Everything Happens for a Reason - by Mira Kirshenbaum (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Can it really be true that everything happens for a reason? As amazing as it sounds, it is. There is significance in every event of our lives, from the most joyful and empowering to the inexplicable or seemingly unjust. In Everything Happens for a Reason, psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum encourages us to discover the meaning in what has happened to us, seeing these experiences as gifts, lessons, or opportunities. Building on more than twenty-five years of clinical research, Kirshenbaum helps us decode the confusing or unfortunate moments in our lives and find solace and strength.

Review Quotes

"Mira Kirshenbaum is a wise and seasoned guide, her book a welcome map of the difficult terrain of life." --Dr. Dorothy Firman, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul

"In a loving universe everything does happen for a reason, and in Mira Kirshenbaum's book we are persuaded that the universe always has our best interests at heart--even in our darkest moments."--Gavin de Becker, bestselling author of The Gift of Fear

"Brilliant, beautiful, and bound to make a profound difference in all of our lives." --Debra Waterhouse, M.P.H., R.D., bestselling author of Outsmarting Female Fatigue

"One of life's wonderful surprises. Insightful, wise, and warm." --Mary J. Shomon, bestselling author of Living Well with Hypothyroidism

About the Author

Mira Kirshenbaum is a psychotherapist and researcher and the clinical director of the Chestnut Hill Institute in Boston, where she has practiced for twenty-five years. She is the author of six previous books, including the influential Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay and Parent/Teen Breakthrough.