Q&A
The book is a beginning. These questions, reflections, and conversations are for those who want to stay with it a little longer.
QUESTIONS READERS ASK
Real questions readers have sent in, answered at the length a message never could.
FROM READERS
Readers who found their own answers here, in their own words — a couple of them below, more on the stories page.
I read the seeking chapter on my lunch break, then went back to see a client an hour later and caught myself doing exactly what the book describes — trying to fix her pain instead of sitting in it with her. That's not something a book usually does to me mid-shift.
— from an email, a therapist in London
I'd been in and out of therapy for six years trying to name what happens to me when I get overwhelmed. Turns out it has a name, and reading it laid out plainly did more for me in one sitting than a lot of those sessions did. I've gone back to the PEACE section more times than I can count — not because I forget it, but because rereading it feels like someone's still there, reminding me… Read more
— left as a comment under a Substack post, Melbourne
DISCUSSION
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