How to Save a Life

Healing Power of Poetry

By: Barbara Loeb

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Paperback | 28 September 2021

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112 Pages

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Many of us who are focused on caring for others, whether inside or outside of healthcare, lose sight of the need to care for ourselves. The fact is that all humans need self-care. For over 40 years Dr. Barbara Loeb was such an individual. Caught up in her life as a physician, leader, partner, daughter, and mother she failed to stop and reflect on her life, making things much harder than they had to be and leading to burnout.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, for her, just like for so many others, the need for self-care became more urgent. In her new book "How to Save a Life: Healing Power of Poetry," Dr. Loeb explores and redefines her path as a healer. She utilizes the principles of presence, reflection, self-awareness, and self-compassion to place words in her poetry that describe universal experiences we can relate to. In this way she invites us to travel on our own healing journey. Her ultimate aim is to inspire the reader to find their own path to well-being which is often paired with self-expression and creativity.

Each chapter is illuminated by the artwork of the author's late mother, Judy "Salsa" Loeb.

Industry Reviews

"How To Save a Life" is a truly moving collection of poetry and art, sensitively written, carefully arranged, and beautifully presented.

As Barbara faced her own challenges and nurtured self-awareness, she found solace, healing, and peace of mind through poetry.

We.. are naturally drawn to find the inner wellspring of peace, love, healing, and wholeness within us...

This book, lovingly written by Barbara, is a gem. Highly recommended!

-Shamash Alidina, Author of The Mindful Way Through Stress & Mindfulness for Dummies

... a deeply moving collection of poems that grounds you with eternal hope that you can always

find your way back home, a reminder of the essential wholeness you already are!"

-Daniel Friedland, MD, Author of Leading Well from Within

...[Barbara] and her mother will link arms with you and walk by your side...

reminding you that "You're not alone"in your care for others and yourself.

David Thoele, MD & Marjorie A. Getz, PhD

Narrative Medicine, Advocate Aurora Health

.... In beautiful words and images... [This book] reminds us of the timeless urgency of healing

- to help others even with the knowledge of our transient identities...to open to the gifts

of now...know the potential of our lived moments.

Michael Krasner, MD, Professor of Medicine

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Co-founder of "Mindful Practice"

...With her words of compassion and encouragement infused by nature, imagery,

this poet paints a vivid picture that won't leave one's mind's eye anytime soon.

Eva Xan, Poetry Editor and Author of Esoterra

...It is a gem of a guide for the healing power of words and a journey through grounding, awakening, noticing,

transforming, to healing. An Imaginative legacy, for generations of family, caregivers, and readers....

Mary Rose Thomson, Public Health Nurse, NHS Hospital Governor

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