Scarlett's lost a lot. Her mother, dead from cancer. Her friends, who have no idea what to say. And now her Dad, who has found someone new. Then, on a park bench on a cold and windy evening, she discovers Hayden. Hayden is the life and soul. He makes her laugh and he sees her pain. She dives into his life - heaving parties, sweaty raves ... and worse. The only thing that matters now is him and her: but all is not as it seems. Scarlett embarks on a long and difficult emotional journey ...
"This book is an inspiration" - Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love"Moving and inspiring, filled with humane wisdom that is both tender and compassionately tough" - Jack Karnfield, author of A Path with Heart When psychotherapist Malcom Stern’s daughter Melissa committed suicide in 2014, he experienced every parent’s worst nightmare and his grief made him challenge every aspect of his work and life. It thrust his growth forward in ways he never thought possible, and Slay Your Dragons With Compassion is the culmination of this process. The book, which includes many exercises, is the distillation of over 30 years’ experience in the therapy room and shows us that meaning can exist even in the worst tragedy. There is revelation, insight, struggle, devastation and winning through against all odds in these stories of ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges. The reader will be transported into the powerful atmosphere of the therapy room and be inspired to make courageous changes in their own life. "Even in his darkest moments [Malcolm] is willing to face his dragons head on... knowing that ultimately it was only himself that he was facing every time he ran into a so-called dragon." - Craig David, musician
