{"product_id":"when-the-ache-remains-lessons-on-tending-to-the-unfixable-and-finding-beauty-anyway-9781538773932","title":"When the Ache Remains: Lessons on Tending to the Unfixable and Finding Beauty Anyway","description":"\u003cb\u003ePsychotherapist and author of \u003ci\u003eAlready Enough\u003c\/i\u003e, Lisa Olivera blends her own personal experience of living with depression with therapeutic wisdom in a moving exploration of the emotional pain each of us lives with to offer readers guidance on holding the ache alongside the beauty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emotional pain, of all kinds and magnitudes, is part of life. We'll never be able to find ourselves free of it; no meditation or amount of therapy will cure us of the harder parts of being alive. The practice of turning \u003ci\u003etoward\u003c\/i\u003e the ache with care--reverence, even--might be one of the most meaningful gifts we can give ourselves. It might even save us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lisa Olivera has confronted this reality for years as a therapist, weaving her exploration of it throughout her popular newsletter, \u003ci\u003eHuman Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e. She asks questions like, \u003ci\u003ehow do we confront and tend to the painful parts of being human without letting that pain entirely overtake us? How do we find joy even when depression visits, even when we lose someone we love, even when the hurt of the world is ever-present? How do we cultivate aliveness in the midst?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Ache Remains\u003c\/i\u003e explores these questions for readers in a tender and wise exploration of how ache shapes life, how we can alchemize our pain into medicine, and how presence is accessible even in the midst of difficulty. Blending deeply personal narrative, humanistic psychology, lessons from nature, words of nourishment, and her naturally poetic undertone, Lisa invites readers on a journey alongside her as she explores the impact of depression and the process of learning to tend to it, and all of our aches, in more open, integrative, and loving ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Olivera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 6.21w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538773932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Olivera\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, author, licensed psychotherapist, mother, and creator of the Human Stuff newsletter. Over the last decade, she has supported thousands of people in remembering their true selves and embracing the multitudes of being human. She has worked in schools, community-based mental health, and private practice, all of which inform her lens of the world. Lisa's work has been highlighted in publications including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e The Washington Post, Good Morning America, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. She has appeared on many podcasts including\u003ci\u003e Adoptees On\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHurry Slowly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOff the Grid.\u003c\/i\u003e Her debut book, \u003ci\u003eAlready Enough\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2022. She lives in Northern California with her husband, daughter and two cats.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lisa Olivera \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47897248694429,"sku":"9781538773932","price":31.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d70b0516-04f3-4122-9764-5c4c524c83d8.jpg?v=1778004532","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/when-the-ache-remains-lessons-on-tending-to-the-unfixable-and-finding-beauty-anyway-9781538773932","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}