“All of us sooner or later strolls through hell. The hell of being hurt. The hell of harming another. The hell of cancers, the hell of divorce, the hell of persistent pain. The hell of anxiousness, depression, Alzheimer’s, a kid in big trouble. The hell of the reluctant, thunking shovelful of earth upon the casket of someone we deeply loved. The point is not to come out of hell empty-handed. There is real and serious power in the discomfort we withstand if we transform our struggling into a more authentic, about More Gorgeous Than Before meaningful life.

As the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in LA, one of America’s largest and most important congregations, Steve Leder witnesses a lot of discomfort: “It’s my telephone that bands when people’s bodies or lives break apart.” Within this deeply inspiring book, written in the nature of such classics while When Bad Issues Happen to Good People, Leder guides us through discomfort’s phases of surviving, healing, and finally growing. Sketching on his encounter as a religious leader, the knowledge of ancient customs, modern research, and stories from his very own existence and others’, he displays us that when we must withstand, we can, and that there surely is a path for each of us leading from pain to wisdom. This powerful publication can inspire in us all a life worthy of our suffering; a existence gentler, wiser, and more gorgeous than before.”