{"product_id":"ahead-of-all-parting-on-learning-to-live-with-an-open-heart-9781966302179","title":"Ahead of All Parting: On Learning to Live with an Open Heart by Michels, Barry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book is a reminder that even when life changes course, meaning, purpose, and joy can still be found along the way.\"--Michael J. Fox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA short, inspirational memoir about unleashing life in the face of death, by the coauthor of the influential \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Tools\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nothing short of a gift to those seeking growth.\"--Drew Barrymore\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the peak of his career, Barry Michels was a psychotherapist who treated Hollywood's creative and power elite. Along with his colleague Phil Stutz, he went on to write \u003ci\u003eThe Tools\u003c\/i\u003e, a buzzy \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. Michels was driven, a type A personality who found his work tremendously rewarding. And then he was blindsided by a diagnosis of Lewy body dementia, a degenerative disease that would, in a matter of years, erode his physical and intellectual abilities. The same illness that had taken his father's life would take his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, he was plunged into an abyss of despair, finding respite only in his practice and on long, defiant hikes. And then Stutz gave him life-changing advice: He told Michels to walk the karmic path before him, to write in order to find meaning, and to fight like hell. He challenged him to transform pain into purpose and claim inner freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the weeks and months that followed, Michels reached out to friends and patients about his diagnosis. And in this process of making himself vulnerable, he activated community. In his persistence, he found inspiration, even joy. His heart opened, his relationships grew deeper, his creativity was unleashed. He connected with his Life Force. He began writing poetry--an unstoppable outpouring from his soul. His capacity to love was unfettered. Beauty--in nature, in a piece of music or art--could move him to tears. And most surprising of all, this lifelong atheist embraced the divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAhead of All Parting\u003c\/i\u003e is the inspiring story of Michels's spiritual, emotional, and creative transformation. It offers lessons on living a more meaningful life, written with the exquisite clarity conferred as the end comes into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Michels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiegel \u0026amp; Grau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966302179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Michels\u003c\/b\u003e is a psychotherapist, writer, and lecturer. With Phil Stutz, he coauthored the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Tools\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eComing Alive\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published numerous articles in \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e, in \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and on his Substack and has led workshops and given lectures at the In goop Health summits, the Omega Institute, Talks at Google, and 92NY. He is a graduate of Harvard College; the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; and the University of Southern California School of Social Work. He maintains a clinical practice in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiegel \u0026 Grau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67715168141465,"sku":"9781966302179","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9781966302179.jpg?v=1792099104","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/ahead-of-all-parting-on-learning-to-live-with-an-open-heart-9781966302179","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}