The Compassionate Connection: The Healing Power of Empathy and Mindful Listening

?This book explains not only the healing power of compassionate human connection but in the most accessible and practical ways how to cultivate our capacity to create that connection and thereby empower others to find their best selves.??John Makransky author of Awakening through LoveAll of us have an innate capacity for compassion. We recognize when others are hurting and we want to help but we?re not always good at it. There is another way. In The Compassionate Connection Dr. David Rakel explains how we can strengthen our bonds with others?all the while doing emotional and physical good for ourselves.As founder and director of the University of Wisconsin Integrative Medicine program Dr. Rakel discovered that we become the most effective helpers when we use the tool of human connection. Drawing on his own research and practice as well as thirty years of published studies in medicine sociology psychology meditation and neuroscience Dr. Rakel stacks the deck in favor of healing and introduces the concept of bio-psycho-spiritual authentic awareness. Not only are our bodies and minds connected but also it has been scientifically proven that our capacity to feel beauty awe and compassion enhances our health and wellbeing.In The Compassionate Connection Dr. Rakel provides an innovative approach to enhancing health in others and strengthening relationships through the art of connecting. These tools guide us to improve our connections?whether between doctor and patient husband and wife parent and child or boss and employee?and live with clarity wisdom and good health.

Hardcover: 304 pages

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (April 17 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0393247740

ISBN-13: 978-0393247749

Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 1 x 8.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces