When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living Book

How people who have suffered trauma find an upside when theyâ??ve gone to the brinkâ??and back again.Do survivors of lifeâ??s greatest trials possess a secret knowledge? Is there an art to survivalâ??a map for crossing the wildernessâ??or daily life? Why do some people blossom through adversity while others stop growing? Drawing on twenty yearsâ?? experience in this field, using stories, parable, and scientific data, acclaimed memoirist Mark Matousek gives the first-ever comprehensive look at this mysterious phenomenon of viriditas, the power of drawing passion, beauty, and wisdom from the unlikeliest places. Matousek interviews hundreds of well-known survivorsâ??including Joan Didion, Elie Wiesel, and Isabel Allendeâ??and experts such as Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jonathan Kozol, and Sogyal Rimpoche. He includes extraordinary testimonials, from a Tibetan nun imprisoned by the Chinese at age eleven and the women of Calama, Chile, digging for their â??disappeared,â? among countless others. Drawing insight and advice from these many heroic individuals, Matousek presents a chorus of wisdom for how to survive our own livesâ??the vicissitudes of being humanâ??and prevail.Read More