Storms Can't Hurt the Sky: The Buddhist Path Through Divorce

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2008
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Buddhism has been applied to everything from parenting to golf, but until now no one has offered Buddhist principles as a healing path through divorce. In Storms Can't Hurt the Sky , Gabriel Cohen bravely delves into his personal experience-along with insights from Buddhist masters, parables, humour, social science studies, and interviews with other divorces-to provide a practical and very helpful guide to surviving the pain of any break-up. Focusing on the emotions most common in the dissolution of a relationship-anger, resentment, loss, and grief- Storms Can't Hurt the Sky shows how thinking about these feelings in surprisingly different ways can lead to a radically better experience. This compulsively readable book offers sound advice and much-needed empathy for anyone dealing with a break-up.

Synopsis

Buddhism has been applied to everything from parenting to golf, but until now no one has offered Buddhist principles as a healing path through divorce. In Storms Can't Hurt the Sky , Gabriel Cohen bravely delves into his personal experience-along with insights from Buddhist masters, parables, humour, social science studies, and interviews with other divorces-to provide a practical and very helpful guide to surviving the pain of any break-up. Focusing on the emotions most common in the dissolution of a relationship-anger, resentment, loss, and grief- Storms Can't Hurt the Sky shows how thinking about these feelings in surprisingly different ways can lead to a radically better experience. This compulsively readable book offers sound advice and much-needed empathy for anyone dealing with a break-up.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press Ed
Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
Published: 15 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 1600940501
ISBN 13: 9781600940507

Media Reviews

Anybody who has ever experienced the breakdown of a relationship, let alone a divorce, will find that once started, this book is impossible to put down. A deeply personal and honest account of one man's journey that becomes universal...This is an inspirational and insightful story. -- Mandala

A practical, down-to-earth guide. -- Hillsdale Independent, 5/23/08

Offers practical suggestions for people in difficult relationships...evocative and illuminating memoir-cum-guidebook...Cohen has a knack for seamlessly weaving together conceptual material and personal anecdotes. In the end, the book speaks not only to people struggling through the trauma of divorce but also to anyone interested in how Buddhist teachings apply to everyday life. -- Tricycle

Highly readable yet subtle book...Very grounded and straightforward...An enjoyable book, well worth reading. -- The Middle Way, August 2008

Author Bio

Gabriel Cohen has written for the New York Times and Time Out New York and has taught writing at NYU. The author of three novels, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.