This blog post explores the themes of the book (2011) by Christl Lieben and Christa Renoldner , available through Penguin Random House.
Verzeihung, sind Sie mein Körper? Reconnecting in a "Body-Distant" Age
For many of us, the body is treated like a machine: it is expected to function perfectly, and we only pay attention to it when it "breaks down". We live in what authors Christl Lieben and Christa Renoldner call a "body-distant time," where we are often disconnected from our physical selves until pain or illness becomes impossible to ignore.
Instead of immediately reaching for ways to suppress a symptom, ask what it is trying to show you.
