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Into the Dark for Gold
Les Rhodes
320
pages
7 x 5 in.
ISBN 978-0831400880
$16.95 paperback
This
book offers a wonderfully revealing glimpse of Les Rhode's travels into
the experience and meaning of chronic illness. Anyone living through long
term adversity may find valuable insights in these short, powerful essays
about this rare woman's quest to embrace the depths of her life, her dreams,
and her early-onset Parkinson's Disease.
The wisdom
here speaks to anyone whose spirit includes the capacity for self-discovery
and awe. As she writes in her preface, "Although this book deals with
my process around my condition, I intended it to speak to any who struggle
with adversity and long to transform personal sorrow and pain into a process
of spiritual growth."
Les Rhodes,
M.A., is an experienced educator, writer, and psychotherapist. A certified
Family Life educator and clinical member of AAMFT, she has taught part-time
at Duke University and at Appalachian State U. In 1998 she received the
Living Treasure Award from Avanta, the Virginia Satir network.
"From time
to time, I find an extraordinary book that stops my world. The eloquent,
passionate, and often mystical story of Les Rhodes shows how we may journey
daily into the darkness of an illness, of life itself, and yet emerge
continually transformed and open to new experiences of love, joy, and
inspiration."
- Bud Harris, Ph.D., Jungian analyst, author of Like
Gold Through Fire and The Father Quest
"By transforming
her chronic illness into personal meaning, love, compassion, healing and
growth, Les Rhodes ... inspires us to dig deeply for the nuggets of gold
buried in our bodies and psyches. This book is a must for anyone (everyone)
whose life has changed because of a serious challenge."
- Ilana Rubenfeld,
creator of Rubenfeld Synergy® and author of The Listening Hand
"Les Rhodes
was a wise, generous, and loving woman before her illness ... made her
a sage. Reading this book takes guts - and makes us yearn to be in her
presence."
- Belinda Novik, Ph.D., psychologist
... with
open arms [she] guides us through the hidden depths of her soul and lifts
us with her to ecstatic heights."
- DeWitt L. Myers, Th.M., Pastoral Counselor
Copyright 2000 Science and Behavior Books
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