The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing [Paperback]

Every day, 2,600 Americans die of cardiovascular disease—and despite remarkable interventional and surgical procedures, over 650,000 new heart attacks occur annually.

InThe Heart Speaks,Dr. Mimi Guarneri reveals groundbreaking new research that the heart is a multilayered, complex organ, possessing intelligence, memory, and decision-making abilities independent from the mind—and that healing the heart can have more to do with healing the mind and soul than we ever knew.

From childhood in a family riddled with heart disease to a medical career facing the pounding heartbeats of cardiac emergencies, Dr. Guarneri draws us into the intimate moments of life and death, and leads us on a riveting exploration of the heart's many mysteries. Through her compelling memoir we see that it is only by knowing the whole heart—its mental, emotional, spiritual, and universal aspects—that we can truly heal. This deeply personal book...can change your life and might even save it.
-- Dean Ornish, M.D., author ofDr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart DiseaseandLove & Survival [A] groundbreaking and heartwarming book...blending the latest research with unforgettable true stories.
-- Paul Pearsall, Ph.D., author ofThe Heart's Code This is an honest, informative, and moving book by a leader in the transformation of medicine and health of medicine and health care. I recommend it.
-- Andrew Weil, M.D., author ofHealthy Aging Like all genuine healers throughout history, Dr. Mimi Guarneri knows the power of story to heal, to make whole. She is a physician of the heart in all its many meanings.
-- Larry Dossey, M.D., author ofThe Extraordinary Power of Ordinary Things