Healing Justice: Stories of Wisdom and Love
About this ebook
Wise, beautiful and invaluable —Tara Brach, bestselling author
2018 NAUTILUS AWARD WINNER
Has an unfair past yielded years of endless anguish? Discover ancient traditions that will teach you to live a brighter future.
Does your life seem rife with injustice? Have you ever noticed that sometimes seeking out justice only leads to more suffering? Are you searching for a less destructive path to fulfillment? Bestselling author Jarem Sawatsky has travelled the world to find a better way. After spending extensive time studying communities that practice healing justice, he’s ready to share these joyful teachings with you.
Healing Justice: Stories of Wisdom and Love combines research, storytelling, and honest observations to challenge the outdated notion that justice requires trading an eye for an eye. Sawatsky immersed himself in communities in Canada, Scotland, and France that employ little-known practices to transform suffering into wellness. By sharing the teachings of the lotus, the eagle feather, and the Celtic knot, the author lights the path in your journey toward regaining your wholeness.
In Healing Justice, you’ll discover:
· Practical steps to turn pain and suffering into positivity
· The relationships necessary to support holistic inner healing
· The alternatives to violence, vengeance, and shame when seeking justice
· How to incline your life toward a healthier future
· Observations from a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated author, and much, much more!
Healing Justice is an inspirational guide for adapting a painful past into a restorative future.
If you like the works of Anne Lamott, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Brené Brown, then you’ll love Jarem Sawatsky’s groundbreaking guide about returning to a life of joy.
Buy Healing Justice to begin your journey toward peace today!
WHAT CRITICS SAY ABOUT HEALING JUSTICE
"In language that pierces the soul, this author shows readers how to transform our hostility into hospitality, our anger into an honest search for justice, our pain into a seed of growth, and a lot more. It spoke straight to my heart." —Readers' Favorite
“Essential reading for this moment in history.” —Senator Murray Sinclair, former Chair of the TRC of Canada
"…reflections of a deeply curious human being who wonders if there might be better ways for all of us to behave towards each other." —National bestselling author Rupert Ross
WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT HEALING JUSTICE
★★★★★ “This books is my guide and exemplar”
★★★★★ “Jarem shows us how we to can light a candle in what can sometimes feel like dark times.”
★★★★★ “I loved this book”
★★★★★ “Very accessible to all”
★★★★★ “Reading it is a meditative journey in itself”
★★★★★ “The medicine we need”
★★★★★ “A map of getting along in a diverse world”
★★★★★ “An important beautiful message that brings healing with each unfolding sentence”
★★★★★ “I was captivated from the first page”
★★★★★ “A book for our time”
★★★★★ “Insightful and helpful!”
★★★★★ “Uplifting! Magnificent!”
★★★★★ “A must-read for anyone with a soul thirsty for hope”
Vol. 3 in the award-winning & National bestselling series. More than 35K copies of the series sold and over 500 five-star reviews. Available in digital, print and audiobook.
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About the author
Jarem Sawatsky, Ph.D., is the National Bestselling author/ co-author of 6 books, including the award-winning Dancing with Elephants. He is internationally known for his work as peacebuilder, and teacher working to bring engaged mindfulness to those interested in wellness, resilience, and transformation. He is Professor Emeritus of Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies at Canadian Mennonite University.
Since being diagnosed with a terminal disease, he has been stumbling his way (literally) into finding more healing and joyful ways to live. His most recent book is theaward-winning Healing Justice: Stories of Wisdom and Love.
Even though he has holes in his brain (yes, literally), his work has been celebrated by authors who have sold over a million copies such as Lucy Kalanithi and Peter V. Rabins, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates like Jody Williams and Mairead Maguire, New York Times Bestsellers like Sharon Salzberg and Jen Mann, National Bestselling authors like Jon Kabat-Zinn, Margaret Wheatley and Jean Vanier, and even a well-known clown, Patch Adams.
If you would like a free copy of A More Healing Way – Vol 2 in his award-winning How to Die Smiling Series (a 4-hour video and audio series), go to www.jaremsawatsky.com/more-