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From "An Invitation to Nature's Model for Healing Presence" 
A wounded body, heart and spirit heal best in the compassionate presence of another. This book is about what it takes to be that presence with another person in the face of illness and pain—about what it takes to make the relationship itself the container for healing. More...
From Ch. 11 "Power and Control in the Healing Relationship" "I don't know how to help you," I said to Jolene. Deep despair wove itself into every thread of her being. She said it felt like there was a serpent of darkness slinking its way through and wrapping itself all around her, squeezing the life out of her. "It's helping just to be heard," she said, leaning away in shame ". . . and . . . that you're . . . h-h-ere." Jolene, usually a cheerful and sweet young woman, had surfaced some very painful memories of childhood abuse and ways in which she had hurt others as a result. We'd worked together for some time, and over the last year she'd learned some very effective strategies for releasing the energy of these traumas, but today nothing was working. The tool bag was empty again. More...
From Ch. 2 "Meet the Cell Membrane" Imagine yourself at the beginning of your life when you were a single cell. By expanding and contracting in cellular breathing you received nutrients through the membrane that held you together. You were protected and nurtured by a community of cells whose membranes interacted with yours as you were swept along on your way to the safe space that would be your home for nearly nine months. By the time you implanted in your mother's womb, you had divided into two, then four, then many cells. As your cells divided, the membrane surrounding each one managed the new relationships being formed among these cells and all those that surrounded them. Your cells differentiated into various forms and functions through the collaboration of the membrane with the DNA blueprint in the center of each cell to finally become the complex, highly conscious being you are. You are still imbedded in a community of life whose relationships are managed by cell membranes. More...
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