Mannix uses real scenarios, from her personal and professional life, to illustrate her theory, and as a result, wisdom, grace and humility shine from every page.Īvoiding the words “difficult” and “challenging”, Mannix prefers to describe the conversations we may try to avoid as “tender”. While the author’s background means that the end of life features strongly in this book, it is by no means exclusively about palliative medicine, and it takes the reader through a broad range of situations from adoption to sexuality, from the death of a child in early pregnancy to growing old. Using her wide experience as a consultant specialising in palliative care, an area where good communication is paramount, Mannix examines why we may shy away from broaching certain topics with our loved ones, what tools we can use to make those conversations easier to have, and the stumbling blocks we all may encounter along the way. “This book is an invitation to notice and expand the skills we all possess.” “We all have moments when words fail us,” she explains. “R ight now, there is quite likely to be a conversation you are trying to avoid,” writes Kathryn Mannix in her new book Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations, a follow-up to With the End in Mind, her moving and bestselling exploration of how to die well.
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