Dr. Kathryn Mannix presents a new book, the fruit of her medical experience. She shares ideas, thoughts and actions that come from the Christian way of thinking. This book is a manual to learn how to develop conversations, topics, moments... in which, indeed, words matter. The place of the book's development is set in British society, but, taking into account: a globalized society in which we are involved; the influence of digital media, technology and COVID; the deep de-Christianization in which we live; the impact of the speed in our societies....
It is an important book for anyone who wants to help others, and not only that: a book for everyone to enjoy more and better the people with whom they live, work, relate... at work, personal, family, everyday.
Dr. Mannix teaches us that anyone who suffers a worry, a pain, an inner tear (adolescent in crisis, terminally ill, relative of a dying person, cheated husband...) needs a verbal, private, spiritual, close, understanding and empathetic outlet. This encounter cannot be improvised or trivialized, since it touches the core of the human soul. Pain needs to be shared, and it is necessary to help to make sense of it, to find the reason for not despairing, to give it its emotional objectivity, to let oneself be helped. Otherwise, the wounds it produces will revert in one's own personality or in the personality of others. Without referring to any particular religion or belief, the author encourages us to raise our view of the mundane horizon and to look into our own soul and that of others, until we find the point of hope that brings peace.