The Dark Heart of Healing

by Kat Duff (Contributor)

On Dark Heart of Healing, Kat Duff descends into the underworld of illness, a potent, strangely healing place that is ignored by our culture. While discussing her own experience with serious illness, Kat Duff helps us explore deeper truths about sickness & transformation. This thoughtful journey to the "shadow" side of healing covers dreamwork, self-diagnostic writing exercises, the wisdom within symptoms & more

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First published September 1, 1994

About the author

Kat Duff is author of "The Alchemy of Illness" and the forthcoming "The Secret Life of Sleep." She lives in northern New Mexico, and works as a counselor and child forensic interviewer. Duff has been a fan of the essay form ever since reading Joan Didion's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" in high school.