- Published: 19 April 2021
- ISBN: 9781946764560
- Imprint: Parallax
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $40.00
Flowers in the Dark
Reclaiming Your Power to Heal from Trauma with Mindfulness
- Published: 19 April 2021
- ISBN: 9781946764560
- Imprint: Parallax
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $40.00
"Accessible and insightful.… While Buddhist nun and former physician Dang Nghiem's techniques can be valuable to anyone seeking personal growth or comfort for pain, those who have experienced severe traumas will find those treated here with sensitivity and compassion, and may find reasons to hope." Publishers Weekly
"Through her own story and those of many others, Sister Dang Nghiem, MD, offers a path to healing from childhood sexual abuse through mindfulness … a path that allows one to reclaim their childhood and move forward in their lives and to heal what for many is a very deep wound. A book that every victim of childhood sexual abuse should read. Powerful and poignant." James R. Doty, MD, New York Times best-selling author of Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
"Sister Dang Nghiem has the enviable air of a person who can (and does) sit still for hours on end without fidgeting. She has a kind of radiant inner calm...." Prevention magazine
"Sister Dang Nghiem's life story gives us the courage and inspiration to do what she strives to do everyday: to be the peace we long to see in our own lives and in the world." Elizabeth Lesser, author of Broken Open