Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
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Librería Elías (Asturias)
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Librería Kolima (Madrid)
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Silence has a reputation problem. In a culture that rewards visibility, immediacy, and constant output, silence is often treated as something to fear or to fix. We associate it with avoidance, awkwardness, weakness, or emotional withdrawal.Silence Is Skillful offers a different perspective. Drawing on clinical psychology, traditional mindfulness, neuroscience, and lived experience, Kerry Wischusen, LPC presents silence as an essential human skill that has eroded in modern life.Within these pages, readers are guided through a practical framework for reclaiming silence in its most functional form-rooted in presence, compassion, and ease. The book explores how skillful silence helps regulate emotional overwhelm, soften rigid self-concepts, and interrupt the cycle of urgency that drives so much modern suffering. It examines the act of silence in the body, in thought, in attachment, in action, and, ultimately, in grief.Written with clarity, warmth, and psychological depth, Silence Is Skillful will resonate with readers who feel worn down by constant noise, overwhelmed by emotional intensity, or quietly suspect that 'more effort' isn’t the answer anymore. This book is for those who sense that something essential has been lost in the rush to be louder, faster, and more certain-and who are ready to rediscover a steadier way of being human.
