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Close to the Bone Life-Threatening Illness and the Search For Meaning

Jean Shinoda Bolen

In this beautifully written and profoundly affecting new book, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen explores what it means when serious illness brings one "close to the bone": close to the soul's needs. As in her critically acclaimed best-seller Goddesses in Everywoman, the author weaves myth, experience, and sto...

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On Being with Krista Tippett

This book was cited as being helpful in understanding how life-threatening illnesses trigger our deepest assumptions about life and the importance of understanding patients' personal stories.

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There was a book by Gene Shenotable and called close to the bone life threatening illness and the search for meaning that I found just enormously helpful but that was.

— Episode: Mark Hyman, James Gordon, and Penny Geor...

Episode: Mark Hyman, James Gordon, and Penny George — The E...

This book was cited as being helpful in understanding how life-threatening illnesses trigger our deepest assumptions about life and the importance of understanding patients' personal stories.

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There was a book by Gene Shenotable and called close to the bone life threatening illness and the search for meaning that I found just enormously helpful but that was.

Episode: [Unedited] Penny George, Mark Hyman, and James Gor...

This book was mentioned as a helpful resource for understanding the profound questions about life's purpose that can arise during serious illness, emphasizing the importance of connecting the purpose of life to personal stories.

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There was a book by Jean Shenotable and called Close to the Bone, Life Threatany illness and the search for meaning that I found just enormously helpful

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