cliches that we all say, like "it was for the best because bla, bla, bla". Reading this book, in short spurts or at one time, will help get you ready for these moments and better appreciate the healing power of your words.