The author successfully challenges conventional understanding in the field of illness, addiction, and trauma by distilling the latest findings from ten healing-edge areas of knowledge ranging from advances in neuroscience to classical mythology. Features: Learn about the intimate relationships between triumph and adversity; Find time-tested strategies to move beyond life's major wounding events; Discover the power of the family and how to unleash each member's gifts; Master the roles and responsibilities of family members who triumph; Identify seven stages of healing, twelve coping strategies and much more.