How to Be Sick (Second Edition)
Toni Bernhard
“When we lose our physical health, it can seem like we’ve lost our life. Toni Bernhard, with unflinching realness and deep insight, shows us how the fires of loss can clear the way for a new and profound capacity for appreciation, love, and understanding. This book can bring you more fully alive by healing your spirit.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance
“Toni shows how her longtime study and meditation practice in the Buddhist tradition help her accommodate her situation with gentle acceptance and compassion. The techniques that Toni presents for working with one’s mind in the distressed states it finds itself when facing an uncomfortable and unchanging truth are basic Buddhist insights and meditation practices…[that] will work for anyone.”—From the Foreword by Sylvia Boorstein
"Beautiful, heartfelt, and immensely courageous."—Sharon Salzberg
In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and stayed that way. As she and her partner faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations—a life that was vastly different from the one they’d thought they’d have together—Toni had to learn how to be sick. In spite of her many physical and energetic restrictions (and sometimes, because of them), Toni learned how to live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy. Rich with insights and practices hard-won from Toni’s own ongoing life experience, this book reminds us that our own inner freedom is limitless, regardless of our external circumstances.
Duration - 7h 22m.
Author - Toni Bernhard.
Narrator - Deon Vozov.
Published Date - Sunday, 01 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2018 Toni Bernhard ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
“When we lose our physical health, it can seem like we’ve lost our life. Toni Bernhard, with unflinching realness and deep insight, shows us how the fires of loss can clear the way for a new and profound capacity for appreciation, love, and understanding. This book can bring you more fully alive by healing your spirit.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance “Toni shows how her longtime study and meditation practice in the Buddhist tradition help her accommodate her situation with gentle acceptance and compassion. The techniques that Toni presents for working with one’s mind in the distressed states it finds itself when facing an uncomfortable and unchanging truth are basic Buddhist insights and meditation practices…[that] will work for anyone.”—From the Foreword by Sylvia Boorstein "Beautiful, heartfelt, and immensely courageous."—Sharon Salzberg In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and stayed that way. As she and her partner faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations—a life that was vastly different from the one they’d thought they’d have together—Toni had to learn how to be sick. In spite of her many physical and energetic restrictions (and sometimes, because of them), Toni learned how to live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy. Rich with insights and practices hard-won from Toni’s own ongoing life experience, this book reminds us that our own inner freedom is limitless, regardless of our external circumstances. Duration - 7h 22m. Author - Toni Bernhard. Narrator - Deon Vozov. Published Date - Sunday, 01 January 2023. Copyright - © 2018 Toni Bernhard ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:15
Dedication
Duration:00:00:15
Foreword by Sylvia Boorstein
Duration:00:04:49
Preface to the Revised Edition
Duration:00:04:28
Preface to the First Edition
Duration:00:09:21
Chapter 1: Getting Sick: A Romantic Trip to Paris
Duration:00:15:05
Chapter 2: Staying Sick: This Can’t Be Happening to Me
Duration:00:22:33
Chapter 3: The Buddha Tells It Like It Is
Duration:00:13:51
Chapter 4: The Universal Law of Impermanence
Duration:00:23:08
Chapter 5: Who Is Sick? Who Is in Pain?
Duration:00:16:44
Chapter 6: Finding Joy in the Life You Can No Longer Lead
Duration:00:11:54
Chapter 7: Soothing the Body, Mind, and Heart
Duration:00:10:34
Chapter 8: Using Compassion to Alleviate Your Suffering
Duration:00:41:44
Chapter 9: Facing the Ups and Downs of Chronic Illness with Equanimity
Duration:00:40:36
Chapter 10: Getting Off the Wheel of Suffering
Duration:00:17:23
Chapter 11: Tonglen: Spinning Straw into Gold
Duration:00:11:53
Chapter 12: With Our Thoughts We Make the World: An Appreciation of Byron Katie
Duration:00:19:29
Chapter 13: The Present Moment as a Refuge
Duration:00:32:40
Chapter 14: Wise Action: What to Do and What Not to Do
Duration:00:26:11
Chapter 15: Zen Helps
Duration:00:18:33
Chapter 16: Communicating with Care
Duration:00:16:04
Chapter 17: Connecting with Others and Appreciating Solitude
Duration:00:30:45
Chapter 18: And in the End...
Duration:00:07:03
A Guide to Using the Practices to Help with Specific Challenges
Duration:00:35:22
With Gratitude
Duration:00:09:48
About the Author
Duration:00:01:24
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:25