Daniel J. Siegel - The Wisdom Were Born With: Restoring Our Faith in Ourselves

Praise for The Wisdom Were Born With

Reading this book is like having a great conversation with a deeply wise, kind, and supportive friendwho also happens to be an extraordinary therapist whose own losses have been profound teachers. With humor and grace, Dr. Gottlieb helps readers come home to their own natural inner wisdom, strength, and peace.

Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

Imagine one of your dearest friends sitting before you, sharing stories about the people hes loved, the people hes worked with, and himself, all at critical moments in their lives. With poignancy, vulnerability, and honesty, he moves you from laughter to tears to questions to insights. And you are so entertained, and so prompted to re-examine your own life, you just keep saying, Tell me one more. Dan Gottlieb is that friend, and in this tenderhearted book of transformative tales, he will tell you those stories.

Rachel Simon, author of Riding the Bus with My Sister

Dan Gottlieb is not only openhearted, courageous, wise, and compassionate, he is also funny and irreverent. The Wisdom Were Born With is a book that teaches us how to live. There are no platitudes here, no easy answers. But the way Dan shares his life, including his vulnerability, gives readers the strength to face their own deepest pain and the inspiration to delight in every possible joy.

Ellen Bass, poet and co-author of The Courage to Heal

Magically, Dr. Dan Gottlieb turns personal narrative into a reflective mirror that helps us discover and celebrate our inner selves. No wonder he is Americas healer. Beautifully written with deep insights from children, patients, and friends, The Wisdom Were Born With is a model of how to live more fully in our fast-paced 21st century world.

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD, Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow, Temple University, and author of Einstein Never Used Flash Cards and A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool

Reading this book is like having a loving, understanding, and good-humored friend remind you of what is most important in life. Drawing from his own journey and his clinical work with others, Dr. Dan Gottliebs beautifully written stories of vulnerability and awakening illuminate the pathway home to our own wise hearts.

Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gottlieb, Daniel, 1946
The wisdom were born with : restoring our faith in ourselves / by Daniel Gottlieb.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-4549-0639-1 (hardback)
1. Conduct of life. 2. Happiness. 3. Perspective (Philosophy) 4. Self-realization. I. Title.
BJ1521.G63553 2014
158.1dc23

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