Precious Solitude: Finding Peace and Serenity in a Hectic World

Now you can learn to use solitude to create a happier, healthier, and more relaxed new you. PRECIOUS SOLITUDE will take you away from the distractions and everyday disasters that keep you from being at ease with your world...and show you how to create a more peaceful path.

Precious Solitude, an intimate little book for women, begins with a letter to its readers from the author, personally inviting us to "go within"; granting us the permission we need to seek sanctuary from a world that is crushing with the pressures of responsibility. Therapist and retreat and workshop leader Ruth Fishel explores the concept of being alone and helps the reader consider the many obstacles--real and imagined--to gaining the stress-reducing peace of mind found in simple solitude. Concepts such as esteem, patience, happiness, and mindfulness are interlaced with inspirational quotes and affirmations--Fishel welcomes us into the shelter of our own souls with a variety of simple techniques for just being there. The particularly attractive typographical design of this trade paperback makes it a pleasure to gaze upon, and the short (often only one page) chapters make for a stress-reducing read moments before retiring, or at any time of day when a quick break makes all the difference in the world. --Randall Cohan