Healing Heart to Soul

One doctor's journey of health, healing and life.

Healing Heart to Soul: One Doctor's Journey of Health, Healing and Life (Brown Books 2009) explores the intricate connection between the soul and the body. In this unique collection of medical narratives, Dr. Peter J. Rappa reaches beyond antibiotics and physical therapy, recognizing the need for medicine to dig deeper for answers. By watching and learning from his rehabilitation patients, Dr. Rappa discovered the power gained from cleansing the heart in order to heal the body.

Healing Heart to Soul gives readers insight into the very personal stories of individuals struggling to overcome disease and injury. Their journeys are heroic, uplifting and true testaments to the role spiritual growth and self-reliance can play in healing. Dr. Rappa introduces power principles as practical steps to jump starting the process of becoming emotionally aware and ultimately transforming physical health.


About the author

Peter J. Rappa, MD, is a rehabilitation physician in North Texas. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Special English and Pre-Med from Columbia, Dr. Rappa worked as a lab assistant at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Texas Tech University in 1989 and spent the following four years completing a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

In 1993, Dr. Rappa began his career as a medical director for rehabilitation in an inpatient/outpatient practice with a special interest in brain and work injury. In 2004, he was named as one of D Magazine's Best Doctors in Dallas.

Dr. Rappa began to see the connections and implications of mind, body, spirit, and health in 1998. Healing Heart to Soul recounts experiences he has had with these entities as a healthcare professional. He lives in Dallas with his wife, Monica, and their triplet daughters.


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