Dana Ullman

The Steps to Healing: Wisdom from the Sages, the Rosemarys, and the Times Dana Ullman

The primary premise of this book is: If you take your disease lying down, you are apt to stay that way. This book consists of 22 steps to health, each of which are short, humorous essays that illuminate an underlying principle of the healing process. Whether it be the importance of humor ("Take laughter seriously"), exercise ("If you don't use it, you lose it"), stress management ("Relax, but don't turn into mush"), or prayer ("The power of prayer is greater than you think"), this book helps us all understand and augment the inner doctor within us. This book not only encourages readers to get in touch with this inner doctor, but also, when necessary, the inner author (to write your life script), the inner publisher (to manifest your life), the inner accountant (to help keep your karmic records in balance), and even the inner electrician (to make certain that your inner lights are kept on). One of the other important steps to healing highlighted in this book is "Obsession with Health Can Be Sickening." Obsession with health may turn a macrobiotic diet into a macroneurotic one. Obsession with meditation may lead a person to literally sit on their other needs. Obsession with exercise may turn a wonderfully healthy pursuit into an exercise in addiction and self-absorption.