{"product_id":"where-tenderness-lives-heather-plett-9781774583630","title":"Where Tenderness Lives: On Healing, Liberation, and Holding Space for Oneself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey of self-exploration, forgiveness, and individual and collective healing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere Tenderness Lives\u003c\/i\u003e is a loving exploration of what it means to unravel what we've learned from our families, societies, religions, and cultures in order to heal and create a purposeful and joyful life. In this illuminating book, acclaimed author Heather Plett reveals: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e● How trauma--from the earliest patterns of our upbringing to devastating events--can shape our lives and our personalities\u003cbr\u003e● How treating ourselves with radical tenderness can be the balm of healing for our wounded selves, and how this healing can invite others into their own healing\u003cbr\u003e● How learning to hold space for ourselves--our hopes, our aspirations, and our desires--is one of the most worthwhile pursuits of a life well-lived \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter in this heartfelt and honest book contains a revelation about how to move from shades of fear and doubt to freedom and joy. Through stories that range from what it meant to grow up Mennonite to surviving a horrific assault; from leaving a marriage that no longer worked to the poignant moment her grown daughters leave home, Plett provides a vocabulary of understanding how we grew into the people we are and how to move on from what no longer serves us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy reflecting on her own life with vulnerability and self-compassion, Plett provides a springboard for your own self-exploration, as well as a path to individual and collective healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Plett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1774583631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774583630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Page Two Books, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.59h x 5.66w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2024","brand":"Heather Plett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169755492607,"sku":"9781774583630","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4851773-86d6-4241-986e-e026089fb3f9.jpg?v=1689654733","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-tenderness-lives-heather-plett-9781774583630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}