Hope For Humanity: How understanding and healing trauma could solve the planetary crisis
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (698 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1846944430 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 455 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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A searing and profound tour de force taking the reader on a roller-coaster of despair and hope through the history of human trauma and resilience. A shattering but ultimately hopeful read. (David Lorimer, Editor, Science and Medical Network Journal) . No reader will remain untouched. The book is a Herculean achievement not only in terms of its extraordinary scope but also for the courage and tenacity of the authors in delving into a darker side of the human journey
He lives in Tasmania Australia. Christine Connelly has a lifelong focus on therapy blending the wisdoms of many mainstream and alternative approaches. She is Malcolm's partner in life as well as work. Malcolm Hollick PhD is a freelance writer and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia
To survive we need to act urgently to reduce the incidence and impacts of trauma and develop a new culture of peace cooperation and equality. Yet it is so embedded in human culture that we do not recognize it. Trauma warps our personality blights our health stunts our development and condemns us to living well below our potential. We must evolve towards higher levels of compassion love and consciousness. This book documents the nature of trauma and its role in history and the present before proposing a strategy for change that will foster the emergence of the possible human.. We accept aggression violence hierarchy and the drive for power status and wealth as normal
"An important and rewarding book" according to John D. Croft. "Hope for Humanity" is an important book. It presents concisely the best research on Trauma and its healing around and is positively encyclopaedic in its treatment of this important subject. Especially important is its presentation for the evidence of trans-generational tr. How understanding and healing trauma could solve the planetary crisis. The thesis behind this substantial book by Hollick and Connelly is that our present global crises are the result of unhealed traumas, both collective and individual. These traumas affect the ways we behave, creating more trauma, in a self perpetuating cycle. Trauma begets