The Healing Power of Pain

The Healing Power of Pain

By Ybe Casteleyn
Michael Caine
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Length4h 5m

About this audiobook

The Healing Power of Pain is an accessible guide for those grappling with emotional distress. This empathetic resource helps readers understand the root causes plaguing heavy hearts, from negative thought patterns to fears and lack of self-worth. Rather than immediately turning to a therapist, many first seek to comprehend their inner turmoil through self-study. This book meets them where they are, using relatable stories and unique practical exercises to anchor emotional breakthroughs. Through psychotherapeutic insights and trauma case studies, The Healing Power of Pain illuminates how grief, loss and suffering can shape us. It provides a roadmap for alleviating pain and pioneering our own recovery, moving from simply coping to transformed thriving. Accessible yet anchored in psychology, The Healing Power of Pain puts healing tools into the hands of the reader. Through candour, compassion and actionable steps, this guide lights the way from hurt toward lasting hope.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 4.0 (1)
GenreSelf-Help
Length4 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1About the Author
2Dedication
3Foreword
4Part 1 : The Impact of Trauma
5The Tiger in Carlo
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6Theory: Trauma Flight, Fight, Freeze
7Theory: Trauma and Loneliness
8Theory: Processing, Reliving and Reexperiencing the Trauma
9Exercise: A Different Scenario
10Lena: I Am Afraid I Am Getting Too Fat
11Theory: Attachment
12Theory: Parentification
13Theory: Intergenerational Trauma
14Exercise: Finding the Proper Distance Between You and Your Parents
15Camilla’s Mirror
16Theory: Self-Worth and Shame
17Theory: Self-Worth, Self-Care and Boundaries
18Theory: The Blind Spot of Trauma
19Exercise: I Love You
20Elsie’s Cramp
21Theory: Chronic Trauma
22Theory: Dissociation
23Theory: Resilience
24Exercise: A Me Without Trauma
25Part 2 : Trauma Mechanisms
26Ramzi: I Have Lost Everything
27Theory: Trauma Energy and Trauma Time
28Theory: Mechanism 1 Reacting on Instinct
29Theory: Trauma and Human Kindness
30Exercise: Thinking of a Fellow Human Being
31Anger and Sadness
32Isabel: I Want to Get Rid of My Anger
33Theory: Triggers and Flashbacks
34Theory: Mechanism Being Allergic to One’s Own Feelings
35Theory: Avoidance
36Exercise: The Continuous Letter
37Ruud: Big Lies
38Theory: Your Worldview Under Pressure
39Theory: Mechanism Thinking You Are Going Crazy
40Theory: Being Out of Touch with Who You Are
41Exercise: Sitting on Your Own Chair
42Anna: The Emptiness Inside Me
43Theory: Taboos Reinforce Our Trauma
44Theory: Mechanism 4 The Compulsion to Repeat the Trauma
45Theory: Defusing Trauma
46Exercise: I Have Become Who I Am Because…
47Part 3 : Healing Our Trauma.
48And How About You?
49Exercise: Finding Your Own Key Scenarios
50Exercise: Making a Still of Your Key Scenario

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