Healing Rage

Women Making Inner Peace Possible

By: Ruth King, Jack Kornfield - foreword

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Healing Rage is the self-published success that provides guidance for women in identifying and transforming one of the most challenging emotions of our lives

Self-help authors rarely distinguish between anger and rage, but Ruth King has devoted her career to exploring the subtle varieties of this emotion. In Healing Rage, she gives all listeners access to her pioneering, breakthrough program, which has already changed thousands of lives through workshops nationwide.

Written for every woman—from counselors and their patients to those who may not realize that rage is at the root of their unhappiness and have just begun to seek new paths of hope—Healing Rage is a unique invitation for transformation.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2007 Ruth King (P)2024 Tantor

almost skipped this book, glad I didn't

I had read the previous review and almost skipped this book, but I'm glad I didn't. There are parts that are better not listened to/require the PDF, which may not work if you are driving and listening. However, overall, this book is a gentle guide to understanding rage with plenty of examples on how to work with it and through it. The narrator's voice is extremely soothing, like a warm hug or a hot cocoa before you go to bed. I would get the book just to listen to her.

Rage is personal, and yes the book may be general in some cases, but give it a chance. Sometimes, you need a friend, not a therapist, to guide you in your grief.

Muddled Word Salad

If you've never read anything on the 4F trauma responses, you might get something out of this book. If you have, though, probably skip it.

This is basically an entire book trying to explain the 4F responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) using only three of the Fs (fight, flight, freeze). It then tries to make up for the gap by randomly sprinkling traits of the missing fawn throughout the other Fs, which quickly becomes nonsensical and self contradictory. It tries to cover this up by using a bunch of charts that are little more than random word associations.

There are a lot of better resources out there. Probably look for one of those instead.