Designed to Heal
What the Body Shows Us about Healing Wounds, Repairing Relationships, and Restoring Community

This book helped me think about health in a new way. One of the first things I noted was the use of the word “resilient” to describe our body’s urgent and coordinated drive toward healing. The authors describe in technical detail the powerful, complicated and mysterious systems that are in place, wa......more

I remember some particularly gnarly cuts and scrapes from my youth. Playing hard at the driveway basketball hoop with my dad or sister, rollerblading up and down our hilly street, or the skinned sides and elbows from goalkeeper practice on hard astroturf. My body can tell stories of wounds, healing,......more

Designed to Heal is the product, not just of intensive research, but of the sharing of two lives well lived. These authors take turns eloquently describing the science behind various healing matrices and illustrating their parallels as tools for dealing wisely with weaknesses in diverse faiths, fami......more

A Powerful Read I read this book while transferring many of the ideas & terms into conversations with the patients, nurses & doctors I had around me as I recovered in hospital. Ironically, it helped me in relating my physical healing with the very real transformation taking place in my life as a pers......more

3.5⭐️ Designed to Heal is a noteworthy book first and foremost because of its unique premise. How does the body’s incredible network of healing mechanisms teach us about how we can heal within interpersonal, familial, and community relationships? The author(s) of this book set out to answer this que......more