Rivers of a Wounded Heart

In this remarkable memoir, "Rivers of a Wounded Heart," Michael Wilbur draws on his early lessons, the traditions of his Native American elders, and his extensive training as a psychotherapist as he explores the similarities that lie within separate human experiences. For as long as Michael can remember, he has believed that life, symbolized by water, is cyclical - the ending of one life drifts into the beginning of the next. In this way, all events are connected and all people are...
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In this remarkable memoir, "Rivers of a Wounded Heart," Michael Wilbur draws on his early lessons, the traditions of his Native American elders, and his extensive training as a psychotherapist as he explores the similarities that lie within separate human experiences. For as long as Michael can remember, he has believed that life, symbolized by water, is cyclical - the ending of one life drifts into the beginning of the next. In this way, all events are connected and all people are anchored in a similar place, what Michael calls "our home water." As Michael steps out from behind his desk, he makes an honest and often painful inquiry into himself, struggling to deepen his capacity for compassionate understanding and acceptance and developing a realization of how his experiences, both past and present, impact the process of psychotherapy. Written in a lyrical style, which is at times heartbreakingly beautiful, Michael challenges conventional thinking by questioning the definition of "normalcy" and the meaning of "crazy." An especially candid and insightful narrative, Rivers of a Wounded Heart delivers a universal message of one man's unique engagement with life.