This book embraces silence as an invitation to connect. Utilizing psychology research and lived experience, the author tells a story that silence can be a bridge that connects us, and not a gulf that separates us.

Introduction PART I: WHAT ABOUT: THIS IS NOT SILENCE 1: What Silence Is Not 2: Silence Is Not Linear; Neither Is the Mind PART II: A MAP FOR YOUR JOURNEY INTO THE QUIET 3: Silence: On Interconnectedness, Depth, and Beauty 4: Silences and the Flow of Social Interactions 5: Self-Interruption and Silencing as an Obstacle for Inner and Outer Dialogues 6: Silencing Others: Power Dynamics and Human Connections PART III: ON THE LIMITS OF LANGUAGE 7: Our Emotional World in a Nutshell 8: Silence and Our Emotional World PART IV: WHERE SILENCE CAN TAKE US 9: Where Silence Can Take Us: Silence and Attention 10: Where Silence Can Take Us: Creativity, Imagination, and Appreciation PART V: SILENCE AS A THRESHOLD 11: Silence as a Boundary: Demarcating Transitions 12: What Are Boundaries in the Context of Relationships? PART VI: HEADING INWARD, ONWARD, AND HOMEWARD 13: The Dark Night Hits Harder Up North: Walking "the Talk" of Silence 14: Silence as Self-Exploration and World Exploration Epilogue: On Writing About Others and Ourselves in Psychology: A Methodological Reflexivity

Olga V. Lehmann is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Studies at the University of Stavanger, Norway. She is a mental health advocate, researcher, psychotherapist, writer, coach, educator and community leader. She has published extensively about the topic of silence and edited several books, including A Poetic Language of Ageing and Writing Through Bereavement. Her popular media appearances include "Forsker Grand Prix," a Norwegian television broadcast contest for researchers, features in National Geographic, Nature Careers, and a TEDx talk with over thousands of views.

Selling point: Includes a combination of personal stories by the author, as well as stories from clients, research participants, (and) students, providing a wide spectrum of perspectives Selling point: Presents a map for different typologies of silence in everyday and their relation to emotions and values. Selling point: Presents and integrative approach to explore wellbeing in the crossroads of psychology, philosophy, the humanities, and the social sciences