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The Power Of Suffering

Growing through life crises

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The Power Of Suffering

By: David Roland
Narrated by: Lewis Fitz-Gerald
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 The Power of Suffering is psychologist David Roland’s personal investigation into the nature of human suffering. When our world is turned upside down, what does it do to us, how do we survive it, and, most importantly, how can we grow as a result? David takes the lived experience of eleven incredible people and follows them along each step of their journey from crisis through to acceptance and triumph. Within each story, David draws on his own experience of life-altering trauma and clinical research to offer insights we all can gain from.

Each life story examined is a moving testimony of the human spirit’s ability to rise and rise again – an executive tragically loses his family in a car crash and finds healing in the rehabilitation of wildlife, a teenage victim of domestic violence becomes a fierce advocate for abused women and brain-injured youth, a football superstar overcomes bigotry and dyslexia to forge a career in acting, a mother experiences the aching depth of love lost after her teenage child’s life is tragically cut short. These are but a few of the intimately told stories, all pointing to a path through the storm and beyond.

The Power of Suffering is a revelatory account of how the darkest night can lead to the most profound dawn.

'Poignant and powerful.' The Library Within

'A beautiful book... exquisite storytelling, and a book that could only be written by someone with the unique causes and conditions of David Roland – a personal journey through suffering, a psychologist’s eye and the capacity to weave his own story and observations with the stories of others.' Aussie Reviews Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health

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'Poignant and powerful.'
'A beautiful book... exquisite storytelling, and a book that could only be written by someone with the unique causes and conditions of David Roland – a personal journey through suffering, a psychologist’s eye and the capacity to weave his own story and observations with the stories of others.'
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I absolutely loved this book and the narration. David Roland provides an intimate account of his own personal suffering and those from his clinical work, shedding light on the human capacity for suffering from tragedy and grief, and the potential for recovery. He injects compassion, humility, care and humour throughout. I felt compelled to listen and learn more about human strength, resilience and survival.

Powerful, heart felt, warm, moving.

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