Slay Your Dragons with Compassion: Ten Ways to Thrive Even When It Feels Impossible

Grief transforms despair into a journey of inner healing as a renowned psychotherapist confronts his deepest loss. By turning personal tragedy into a powerful set of practices, the narrative reveals how facing fears and nurturing compassion can unearth hidden hope, purpose, and resilience amid life’s instability. When renowned psychotherapist Malcom Stern's daughter Melissa took her own life in 2014 he experienced most parents' worst nightmare and his grief made him challenge every aspect of his work and life. It thrust his growth and development forwards in ways he never thought possible, forcing him to confront his fears and work through his biggest blocks. The culmination of that process is: Slay Your Dragons With Compassion: 10 Ways To Thrive In An Unstable World. The book, which includes many exercises, is the distillation of over thirty years' experience in the therapy room and shows us that meaning can exist even in the worst tragedy. By creating a set of practices and making them central to our lives we can find passion, purpose, and meaningful happiness while navigating life's darkest moments in such a way that we discover the gold hidden within. ""Malcolm Stern's invaluable bookSlay Your Dragons with Compassionshows how unconditional acceptance and the power of awareness can help us transcend the suffering caused by unconscious mental-emotional, and thus bring about redemption and healing."" Eckhart Tolle