Why People Don't Heal and How They Can

For more than fifteen years, Caroline Myss has studied why some people heal, while others do not. In her previous book, Anatomy of the Spirit, Dr. Myss illuminated the hidden interactions of belief and body, soul and cell to show how, as she inimitably puts it, "your biography becomes your biology." In this new book, she builds on her earlier teachings of the seven different energy centers of the body to provide a vital self-healing program for physical and spiritual disorders. With her characteristic no-nonsense style and high-voltage storytelling, she exposes and explodes the five myths about healing, explains the cultural and individual contexts in which people become physically and spiritually ill and invested in "woundology," and teaches new methods of working with the challenges that the seven energy centers embody.
        
Both visionary and practical, Why People Don't Heal and How They Can presents a bold new account of the development of human consciousness and spirituality over the ages, and examines the dynamic global transformation of attitudes about healing. To help you get and stay on the path to wellness, Dr. Myss provides rituals and prayers for gaining a symbolic perspective on your life issues; for bolstering your personal power; and for connecting with a universal divine energy. Dr. Myss's breakthrough views on energy medicine and her active approach to healing life issues and physical illness will help you overcome the mental blocks that keep you from becoming well.

"Why do some people heal and others grow sicker? The author, who has been studying why this occurs for more than 15 years, looks into the reasons and explains how using the mind can aid in healing."

The bestselling author of Anatomy of The Spirit reveals the real reasons people become physically and spiritually ill, why they cling to lives of hurt, disappointment, and dependence, how they mistakenly use illness to give meaning to their lives, and most importantly, how to stop.

Library Journal

Myss is a medical intuitive, a person who "sees" illnesses in the body by intuitive means. Here she writes about healing, the various attempts people make to do it, and why they get "stuck." A global thinker, Myss looks at the entire civilization and at "astrological ages" when discussing healing. She also explains the influence of chakras and astrological ages on healing. At the heart of the book is Myss's challenge to five myths that stand in the way of healing: My life is defined by my wound (perhaps the most original concept here); being healthy means being alone; feeling pain means being destroyed; all illness is the result of negativity; and true change is impossible. Myss believes that giving up these myths leads one closer to healing. Many will think her concepts too far out to be of use; others will see her as visionary. The latter will be looking for this book wherever New Age titles circulate well.

-- Barbara O'Hara, Free Library of Philadelphia

Caroline Myss earned her B.A. in journalism, her M.A. in theology, and her Ph.D. in energy medicine.  In 1982, she began working as a medical intuitive, one who "sees" illness in a patient's body by intuitive means.  In 1994 she stopped giving such readings (which Harvard-trained neurosurgeon C. Norman Shealy estimated to be 93% accurate), opting instead to deliver her message to a wider audience through lectures and workshops.  Her schedule is now booked two years in advance, and her workshops draw an average of 1,000 people each.  In 1996, Harmony Books published Myss's book Anatomy of The Spirit, which continued to hit bestseller lists a year after publication.  As Sounds True's bestselling audio author, Myss sells hundreds of audiotapes each week.  In December 1997, PBS will begin airing nationwide a special show on Caroline and her work,  titled Why People Don't Heal and How They Can.