Present with Suffering

Being With The Things That Hurt

Nigel Wellings, Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
Karnac Books
208 pages
ISBN: 9781913494445
November 2021

Seen through the lenses of Buddhism and psychotherapy, the authors explain that within the bleakness of loss arises the possibility that pain and grief can be transformed into something new, more bearable and ultimately liberating. - Dr Sarah Eagger MB,BS, FRCPsych, Chair of the Janki foundation for Spirituality in Healthcare, former Consultant Psychiatrist at Imperial College London

What is the place of discontent and unhappiness in human experience and how best can we be with it? People entering psychotherapy want to feel better, but even after years and years of therapy many of us feel that there is no ‘happy ever after’. This book shows that by becoming present, accepting and kind, we may enfold what hurts us in a more spacious and meaningful way. Chapters consider the discomfort associated with loss, bereavement, emptiness and impermanence.