{"product_id":"9781538773932-when-the-ache-remains","title":"When the Ache Remains","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLessons on Tending to the Unfixable and Finding Beauty Anyway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychotherapist and author of \u003ci\u003eAlready Enough\u003c\/i\u003e, Lisa Olivera blends her own personal experience of living with depression with therapeutic wisdom in a moving exploration of the emotional pain each of us lives with to offer readers guidance on holding the ache alongside the beauty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of How We Heal and Keep Moving, therapist and author of Already Enough, Lisa Olivera blends her own personal experience of battling depression with therapeutic wisdom in a moving exploration of the emotional pain each of us lives with, offering readers guidance on creating a life of presence and beauty not without it, but alongside the various aches we carry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmotional pain, of all kinds and magnitudes, is part of life. We'll never be able to find ourselves free of it; no meditation or amount of therapy will cure us of the harder parts of being alive. The practice of turning \u003ci\u003etoward \u003c\/i\u003ethe ache with care - reverence, even - might be one of the most meaningful gifts we can give ourselves. It might even save us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLisa Olivera has confronted this reality for years as a therapist, weaving her exploration of it throughout her popular newsletter, \u003ci\u003eHuman Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e. She asks questions like, \u003ci\u003ehow do we confront and tend to the painful parts of being human without letting that pain entirely overtake us? How do we find joy even when depression visits, even when we lose someone we love, even when the hurt of the world is ever-present? How do we cultivate aliveness in the midst?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Ache Remains \u003c\/i\u003eexplores these questions for readers in a tender and wise exploration of how ache shapes life, how we can alchemize our pain into medicine, and how presence is accessible even in the midst of difficulty. Blending deeply personal narrative, humanistic psychology, lessons from nature, words of nourishment, and her naturally poetic undertone, Lisa invites readers on a journey alongside her as she explores the impact of depression and the process of learning to tend to it, and all of our aches, in more open, integrative, and loving ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57758296473974,"sku":"9781538773932","price":18.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41102467.jpg?v=1777640658","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781538773932-when-the-ache-remains","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}