A Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood

A gentle approach to discovering spiritual strength that is hidden in the scars of childhood. Wayne Muller brings together the teachings of many different religions and spiritual traditions in a healing program that will appeal to readers of __The Road Less Traveled __and __Homecoming.______ A gentle approach to discovering spiritual strength that is hidden in the scars of childhood. Wayne Muller brings together the teachings of many different religions and spiritual traditions in a healing program that will appeal to readers of The Road Less Traveled and Homecoming. Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childshood,Wayne Muller,Dysfunctional Family,Child Abuse,Adult Children of Alcoholics,ACOA,Alcoholics Anonymous,Al-Anon,Christianity,Buddhism,Judaism,Sufi traditions,Native American traditions,Yoga Warriors,Spiritual Awakening,Spiritual Healing,Psychological Healing,Childhood Trauma,Childhood Behaviors,Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,Forgiveness,Victimhood,Life-Affirming,Affirmation,Meditation,Divorce,Sex Abuse,Depression,Social Dysfunction,Emotional Dysfunction,Institute of the Southwest In this inspiring book, Wayne Muller draws on eighteen years of work with adult children of troubled families to show how hard-won wisdom born of hurt can become a powerful source of strength and peace. He teaches us how to recognize and transform the damaging effects of childhood wounds and rediscover our natural vitality, creativity, and joy.

A gentle, entirely new approach to uncovering a source of spiritual strength hidden in the scars of childhood. Wayne Muller brings together the teachings of many different religions and spiritual traditions in a healing program that will appeal to readers of The Road Less Traveled and Homecoming.

A brilliant, warm, inspiring book, writes Henry Nouwen. LEGACY OF THE HEART is a gentle, regenerative approach to discovering the spiritual strength that is hidden in the scars of childhood. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, therapist and minister Wayne Muller brings together the teachings of many different spiritual and religious traditions to create a program of healing that will appeal to readers of THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED and HOMECOMING. As Ram Dass writes, Wayne Muller guides us in a process whereby, through gaining spiritual perspective, we transmute our psychological sufferings into grace. It is the author's experience that adults who were hurt as children have remarkable resilience in that they exhibit a peculiar strength, a profound inner wisdom; a profound spiritual vitality, a quiet knowing, a way of perceiving what is right, beautiful, and true - spending much of their lives in search of the gentleness, love, and peace they have only imagined in the privacy of their own hearts. This book is a call to reawaken what is already wise, strong, and whole within you. Contends that childhood pain can be the source of happiness and includes a twelve-step outline to help adult children of troubled families heal childhood wounds that are prohibiting happiness in adulthood Wayne Muller. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 195-196).