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"I recommend this book highly to everyone." —Deepak Chopra, M.D. This special updated version of the New York Times-bestseller, Kitchen Table Wisdom, addresses the same spiritual issues that made the original a bestseller: suffering, meaning, love, faith, and miracles. "Despite the awesome powers of technology, many of us still do not live very well," says Dr. Rachel Remen. "We may need to listen to one another's stories again." Dr. Remen, whose unique perspective on healing comes from her background as a physician, a professor of medicine, a therapist, and a long-term survivor of chronic illness, invites us to listen from the soul. This remarkable collection of true stories draws on the concept of "kitchen table wisdom"—the human tradition of shared experience that shows us life in all its power and mystery and reminds us that the things we cannot measure may be the things that ultimately sustain and enrich our lives. Read more
Publisher : Riverhead Books
Publication date : August 1, 2006
Edition : Anniversary
Language : English
Print length : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 1594482098
ISBN-13 : 90
Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.63 x 1.02 x 8.23 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #20,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #44 in Gastronomy Essays (Books) #48 in Culinary Biographies & Memoirs #61 in Medical Professional Biographies
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Top Amazon Reviews
Format: Kindle
The author brought wisdom to this collection of stories from sources that were both familiar and unfamiliar to me. But the story of her personal journey was such a blessing! Her non judgmental openness to more than science was inspiring!
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2026 by 131
Format: Paperback
This book will give you hope and perspective about life and healing. I’ve read it a few times and every time I walk away with something else to think about. Written in easy to read vignettes with powerful life lessons.
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2026 by Amazon Customer
Format: Paperback
If I was sitting across the table and complaining to Rachel Remen about something going on in my life, I am certain she would give me a pearl of wisdom wrapped in a story. Not only am I wiser for the reading of Kitchen Table Wisdom, I am more human. This book contains approximately eighty extremely short stories from Remen’s counseling practice, primarily with cancer patients. Many passages left me with tears in my eyes. And though the stories were about her patients and coworkers aha moments, it was I who was illuminated. I cried over my negative attitudes and my courage. Remen exposed me to myself by telling stories of her own experiences as a physician, and then as a counselor. She went to medical school at a time when there were not many women doctors. In order to be successful, she covered over her own tenderness with clinical expertise. Through turns of circumstances interspersed in the book, she uncovered much of the softness that her Jewish grandfather had instilled in her. Her transparency about her own journey is refreshing, which in turn suggests to the reader that they, too, may have something to discover about their own life. I was particularly moved by a story of a male patient in the final stages of cancer. What he loved more than anything about seeing his oncologist, he told Remen, were the conversations they would have at the end of his appointments. This doctor was the only person in his life who he felt completely understood what he was going through. Eventually his doctor said there was nothing more he could do; though additional chemotherapy might prolong his life. He did not want more chemotherapy, so the doctor released him from his care. He was devastated; yet he resumed treatments just to have those short conversations! The story continues. Remen is also the counselor of the man’s oncologist. This doctor came to Remen because he felt his life did not matter. He believed if he died no one would miss him! In three pages, I have been given a beautiful story. Inside the story I see more clearly the value of listening to others with an open heart. And though Remen cannot tell the oncologist of the great impact he was making on one man’s life, she does tell me that even if I cannot see it, my life is significant to someone. Kitchen Table Wisdom is a must read for everyone who desires to expand their humanness. Thank you, Dr. Remen, for many hours of personal counseling.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2014 by samepage2
Format: Paperback
With over 2k reviews, Do we really need 1 more? YES!! --WHY ?? B/C if you are what you eat, then, you are also what you allow your head to feed on. In a world filled with so much negitivism, & lack of genuine compassion for others, this is a must read. A time to slow down and really think about all the lies we tell our selves. A time to learn how to discern what is REALLY going on and what you "think" about yourself and others. A long time ago, in a world far, far away we use to take the time to just sit and listen. Now we just text, "connect" on social media, and get many of our " facts" from Google. IF your world is moving too fast, OR you are just a bit too stressed out. Or are anxious about the things you think you have no controll over; It's well past the time to slow down and connect, and feed your brain some real " super food" in the form of wisdom. I have leared much about myself, and others, after reading this book & nowjust stopping to rethink. So will you IF are willing. You may not have the time..... BUT if you TAKE the time you too can be wiser for it. I have loaned my book out to someone, who then bought their own copy after reading mine. Then loaned this out to one of her friends. Who did exactly the same thing. This book has sold so many copies, not b/c of advertising. BUT b/c of word of mouth. ●●FYI : I NEVER take ANY kind of kick back or promotion for ANY of my reviews. Nor am I a " vine" purchaser or reciever. My opinions are not for sale.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2024 by Savy Shopper
Format: Paperback
I got this book from the library as a recommendation from my Therapist. I suffer from a chronic illness. I decided I wanted to have my own copy to refer to. Every night I read one of her stories. They give me hope, perspective, understanding, comfort. On another note, there is not a way to actually talk to an Amazon representative, my book's pages looked like they had been cut with an axe on the side. Is this the way paperbacks are published today? Looks terrible, I would not want to give this book as a gift to someone. If anyone from Amazon reads this, I would like a reply.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2013 by LM
Format: Kindle
This book is full of words of inspiration that can reach you at your time of need. I loved every page and it will be a book that I will re- read over time.
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2026 by Linda M. Smith
Rachel Naomi Remen fittingly dedicated her extraordinary book "Kitchen Table Wisdom" to "everyone who has never told their story." Remen, a physician and counselor, says stories "heal when they are more about who we are, not what we have done. About what we have faced to build what we have, what we have drawn upon and risked to do, what we have felt, thought, feared and discovered through the events of our lives." And about where the love that has sustained us comes from. Remen shows through her own story living with Crohn's disease how suffering and helplessness helped her to connect more deeply with others and live with an open heart. Her illness included being in a coma after a massive bleed in her mid teens, having her large intestine surgically removed and having to wear an ileostomy, and years of intensive therapy with toxic drugs. She says her experience taught her that at the heart of intimacy is vulnerability. When we see a matching vulnerability in another we know we will not be judged. That we are all more than we know and that wholeness is never lost, it is only forgotten. Her inspiring stories illustrate that the purpose in life is to grow in wisdom and love. How perfection is a booby prize. What is needed is simply to be human. How we sometimes trade wholeness for approval from others. How the way we see another may easily become the way in which we see ourselves. How "broken" is only a stage in a process. How the healing of suffering is compassion not expertise. How the healing of our woundedness lies in reclaiming our capacity to heal others through touch, forgiveness and acceptance. That anger only becomes a problem when we become wedded to it. How fear of losing things we possess end up possessing us. How the worth of a lifetime is measured more in kindness than in competency. How inner silence reveals insight and truth. How prayer changes us not the world. How freedom comes not from controlling events but from a willingness to move with the events. How the less we are attached to life the more alive we can become. And how embracing life is more about adventure than having your own way.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2004 by Niki Collins-queen, Author
Format: Paperback
This book is timeless. In an age when people spend more time looking at and interacting with screens than other people, this book reminds us that true healing occurs as a result of human connection. I have owned this book for decades and have given it as a gift countless times. It is warm, witty and easy to read. You will undoubtedly connect with one or more of the stories and, more importantly, with yourself. Happy reading!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2025 by Karen