How to Heal from Trauma: A Buddhist and Neuroscience Guide to Post-Traumatic Growth - Couverture souple

Lucas, Adam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1972675001 ISBN 13 : 9781972675007

Editeur : Mel Harkrader Pine, 2026

Synopsis

What if your deepest wounds aren't meant to break you—but to remake you?

Trauma can feel permanent. The flashbacks, the hyper-vigilance, the weight of grief that follows you into ordinary moments—it all signals that something in you is frozen. But it isn't. And this book shows you why.

In How to Heal from Trauma: Embracing Self-Compassion Is the Key, author Adam Lucas draws on four decades of Buddhist contemplative practice, personal experience with devastating loss, and the latest findings in neuroscience to illuminate a path most trauma books miss: the path inward, through self-compassion.

Lucas demystifies the neurobiology of trauma—why your amygdala stays on high alert, how cortisol reshapes memory, and why the same neuroplasticity that encoded your pain can actively rewire your brain toward healing. But this isn't just science. It's wisdom rooted in the Buddhist principle of anicca— impermanence—which teaches that nothing is fixed, not even your suffering.

Inside these pages, you will:

• Understand why trauma feels permanent — and why it isn't
• Learn how self-compassion works neurologically to accelerate recovery
• Discover how to find meaning and purpose in your pain
• Build spiritual resilience without any religious framework
• Develop daily practices that create real, lasting change
• Navigate setbacks without losing ground on your healing journey

This isn't a book about bouncing back to who you were. It's about post-traumatic growth — becoming someone you weren't before, often more capable, more connected, and more awake to life.

Written with the authority of someone who has walked through fire—and the clarity of a veteran journalist who knows how to make complex ideas accessible—How to Heal from Trauma is short enough to finish and deep enough to change you.

Healing begins with how you treat yourself. This book shows you how.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mel Harkrader Pine
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1972675001
• ISBN 13: 9781972675007
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 82
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