Beyond Pain
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Part One — The Body
Chapter 1
Pain From the Inside
Why the same nail can leave one man in agony and another unharmed, and what that reveals about every pain you've felt.
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When the Alarm Won't Switch Off
How pain that has outlived its injury takes on a life of its own, and how a brain that learned to hurt can be taught to stop.
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The Body as a Temple
Why rest was the wrong prescription all along, and the discovery that you are far more than a body.
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Part Two — The Soul
Chapter 4
The Body Keeps What the Soul Carries
A heartbreak that can physically change the shape of your heart, and the four hidden ways the soul settles into the flesh.
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The Accelerated World
Worn-out waiting-room chairs, a 1929 advertising trick, and why the phone in your pocket keeps your nervous system on permanent alert.
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Renewing the Mind
London taxi drivers grew part of their brains by memorising streets, and what that means for a mind trapped in pain.
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Forgiveness, Gratitude and Belonging
Why resentment raises your blood pressure, gratitude eases your body, and loneliness can be as deadly as smoking.
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Part Three — The Spirit
Chapter 8
The Spirit That Was Dead
The emptiness no achievement can fill, and why it may be the most hopeful thing this book has to say.
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The New Birth
The turning point of the whole story: how the deepest part of a person can come back to life, for good.
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Faith, Meaning and Hope
"Your faith has healed you", told honestly, without the two errors that wound the people who suffer most.
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Part Four — Integration
Chapter 11
Routines for a Whole Life
The single number where body, soul and spirit meet, and simple daily rhythms that move it in the right direction.
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Beyond Pain, a Purpose
What lies on the other side of pain, and how the very thing that hurt you most can become your gift to the world.
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