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 “A heart-felt, wise, honest and tender book. Enormously helpful both to those facing Alzheimer’s and their loved ones.” — Jack Kornfield Author, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry Founder / Director of Spirit Rock Meditation Center “An eloquent and honest account of a long slow ordeal: because this life trial is experienced and shared by two brave, likeable, and loving people, it transcends pain and loss and becomes an inspiration.” — Peter Matthiessen (Muryo Roshi) Author, The Snow Leopard “The Majesty of Your Loving is lyrically beautiful, and timelessly poignant, even as it traces the steps of a journey that no one wants to take... We don’t always get to choose what happens in this life, but we can choose to grow in compassion and wisdom as a result. Olivia Hoblitzelle offers valuable, practical methods for doing so. Her suggestions ring clear and true because she knows the territory intimately in all its pain and promise, and has given us the gift of sharing it.” — Joan Borysenko Author, Founder / Director of Mind-Body Health Sciences “This is a remarkable book, not only written skillfully but with a rare mix of loving attention, humor, practical wisdom, and a deep sense that two people are taking the journey into Alzheimer’s together.” — Reeve Lindbergh Author of Under A Wing, No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and many books for children “The Majesty of Your Loving is a story of courage, love, and growing wisdom in the face of Alzheimer’s. Olivia Hoblitzelle charts the course of her husband’s cognitive loss and their deepening insights into life and death, intimacy and separation. I was moved and inspired by this heartful and wonderfully honest account of the daily challenges of opening to the unknown. Olivia shares with us the gift of awareness and the grace of love.” — Joseph Goldstein Author of One Dharma, Founder / Director of Insight Meditation Society “This powerful book guides us through the tender last years of a great and wise man who awakened on the journey through the loss of his mental acuity... A book of great inspiration, courage, and hope, every word rings with truth, kindness, and the beauty of the human spirit.” — Roshi Joan Halifax Author, Founder / Director of Upaya Zen Center “This beautiful book is unlike any other personal account of living with Alzheimer’s disease that I have ever read. After thirty years of practice in this field, The Majesty of Your Loving changed the way I think about Alzheimer’s disease... This heuristic, epiphany provoking, poetically written book offers patients and families practical insights into how they can live their love more fully and derive meaning from amidst the heartbreak of a mind-robbing illness.” — Paul Raia Director of Patient Care and Family Support, Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts Chapter “The majesty of loving comes through on every page of this wise and touching book. It has helped me to remember life’s precious gifts and fleeting yet miraculous nature. I heartily recommend this teaching memoir, rich with memorable life lessons and poignant anecdotes, to anyone wishing to deal with life’s most difficult passages in a deeply meaningful and beautifully growthful way.” — Lama Surya Das Author of Buddha Is as Buddha Does and Awakening the Buddha Within, Founder of the Western Buddhist Teachers Network "This is a lovely book, a moving account of a difficult passage, full of heart and wisdom. It is an offering from a true spiritual friend. The Majesty of Your Loving is sure to serve as a support, inspiration and companion for many." — Sharon Salzberg Author of Faith, Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, Co-founder, Insight Meditation Society “A masterful work full of courage, honesty and above all love. Invaluable for all of us hhumans; especially so if you have a contemplative bent. I completed the book, put it down and was so moved that I could not speak for hours.” — Larry Rosenberg Author of Breath By Breath and Living in the Light of Death; Founder and Guiding Teacher, Cambridge Insight Meditation Center "An invaluable, compassionate, and spiritual harvest of redemptive insights that will both excite and challenge the reader. This affirming message of hope and healing is a must read . . . a gem to be treasured.” — Rabbi Earl A. Grollman Author of When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer’s: The Caregiver’s Journey “If the art of living is the ability to use misfortune in a constructive fashion Olivia Hoblitzelle has provided a superb example of how this is to be accomplished . . . A warm and glowing book which I will share with many of my personal and professional friends.” — Bruce H. Price, M.D. Chief of Neurology, McLean Hospital “This memoir is full of gems for relatives and friends struggling to cope with a loved one’s Alzheimer’s disease. It is loaded with psychological and spiritual insights that will ease the burden of caregivers and make life more meaningful for people living with this disease. This book is a wonderful antidote to the medically-oriented approach to Alzheimer’s disease and it is perhaps the most helpful book for caregivers that I have read in my 20 year history of working in the field. Olivia Hoblitzelle has written a beautiful testimony about embracing 'the grace of diminishment.' All of us can learn from her experience and wisdom.” — Daniel Kuhn, MSW Director, Professional Training Institute, Alzheimer's Association, Greater Illinois Chapter |
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 The Majesty Of Your Loving
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