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Learning from the Heart: Lessons on Living, Loving, and Listening | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel Gottlieb
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 8605
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1402749996
Dewey Decimal Number: 170.44
EAN: 9781402749995
ASIN: 1402749996
Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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DIVIn the nearly 30 years since the accident that made radio personality and columnist Dan Gottlieb a quadriplegic, he developed a finely-tuned quality of awareness that most people never achieve: he became an outsider among us#8212;#8221;like a foreign correspondent,#8221; as he puts it. From that vantage point, he has acutely observed the way people act, think, feel, and live#8212;in short, he studied and learned exactly what it means to be human. Here, Dan shares his insights, written with humor, honesty, a gift for storytelling, and breathtaking compassion. BRILearning from the Heart/I looks at what divides as well as unites us, including the problems of family life; difficulties confronting today#8217;s parents; challenges faced by the disabled and the aging; and issues of injustice that affect the way we understand the world and our lives.BRAlthough Dan is now speaking directly to the reader, rather than to his own family, you#8217;ll recognize the distinctive voice and format that caused an outpouring of e-mail from fans of ILetters to Sam/I: short anecdotal chapters rich in wisdom, generously revealing and deeply personal, and resonating with universal truths.BR/DIV
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Thank you, Dan Gottlieb! October 27, 2008
Sylvia Salinger
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, what a moving and beautifully written book! Recommended for anyone living with a chronic illness or condition, and their caretakers. A perfect book to share and re-read. Loved it!
loved it July 13, 2008
Steven G. Smith (Salem, NJ United States)
i loved it, and think it is a useful read for anyone who needs a reminder of what is important in life.
A must read! July 4, 2008
Remy
Dan Gottleib, host of Voices in the Family and author of this book is a true inspiration no matter who you are, what you do or think. I can't recommend this book or advocate listening to his show enough. Voices in the Family. br /[...]
You'll be hooked by the time you read the cover! June 25, 2008
Blaine Greenfield (Belle Meade, NJ)
Daniel Gottlieb's LETTERS TO SAM was one of the best br /books that I've read over the past few years . . . so when I br /saw that the author came out with something new, LEARNING br /FROM THE HEART, I rushed to get hold of it. br / br /And was I ever glad that I did . . . I was hooked after br /just seeing the cover and the subtitle: LESSONS ON br /LIVING, LOVING AND LISTENING . . . Gottlieb, a practicing br /psychologist, presents this information via short br /essays on a wide variety of topics . . . best of all, br /he brings in his own personal experiences and openly br /shares them. br / br /I especially liked his view about not always having to be br /best in everything: br /* I've ended up feeling a great deal of gratitude for my failures. Of br /course, there are people who don't believe me when I tell them br /I belong in the last seat in the second row. They challenge my position br /by reminding me of books I have written and the many wonderful br /accomplishments I've been fortunate to achieve. Over the years I have br /learned that there are some aspects of my humanity--perhaps my br /kindness and my ability to understand others--that probably belong br /in the first row. But there are many other aspects of Gottlieb that belong br /in the last row--technical skills, attention span, and br /memory (to name a few). br / br /Gottlieb also got me thinking about how good life can be--and is--when br /he related this account of a friend's visit: br /* I do believe in coincidence, and I was involved in a quite a fortunate one br /when my friend Amy came over to visit just two days before that phone call. br /At one point, she asked if I believed in heaven. Without giving it any thought, br /I said, "Yes. You're in it right now." br / br /I saw the dazed look on her face that I often see when I make proclamations, br /so I went on: "What were the chances of that sperm fertilizing that egg and br /producing your life? And what were the chances that you would have lived all br /the years you have lived in relative good health? And what were the odds that br /you would have so many people in your life whom you love and who care br /about you? And what were the possibilities that you could look out of almost br /any window and see the beauty of nature? Heaven? You bet." br / br /Of course, my version of heaven is not the perfect one we read about in br /mythology or that many believe in. There is great pain and suffering and loss br /in this particular heaven. But deep inside, most know it-heaven, life-is br /precious. It just takes some careful noticing. br / br /Lastly, the author had me laughing when I read passages such as this br /one: br /* Even trauma like my accident carries good news and bad news. I suffer, br /still get frustrated and sometimes depressed, and yet there is good news br /about being a quadriplegic. br / br /The good news about being quadriplegic? br / br /Well, first, there is the obvious--great parking spaces. br / br /Then, think shoes. I don't have to spend a fortune on comfortable shoes, br /and they last as long as I want them to. br / br /But the great news about quadriplegic is that I don't have to get up to pee in br /the middle of the night. So, in the middle of the night tonight, when you are br /sitting or standing. I'll be sleeping. (And they say I have special needs!) br / br /On a serious note, this disability has helped me become the man I am. The br /image I have carried for nearly thirty years is that when my neck broke, my br /soul began to breathe. Because of my differentness, I have not been br /intimidated by my need to be like everyone else. I might not have become br /the man I am today were it not for this trauma. br / br /After reading LEARNING FROM THE HEART, you'll feel like you know br /Daniel Gottlieb much better . . . in fact, in reading it, I thought I was br /having a one-on-conversation with him that made me realize that br /if I was ever in need of a therapist, I'd certainly want to seek him out. br / br /
Learning from the Heart: Lessons on Living, Loving and Listening June 15, 2008
Look Upwrd
If only the majority of the human BEINGS would learn, practice and listen as it is shared in the book, what an awesome world we would experience!
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