Books by Dr. Remen
My Grandfather's Blessings, New York: Riverhead Books, 2000
Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal, New York: Riverhead Books, 1996
Foreign language editions of Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal:
- (Title in Hebrew), Israel: Modan Publishing Ltd., 1998
- (Title in Japanese), Japan: Fujin-No-Tomo-Sha, 1998
- (Title in Swedish), Sweden: Svenska, 1998
- (Title in Chinese), China: Soho Publishing, 1997
- (Title in Korean), Korea: Korea Economic, 1997
- Historias Que Curam: Conuersas sabias as pe do fogas, Brasil: Agora, 1997
- Sabiduria de Sobremesa, South America: Norma, 1997
- Dem Leben Trauen: Geschechten, die guttan, Verlag, Germany: Karl Blessing, 1996
- Hoop Doet Leven: lessen die pijn en lijden genezen, Netherlands: Anbruna Uitgevers, 1996
- Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal, Australia, New Zealand, UK: PanMacMillan
Tradecraft of the Commonweal Cancer Heal Program, (ed.), Bolinas, CA: Institute for the Study of Health and Illness, 1995
Wounded Healers: A book of poems by people who have had cancer and those who love and care for them, (ed.) Bolinas, CA: Wounded Healer Press, 1994
Patiense Humanese, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Summas Editorial LTDA, 1993
O Paciente Como Ser Humano, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Summas Editorial LTDA, 1992
De Kracht Van de Patient, Haarlem, Netherlands: Uitgeverij de Toorts, 1983
The Human Patient, New York: Anchor/Doubleday & Co, 1980
Ik ben meer dan mijn ziekte:1/Het mannelijke in vrouwelijke in de humanistische gezondheidszorg, with Blau, A. and Hively, R., Haarlem, Netherlands: Uitgeverij de Toorts, 1976
The Masculine Principle, The Feminine Principle and Humanistic Medicine, San Francisco, CA: The Institute for the Study of Humanistic Medicine Press, 1974
Chapters by Dr. Remen
"As a Physician...," in Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart, Feldman, C and Kornfield, J. (eds.), San Francisco, CA: Harpers, 1991
"Beyond Physical Well-Being: The New Health Perspective," in The Complete Guide to Your Emotions and Your Health, Padus, E. (ed.), Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1986
"Educating for Mission, Meaning and Compassion," in The Heart of Learning, Glazer, S. (ed.), New York: Tarcher, 1998
"Humanistic Patient Care: Towards a Contemporary Synthesis of the Art and Science of Medicine," in Dimensions of Humanistic Medicine, San Francisco, CA: The Institute for the Study of Humanistic Medicine Press, 1975
"Humanistiche zorg voor patienten: 33n vergelijking tussen het ziektemodel in het groeimodel," in De total mens als middelpunt van de gezondheidszorg, Haarlem, Netherlands: Uitgeverij de Toorts, 1976
"Imagery and the Search for Healing," in Psychosynthesis in the Helping Professions, Weiser, J. and Yeomans, T. (eds.), Ontario, Canada: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1984
"Integrating Spiritual Healing into Nursing and Medicine," in Spiritual Dimensions of Healing, Krippner, S and Welch, P (eds.), New York: Irvington Publishers, 1992
"The Life Force," Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul, Canfield, J. (ed.), Life Issues Publisher, 2001
"Living Next to Cancer," in How Your Mind Affects Your Health, San Francisco, CA: Institute for the Advancement of Health, 1990
"The Masculine Principle, The Feminine Principle and Humanistic Medicine," in The Healing Continuum, Flynn, P. (ed.), New York: McGraw Hill, 1980
"The Search for Healing," in Healers on Healing, Carlson, R. and Shield, B. (eds.), Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1989
"Spirit: Resource for Healing," in The Healing Process: An Activity of Spirit, Mind and Body, McNamara, J. (ed.), Unity Village, MO: Unity School of Christianity, 1989
"Spirituellis Heilen und Medizin," in Zwischen Himmel und Erde, Krippner, S. (ed.), Dusslingen, Germany: PschoH Editors Chiron Verlag, 1986
"Theory Process and Practice," in Readings in Psychosynthesis, Weiser, J and Yeomans, T. (eds.), Ontario, Canada: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1986
Forwards by Dr. Remen
Meditations on Diabetes, Feste, C., American Diabetes Association, 1998
Poetry as Medicine, Fox, J., New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1997
Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water, Seaward, B. L., Health Communications, 1997
Articles by Dr. Remen
"Assessing readiness for responsibility," The New Physician (Apr 1979)
"Becoming a blessing," Reform Judaism, p.26-32 (Winter 2000)
"Beyond cure: three stories," Sonoma County Physician, 48(4):20-23 (Jul/Aug 1997)
"Brug dine egne billeder," Nyt aspekt, 1:11-13 (Jan 1999)
"The care of children with ileostomies," Ileostomy Journal (1971)
"Compliance," The New Physician (Dec 1977)
"Detoxification of the chronic disease process in the adolescent patient," First Report of the Program in Humanistic Medicine (1973)
"Dimensions of Healing," Saybrook Review, 5(1) (1985)
"Er psykiske evner lig med andelig udvikling?", Nyt aspekt, 4:7-9 (1996)
"The Eye of an Eagle, The Heart of a Lion, The Hand of a Woman," Noetic Sciences Review, 24:29-34 (1992)
"Fat self - thin self - real self," Harpers Weekly (Mar 1975)
"Feeling well: a clinician's casebook," Advances, 6(2):43-49 (Summer 1989)
"5 stories of love," Family Circle, p. 44-47 (Aug 6, 1996)
"Gaining wholeness," Michigan Health & Hospitals, p.40 (Mar/Apr 1999)
"Glimpse of a deeper order," Shambhala Sun, p.19-21 (Nov 2000)
"The Hand of a Woman," Healing (Health Communication Research Institute), 2(3):16-23 (1993)
"Healing and the Feminine Principle," Unity (Unity School of Christianity), 174(10):4-14 (1994)
"Healing and Wholeness: Living Well and Dying Well," Institute of Noetics Newsletter, 14(1):3-7 (Spring 1986)
"Helping, Fixing or Serving," Shambhala Sun, p.25-27 (Sept 1999)
"Het geneeskundig gesprek met de zieke mens," with Garrell, D. and Miller, S., Medisch Contact, p.32 (1977)
"Humane or Humanistic," The New Physician (Apr 1976)
"I livets tjeneste," Nyt aspekt, 4:30-31 (Apr 1999)
"Imagery and the Search for Healing," Saybrook Review, 5(1):42-56 (1985)
"In the Service of Life," Noetic Sciences Review, 37:24-25 (1996)
"In the Service of Life," The Rub, 1(5):5-6 (Feb 1997)
"In our Hands," Hope Magazine, p.27 (Spring 2000)
"Indvielse-Gaven at fa nye ojne," Nyt aspekt, 2:16-20 (Feb 1999)
"Initiation: the Gift of New Eyes," IONS - Noetic Sciences Review, 44:10-17 (Winter 1997)
"Invalidism or Rehabilitation: The importance of Meaning," with Peters, C., The New Physician (Jun 1979)
"Is Psi Sacred?", Noetic Sciences Review, 35:34-36 (1995)
"Is time the real enemy?", The New Physician (Sept 1977)
"Knowing the person as well as their disease," with Peters, C., The New Physician (Sept 1979)
"Life time versus clock time in effective medical care," Science Digest (Dec 1977)
"Listening: a powerful tool for healing," Science of Mind, 70(7):14-19 (Jul 1997)
"Meaning and Beauty," Shambhala Sun, p.19-21 (May 2000)
"The medical assistant as a member of the health care team: results of a training program in Humanistic Medicine," with Blau, A., The Professional Medical Assistant (1977)
"The Myth of Service," The New Physician (May 1977)
"A new humanism in medicine," with Miller, S. and Belknap, R., Synthesis Journal 1:1974
"Objective and subjective reality," The New Physician (Mar 1978)
"On Defining Spirit," IONS - Noetic Sciences Review, 8:7 (Autumn 1988)
"On Defining Spirit," IONS - Noetic Sciences Review, 47:64 (Winter 1998)
"On Defining Spirit," Park Ridge Center Newsletter, p.4 (Jan/Feb 1999)
"The patient I'll never forget," Redbook, p.G2-3 (Jan 1997)
"The potential of illness," The New Physician (Oct 1977)
"Professionalism," The New Physician (Nov 1977)
"The question journal," Good Housekeeping, p.107 (Dec 2000)
"Rates of delivery of insulin into plasma of children with varying carbohydrate tolerance," with Reaven, G.M., and Greenberg, R., Pediatrics, 46(2) (1970)
"Recovery of the Sacred: Some Thoughts on Medical Reform," ReVision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation, 16(3):123-129 (1994)
"A remarkable search for healing," Advances, The Journal for Mind-Body Health, 11(1):72-73 (Winter 1995)
"A revolution in health care," Shambhala Sun, p.23-24 (July 1999)
"Seeing through the Eyes of the Patient," The New Physician (Jan 1981)
"Should we fight against death or for life?", The New Physician (Mar 1977)
"Spirit as resource for healing," Earth Light, 24:8-9 (Winer 1996)
"Spirit: resource for healing," IONS - Noetic Sciences Review, 8:4-9 (Autumn 1988)
"Strengthening the Will to Live," Shambhala Sun, p.25-26 (Jan 2000)
"Tradecraft of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program," with Lerner, M., Advances: The Journal of Mind-Body Health, 4(3):11-25 (1987)
"Trusting the Life Force," Unity Magazine, 176(10):7-14 (Oct 1996)
"Turning chronic illness to advantage," with Blau, R., The New Physician (Aug 1977)
"Varieties of Integral Cancer Therapies," with Lerner, M., Advances: The Journal of Mind-Body Health, 2(3):14-33 (1985)
"What if God blinks?," Light of Consciousness, 10(3):26-29 (Autumn 1998)
"What is Health?", The New Physician (Feb 1977)
"What is Health for?", with Peters, C., The New Physician (Feb 1979)
"What is Health for?", with Vargiu, J., Western Journal of Medicine (Fall 1979)
"When more is really less," Oprah Magazine, p.106 (May/June 2000)
"When the pain is greater than the problem," with Levenson, D., The New Physician (Apr 1980)
"Whole patient and whole doctor," Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, 14(1):19-28 (Winter 1998)
"Why doctors need to cry," Hippocrates, 10(8):37-38 (Sept 1996)
"Women in medicine," brochure, Stanford Press (1971)
"Workbook for participants in the Conference in Humanistic Medicine or Region III American Medical Student Association," with Coolfont (1976)
"Working in the Gray Zone: The Dilemma of the Private Practitioner," Advances: The Journal of Mind-Body Health, 7(3):36-40 (1991)
"Your emotions and your health - Part I," Unity (Unity School of Christianity), 172(10):48-54 (1992)
Articles about / Interviews with Dr. Remen
Adams, Jane Meredith, "Dr. Rachel Remen on the nature of healing," Biography, p.76-78 (Sept 1998)
Appelgren, Barbara June, "Serving the patient," Healing Arts Report, 2(8):7-8
Ashley, Beth, "Healing words from a doctor," Marin Independent Journal, C:1 (May 8, 2000)
Buelow, Catherine, "Rachel Remen: In Service to Life," Pathways News, 2(2):1 (Summer 1998)
Chase, Candace, "Live and help live: healing, service and compassion," Calif. Institute of Integral Studies - Open Eye, p.5 (Fall 1999)
Cramer, Jill, "Wounded Doctors," Pacific Sun, p.11 (Nov 6-12, 1996)
Goleman, Daniel, "The mind over the body," New York Times Magazine, p.36-60 (Sept 27, 1987)
Hagen, Patricia, "Physician uses her books to treat 'body and soul'," Indianapolis Star (Apr 6, 2000)
Henry, Sarah, "Stressed out," Hippocrates, p.46-52 (Sept 1998)
Horowitz PhD, Sala, "Healing patients and physicians," Alternative & Complementary Therapies, 7(3):149-153 (June 2001)
Horrigan, Bonnie, "Kitchen Table Wisdom: a conversation that heals," Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 3(2):76-84 (Mar 1997)
Horrigan, Bonnie & Martin, Curtis, Japanese Journal - Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 5(1):26-37 (Winter 2001)
Joerger, Teresa, "Doctor's own illness helps heal suffering," The Washington Times, A:2 (Jul 3, 2000)
Kramer, Elsa, "Bless Life and Mend the World: A conversation with physician and author Dr. Rachel Remen," Branches: Whole Life Living for Indiana, p.18-19 (Mar/Apr 2000)
Lefkowitz, Frances and Phillips, Elizabeth, "We've come a long way, baby," New Age Magazine, p.73-74 (Nov/Dec 1999)
Lerner, Michael and Remen, Rachel, "Tradecraft of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program," Advances, 4(3):11-25
Marchasin, Julie, "Compassionate Wisdom," Heart Dance, p.16-20 (Nov 1996)
Mitchell, Jann, "Listening to the healing stories," The Oregonian, L:9 (May 7, 2000)
Moorhead, Mary, "To be complete, accept darkness, too," Contra Costa Times (May 6, 2000)
Moser MSW, Kate Joy, Visions Magazine, p.6 (Nov 1996)
Olden, Megan, "Physician burnout: stemming the epidemic among us," California Physician, p.26-31 (Sept 1997)
Oxenhandler, Noel, "Wholly communion," San Francisco Examiner Magazine, p.10-23 (Aug 18, 1996)
Raskin, Patricia, "How ordinary people become blessings," Florida News-Times, B:3 (Oct 20, 2000)
Robertson, Dorothy, "Teaching doctors to heal the spirit," Bay Area Business Woman, 6(4):1-3 (Jan 1999)
Schelling, Susan, "Stories to heal by," New Age Journal, p.78 (Jul/Aug 1996)
Sinnott, Abby, "OCIM - Healing the Whole Person," UCSF Newsbreak, 13(18):5 (Sept 4, 1998)
Skenazy, Lenore, "I'm feeling Giuliani's pain," New York Daily News (May 24, 2000)
Steffens, Sara, "Beyond Medicine," El Paso Times, D:4 (Jan 15, 2001)
Steffens, Sara, "Healing beyond service," Contra Costa Times (Nov 7, 2000)
Stirpe-Gill PhD, Louise, "Meaning in our Work as Therapists: Reflections on Dr. Rachel Remen and our Connections with Others," The California Psychologist, 33(9):16 (Sept 2000)
van Gelder, Sarah, "Healing stories," Saying Yes! Conversations on a World that Works For All, p.48-54
Warshall, Peter, "The doctor's dilemma," Whole Earth, p.4-9 (Summer 2000)
Waring, Nancy, "Physician loss, grief and healing," Hippocrates, p.26-31 (Nov 2000)
"Below the surface, questions and answers," Sacred Journey - The Journal of Fellowship in Prayer, p.6-17 (Feb 1999)
"The Gift of New Eyes," Alternative Health Practitioner, 4(3):233-238 (Fall/Winter 1998)
"Live and help live," California Institute of Integral Studies - Inner Eye, p.1 (Oct 7, 1999)
"In the Service of Life," Hospice by the Bay/Community Hospice Foundation of the Bay Area Newsletter, p.1,3 (Spring 2000)
"Curing a planet," Pacific Sun, p.13-17 (Jun 23-29, 1999)
"Pearls of Wisdom from our recent interviews," Sacred Journey - The Journal of Fellowship in Prayer, p.63 (Feb 2000)
"We will all take this journey," Shambhala Sun, p.48-53 (Jul 1998)
"The Healer's Art," UCSF Magazine, p.15 (Apr 1997)
"Recapturing the Soul of Medicine," Western Journal of Medicine, 174:4-5 (Jan 2001)
"Where to turn for help: cancer resources," Yoga Journal, p.46 (May/Jun 1999)
Book Reviews
Barr, Shari, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," On Course - Inspiration for the Inner Journey, 10(3):49 (May/Jun 1998)
Brussat, Frederic, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," Values & Visions Reviews Service (Aug 1996)
Dreher, Henry, "Stoking the life force," Advances - The Journal of Mind-Body Health, 13(4):72 (Fall 1997)
Duffy, Yvonne, "A caring explorer seeks links to wisdom of the past," Detroit Free Press (Sept 11, 1996)
Evans, Clay, "My Grandfather's Blessings," The Daily Camera (Boulder, CO), E:6 (May 14, 2000)
Frank, Arthur, "Seeing the Spark of the Holy," Second Opinion - Park Ridge Center (Dec 2000)
Greene, Frank, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," Stanford Business School Alumni Magazine, p.41 (June 1998)
Helig, Steve, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," San Francisco Chronicle (Sept 8, 1996)
Huang, Fred, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," Synapse, p.3 (Jan 16, 1997)
Junk, Ruth, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," On Course - Inspiration for the Inner Journey, 10(3):49-51 (May/Jun 1998)
Kastama, Cari, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," Lifeline - the Cancer Lifeline Quarterly Newsletter, 9(2):7 (Spring 1997)
Larsen, Rebecca, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," Marin Independent Journal (Aug 11, 1996)
Lerner, Michael, "My Grandfather's Blessings," Whole Earth, p.5 (Summer 2000)
Lynch, Paul, "Private battles superbly retold," The Australian (Apr 29, 1997)
Miller, Jeff, "Professor pens bestseller that heals," UCSF Community Newsletter 12(22):2 (Sept 3, 1997)
Miller, Jeff, "'Stories That Heal' now a success story of its own," UCSF Daybreak News (Sept 2, 1997)
Muller, Wayne, "My Grandfather's Blessings," Noetic Sciences Review (Dec 2000 - Feb 2001)
Muldoon, Katy, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," The Oregonian (Oct 14, 1996)
Oxenhandler, Noel, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, p.107
Reid, Barbara, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," On Course - Inspiration for the Inner Journey, 10(3):49 (May/June 1998)
Scott, Tom, "Stories that heal," Self-Realization, 68(3):43-47 (Summer 1997)
Shea, Stephanie, "Exploring religious books," American Bookseller, p.26 (Jun 1997)
Shostak, Elizabeth, "Doing the Right Thing," New Age, p.102, 104 (Mar/Apr 2000)
Swaby, Sparlha, "My Grandfather's Blessings," Earth Light, 39:42 (Fall 2000)
Terwilliger, Cate, "True Life Stories," The Denver Post, F:11 (June 25, 2000)
Thompson, Keith, "The heart of the story," IONS - Noetic Sciences Review, 40:50-51 (Winter 1996)
Walsh, Roger, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," American Journal of Psychiatry, 154(12):9 (Dec 1997)
Watson, Chris, "Dr. Rachel Remen brings her grandfather's wisdom to town," Santa Cruz Sentinel (Apr 29, 2001)
Watson RN, Jean, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," Journal of Clinical Nursing, Oxford, U.K.
Yoemans, Anne, "Kitchen Table Wisdom," Psychosynthesis Community News, 1(2):20-21 (Fall 1996)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," Amazon.com (1996)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," Booklist (Aug 1, 1996)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," Kirkus Reviews, p.811 (Jun 1, 1996)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," IONS - Connections, p.30 (Sept 1997)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," Light of Consciousness, 10(2):57 (Spring/Summer 1998)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," Lilith, 21(4) (Winter 1996)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," NAPRA Review (Holiday 1996)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," Publishers Weekly, p.40 (Jun 24, 1996)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," Self-Realization Fellowship (Summer 1997)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," Stones in My Pocket - a Publication of Palm Beach Wellness Center, 1(3):15 (Winter 1997)
"Kitchen Table Wisdom," The West Clinic Wings, 1(1):2 (Sept 1996)
"My Grandfather's Blessings," Barnes & Noble.com (Dec 4, 2000)
"My Grandfather's Blessings," Booklist (Apr 15, 2000)
"My Grandfather's Blessings," New Age Magazine, p.102 (Mar/Apr 2000)
"My Grandfather's Blessings," Publishers Weekly, p.61 (Mar 27, 2000)
"My Grandfather's Blessings," Tikkun, p.81 (Nov/Dec 2000)
"Repairing the World by 'Blessing Life'," Bridges - Jewish Community Federation Newsletter, p.1 (Sept 2000)