Michaela Haas – författare

“Engaging stories of modern survival with uplifting and often surprising takeaways.” —Gay Hendricks, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of The Big Leap and Conscious Loving “Bouncing Forward shows us how adversity can turn us toward our deepest inner resources of trust, wisdom, and love.” —Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge “Discover the advantages of adversity and find meaning in the messiness…[Bouncing Forward] shows the reader how to cultivate the mindset of resilience that can catalyze healing and growth from catastrophe. Brilliant, inspiring, to be read, re-read, and treasured.” —Linda Graham, MFT, author of Bouncing Back Thrive in the face of challenges and radically change your perspective on adversity and loss with the cutting-edge science of posttraumatic growth and these powerful methods to grow from victim to survivor in this “great message of hope” (The Huffington Post).Learn how to become stronger, happier, and more resilient in the face of life’s inevitable setbacks through twelve inspiring stories from survivors of cancer, addiction, PTSD, the Holocaust, loss of a love one, and childhood abuse. Michaela Haas, PhD, presents these stories with practical methods on how to transform pain into a journey to wisdom, love, and purpose. In Bouncing Forward, Haas draws upon powerful storytelling, psychology, history, and twenty years of Buddhist practice to reshape the way we think of crisis. Through interviews with the late Dr. Maya Angelou, who shares with us how her childhood trauma led her into a passionate life of meaning; ex-POW Rhonda Cornum, who found a new purpose after being captured in Iraq; renowned autistic pioneer Temple Grandin, who overcame crippling panic attacks; and famed jazz guitarist Coco Schumann, who played for his life in Auschwitz, Haas provides a deep understanding of the strength of spirit and five powerful practices to transform your own life. This treasury of wisdom shines a light when life seems overwhelming.

Vad får en ung brittisk bibliotekarie att gå ombord på ett skepp till Indien, meditera tolv år i en avlägsen grotta i Himalaya och grunda ett nunnekloster? Varför utvecklas en kvinnlig surfare från Malibu till ledare av den viktigaste internationella buddhistiska organisationen för kvinnor? Varför drömmer dottern till en musikproducent i Santa Monica så livligt om en påfågel att hon följer efter dessa bilder ända till Nepal och där förälskar sig i en ung tibetansk lärare?

Det är några av de fascinerande biografierna i denna bok – tolv häpnadsväckande levnadsberättelser fulla av visdom, mod och beslutsamhet.

Många människor drömmer om att lämna vardagslunken för att leva ett mer meningsfullt liv. Men de flesta av oss vågar inte ta steget och verkligen lämna tryggheten. Kvinnorna i denna bok är undantag. De är lysande lärare och erfarna meditatörer, de är en frisk fläkt för buddhismen och berikar den med nya idéer. Dakinipower fokuserar på samtida lärare inom den tibetanska buddhismen som undervisar i väst.

Alla tolv kvinnor följde sin intuition och gjorde dramatiska livsval. Några fick till och med kämpa för sina liv för att få leva det liv de drömde om. Alla blev kritiserade på sin väg – som ”för rebellisk” eller ”för konservativ”, ”för upprorisk” eller ”inte tillräckligt upprorisk”. Ändå fortsatte de obevekligt på sin väg.

What drives a young London librarian to board a ship to India, meditate in a remote cave by herself for twelve years, and then build a flourishing nunnery in the Himalayas? How does a surfer girl from Malibu become the head of the main international organization for Buddhist women? Why does the daughter of a music executive in Santa Monica dream so vividly of peacocks one night that she chases these images to Nepal, where she finds the love of her life in an unconventional young Tibetan master?The women featured in Dakini Power—contemporary teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, both Asians and Westerners, who teach in the West—have been universally recognized as accomplished practitioners and brilliant teachers whose life stories demonstrate their immense determination and bravery. Meeting them in this book, readers will be inspired to let go of old fears, explore new paths, and lead the lives they envision.Featured here are:   • Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche (This Precious Life)   • Dagmola Sakya (Princess in the Land of Snows)   • Jetsun Tenzin Palmo (Diane Perry) (Into the Heart of Life)   • Pema Chödrön (Deirdre Blomfield-Brown) (When Things Fall Apart; Start Where You Are)   • Khandro Tsering Chödron (most familiar to readers as the late aunt of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)   • Thubten Chodron (Cherry Greene) (Buddhism for Beginners; Taming the Mind)   • Karma Lekshe Tsomo (Patricia Zenn) (Buddhism Through American Women’s Eyes)   • Chagdud Khadro (Jane Dedman) (P’howa Commentary; Life in Relation to Death)   • Sangye Khandro (Nanci Gay Gustafson) (Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga)   • Roshi Joan Halifax (Being with Dying)   • Lama Tsultrim Allione (Joan Rousmanière Ewing) (Women of Wisdom; Feeding Your Demons)   • Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel (The Power of an Open Question)

“Engaging stories of modern survival with uplifting and often surprising takeaways.” —Gay Hendricks, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of The Big Leap and Conscious Loving “Bouncing Forward shows us how adversity can turn us toward our deepest inner resources of trust, wisdom, and love.” —Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge “Discover the advantages of adversity and find meaning in the messiness…[Bouncing Forward] shows the reader how to cultivate the mindset of resilience that can catalyze healing and growth from catastrophe. Brilliant, inspiring, to be read, re-read, and treasured.” —Linda Graham, MFT, author of Bouncing Back Thrive in the face of challenges and radically change your perspective on adversity and loss with the cutting-edge science of posttraumatic growth and these powerful methods to grow from victim to survivor in this “great message of hope” (The Huffington Post).Learn how to become stronger, happier, and more resilient in the face of life’s inevitable setbacks through twelve inspiring stories from survivors of cancer, addiction, PTSD, the Holocaust, loss of a love one, and childhood abuse. Michaela Haas, PhD, presents these stories with practical methods on how to transform pain into a journey to wisdom, love, and purpose. In Bouncing Forward, Haas draws upon powerful storytelling, psychology, history, and twenty years of Buddhist practice to reshape the way we think of crisis. Through interviews with the late Dr. Maya Angelou, who shares with us how her childhood trauma led her into a passionate life of meaning; ex-POW Rhonda Cornum, who found a new purpose after being captured in Iraq; renowned autistic pioneer Temple Grandin, who overcame crippling panic attacks; and famed jazz guitarist Coco Schumann, who played for his life in Auschwitz, Haas provides a deep understanding of the strength of spirit and five powerful practices to transform your own life. This treasury of wisdom shines a light when life seems overwhelming.