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In Alphabreaths, children learn their ABCs along with the basics of mindfulness through fun exercises and illustrations they'll want to come back to again and again. Each letter of the alphabet teaches a simple mindfulness or compassion-based practice to help kids focus their thoughts, hold positive feelings for others, express gratitude, and more. It's as easy as A-B-C! Kids will open their arms wide like jaws on Alligator Breath, take a big breath and sing Laaa on Voice Breath, and imagine blowing out candles on a birthday cake in Cake Breath. With Heart Breath and Wish Breath, they will remember to fill their heart with gratitude and send good wishes to others. Alphabreaths offers a meaningful introduction to mindfulness for children, all while keeping them delighted with imaginative inspiration and hours of fun.

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A heart centered life is a reflective life, and when we live more reflectively, we operate less reactively. With her signature relatability, Danielle LaPorte turns self-help right side out. “Don’t try to life hack your way through fear –– that only creates more fear.” And stop suppressing your ego: “It will put up a fight, but the ego just wants to be loved –– integrated, not segregated.” The bestselling author explains why self-acceptance is counterculture, how virtues can turn into dangerous vices, and why healing is a nonlinear process that leads to gentleness. The most liberating message might be, “We don't need to focus on ‘fixing’ ourselves. As we focus on living from our heart center, anything that’s not in alignment with that light will fall away.” Designed with reflective practices and inspirational mini posters, the tone is calm and steady, but there’s an urgency to this content. “The heart-mind is our greatest and often most neglected form of intelligence,' teaches Danielle. “There’s no polarization in the heart space. It can hold fear and compassion, shadow and light –– yours and theirs. We’re yearning to come into balance with love. It’s the antidote to polarization.” LaPorte examines the misidentifications that cause suffering and helps us identify with our Divine Nature. “You are not the wound. You're the healer.” Her wisdom is relief in anxious times.

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Is there some part of yourself that you wish would go away? Most of us would say yes, whether we call it addiction, the inner critic, “monkey mind,” neurosis, sinfulness, bad habits, or some other disparaging name. Yet what if there were a different way to approach these aspects of yourself that leads to true healing instead of constant inner struggle? With No Bad Parts, Dr. Richard Schwartz teaches a revolutionary paradigm of understanding and relating with ourselves - a method that brings us into inner harmony, enhances self-compassion, and opens the doors to spiritual awakening. Dr. Schwartz is the creator of Internal Family Systems (IFS), a paradigm-changing model of consciousness that has been transforming psychology for decades. Here, you’ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, depression, and more. IFS overturns the idea that we have one “true” identity and recognizes that having multiple parts is not a pathology, but a normal and healthy function of the human mind. Dr. Schwartz shares insights and practices to help you recognise your own “inner family” of parts, understand how each part seeks to help and protect you even when it seems problematic, engage in inner dialogue to restore balance and self-love - and deepen your awareness of the higher Self that holds and encompasses every facet of your diverse consciousness.

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When the goddess culture was stolen and buried, so too were women's rites of passage into our wild, intuitive femininity and maturity. With Maiden to Mother, Sarah Durham Wilson excavates these ancient rites, guiding us through a sacred and crucial initiation from the immature Maiden into the archetypal Mother - the powerful, safe, compassionate, full-bloom feminine life force that exists within all of us. Becoming the Mother is every woman's birthright - regardless of whether or not she raises children. The Mother is who we needed as a child, who we were meant to be in this life, and who the world needs us to be now. Wilson teaches that while pre-patriarchal cultures honored women's natural cycles, today's society infantilizes women, idolizing youthful traits such as "pretty, pleasing, and polite" in order to keep us distracted and dependent. In this journey, you will travel with Inanna - the ancient Sumerian goddess who ventured through the Underworld to meet her severed, dark sister and emerged fully integrated and empowered. Wilson helps women heal the Mother Wound and dismantle our internalized patriarchy, so we may live with authenticity and feast on the richness of life.

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An oracle deck infused with Earth Spirit magic in each card, created to mirror your heart's truth and help you tap into the abundant healing energy of love "Your beautiful and bountiful heart is a bridge for all that is sacred," says Ashley River Brant. "It carries the keys for all the wisdom you seek, all that you desire to create or become, and all the nourishment your soul needs in this lifetime." Now this artist, spiritual medium, and medicine woman brings you a potent transformative tool to help you come home to the healing power of your heart with her new Messages from the Heart of the Divine Oracle Deck. Every card in the Messages from the Heart of the Divine Oracle Deck is charged with unique nature magic. Each of these 44 cards is painted with plant and mineral pigments, natural waters from the rivers, creeks, and oceans, and flower essences to encode each card with a specific alchemy of Earth Spirit healing. The accompanying guidebook provides you with instructions on how to interact with the cards, sample spreads, and rituals to help you engage more deeply with the card's message. By working with this deck, you can increase your connection to your innate healing powers and intuitive wisdom, see yourself more clearly through the lens of your higher self, and feel more in alignment with your true nature. You'll awaken the courage and confidence you need to show up in the world as you truly are. "You are actually the oracle," says Brant. "This deck simply offers guidance for you to see that within yourself."

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Tap into your inherent wisdom, love, and wholeness as you journey into the depths of the heart. The great human quest is to discover who we really are—a discovery that changes our lives and the lives of those around us. With The Deep Heart, spiritual teacher and psychotherapist John J. Prendergast, PhD, invites us on a pilgrimage within, using the heart as a portal to our deepest psychological and spiritual nature. The “deep heart” is Prendergast’s term for our heart center—the subtle center of emotional and energetic sensitivity, relational intimacy, profound inner knowing, and unconditional love. “The heart area is where we feel most deeply touched by kindness, gratitude, and appreciation, yet it is also where we feel most emotionally wounded,” writes Prendergast. “Whether we realize it or not, the heart is what we most carefully guard and most want to open.” In The Deep Heart, Prendergast guides readers to safely open their hearts and discover their true nature. Through precise and potent meditative inquiries, insightful stories, and reflections drawn from his intimate work with students and clients, Prendergast explores the convergence of psychological healing and spiritual awakening that happens most clearly and powerfully in “the deep heart.” These short chapters, accompanied by guided meditations and inquiries, will invite and inspire you to ponder and discover the emotional, energetic, and spiritual depths of your heart.

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A collection of writings on the many lessons we can learn from cats—life, love, our spiritual nature, and more Charles Dickens once said, “What greater gift than the love of a cat?” And cat lovers everywhere would agree—too often cats are seen as mysterious, independent, or aloof, yet they bring a wealth of love and wisdom to those who welcome them into their homes and hearts. In The Karma of Cats, spiritual teachers, writers, and animal experts share stories and reflections on lessons learned from their feline friends. This collection of touching odes to our beloved kitty companions will at times make you laugh out loud and at others bring tears to your eyes. Join authors such as Alice Walker, Andrew Harvey, Sandra Ingerman, Joan Ranquet, and others to explore themes of love and loss, radical respect, fierce leadership, honoring your true self, and more. The Karma of Cats provides a beautiful compilation for anyone who loves cats and appreciates the unique ways they embody the core spiritual values we try to live by.

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What is the greatest obstacle to fulfillment, success, and happiness? 'It's the belief that your current situation, whatever it is, has the power to determine your future,' teaches Fleet Maull. Before he was a revered meditation teacher, Maull served 14 years in prison for drug trafficking. During that time, he embarked on a path of transformation and service that has helped tens of thousands - from inmates to hospice patients to top-level business leaders. With Radical Responsibility, he invites us to experience for ourselves the life changing journey from victim to co-creator. 'When we escape the belief that we are limited by our circumstances or others, we access the full power of our authentic selves,' writes Maull. Through teachings, practices, and Maull’s deep empathy for those in challenging life situations, this step-by-step book shows us how.

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Paralympic champion swimmer and gold medalist Jessica Long celebrates the importance of dreaming big and the power of being different in The Mermaid with No Tail. As a baby, Jessica was adopted from a Russian orphanage. Her legs were amputated below the knee when she was 18 months old. Despite this, Jessica has become a world-class swimmer and one of the most decorated athletes of all time. Dive into this illustrated picture book based on Jessica's story, where a mermaid with no tail decides she wants to compete in the Mermaid Games. The other mermaids make fun of her for being different. But her adoptive turtle parents are supportive and encouraging, and her shark coach, Phelpsy, teaches her to swim using her arms. The mermaid trains hard, maintains a good attitude, and eventually wins the games.

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A Masterful Author and Jungian Analyst Examines the Qualities That Bring Meaning to Our Human Journey. What is it that brings meaning to your life? Our culture tells us to seek wealth, power, prestige, or even enrollment in someone else's idea of a worthy cause-yet where do we turn when these paths fail to fulfill our need for purpose? "When the old stories and beliefs that once defined us have played out and grown exhausted," teaches Dr. James Hollis, "our task is to access our inner compass, the promptings of the psyche that help us find our way through the complex thickets of choice." A Life of Meaning is Hollis's profound exploration of the nature of meaning and how we can orient toward it or away from it with the choices we make. Hollis offers an examination of myth, literature, historical figures, and the wisdom of depth psychology that provides penetrating insight into the search for purpose. Join him to explore: . How even cherished narratives splinter and lose potency over time . Why dreams are windows into your internalized patterns and base assumptions . How to excavate and understand your earliest, most foundational beliefs . The power of fear and how it shapes unconscious reactions . Recognizing and rising to the occasion of a "summons of the soul" . How to anchor yourself during times of uncertainty and change . Why it's important to be aware of and closely examine your shadow . How to reckon with old feelings of shame, betrayal, resentment, and regret We all have to discover our own sense of meaning. No one else can do it for us. In A Life of Meaning, Hollis offers no easy answers or feel-good certainties-instead, he shares his most valuable questions and reflections to help you find the courage, persistence, and inspiration to navigate your own odyssey. "It's humbling work, this process of getting our lives back," he teaches. "Yet I submit to you that's worth the price of the ticket, for in the journey our lives become ever more luminous."

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What can you do when you carry scars not on your body but within your soul? And what happens when those spiritual wounds exist not just in you but in everyone in your family, community, and even beyond? Spiritual teacher Thomas Hübl has spent years investigating why it is that old and seemingly disconnected traumas can seed their way through communities and across generations. His work culminates in Healing Collective Trauma, a new perspective on trauma that addresses both its visible effects and its most hidden roots. Thomas combines deep knowledge of mystical traditions with the latest scientific research. “In this way,” writes Thomas, “we are weaving a double helix between ancient wisdom and contemporary understanding.” Thomas details the Collective Trauma Integration Process, a group-based modality for evoking and eventually dissolving stuck traumatic energies. Providing structured practices for both students and group facilitators, Healing Collective Trauma is intended to build a practical tool kit for integration. This paperback edition of Healing Collective Trauma offers not just an advanced look at community trauma but also a hopeful glimpse of the future. As Thomas declares, “Together, I believe we can and must heal the ‘soul wound’ that marks us all. In so doing, we will awaken to the luminous possibility and profound potential of our true, mutual nature as humankind.”

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When Violet and her classmates are taught to say “Good morning, I love you,” to improve their happiness, she’s skeptical. How will saying she loves herself change anything? But with the encouragement of her friends and the kindness of her mother, Violet embraces the practice. With it, she learns to counter her negative self-talk, embrace self-love, and feel genuinely happy. In her book Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy, Shauna Shapiro illuminates the brain science behind why we feel the way we do and how we get stuck in negative patterns of thinking. Good Morning, I Love You, Violet! brings this message of self-kindness to young readers, helping children learn a practice that will serve them for a lifetime.

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What if every feeling-even shame and anxiety-brought you vital information and wisdom? Emotions-especially the unwanted and dishonored ones-hold a tremendous amount of energy. We've all seen what happens when we repress or recklessly express them. In this new edition of The Language of Emotions, researcher and educator Karla McLaren takes readers much deeper than naming or managing our feelings-she teaches us to honor them, reflect on their questions, and incorporate their wisdom into our lives. Enhanced through more than ten years of research and teaching, this edition offers a time-tested emotional guidebook. The first part teaches readers how to safely feel and identify emotions; practices for working with feelings, including setting boundaries, grounding, and conscious complaining; and four keys to emotional genius-new to this edition. The second part of the book features a chapter on each emotion-sharing its unique messages, its questions, and practices for understanding its insights. This edition features a new chapter on anxiety, a new exploration of loneliness, and much more. Learning the language of our emotions can deepen our self-understanding, improve our intuition, and enhance our relationships. As the book makes clear, "emotions don't cause problems-they arise to help us deal with our problems. Learn their language and you can change your life."

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Do the challenges of our world “defy imagination?” If it feels impossible to visualise a way forward - for yourself, your community, or our species - Professor Stephen Aizenstat has a powerful message of hope. “There is a limitless source of creativity waiting to be tapped by anyone,” he writes. “Its promise is nothing less than the next evolution of human consciousness. And there is a method by which you can access this generative wellspring to answer the challenges of today and tomorrow. I call this The Imagination Matrix System.” In The Imagination Matrix, Aizenstat expands upon his world-renowned Dream Tending method to present a step-by-step process for unlocking your creative potential. Through guided exercises, meditative practices, dreamwork, and more, you’ll discover how to dismantle the obstacles and mental habits that limit your ingenuity and problem-solving capacities - and reawaken your access to the “field of consciousness that exists below, betwixt, and between the surface of everyday experience” that Aizenstat calls “Deep Imagination.” Aizenstat’s method teaches us to align ourselves with the fundamental source of creativity - so even when we feel overwhelmed as individuals, we can allow a greater intelligence to animate and guide us. In doing so, we become more purposeful, resilient, and connected - and able to be the agents of change that our world needs.

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An Invitation to the Practice of Mindfulness We may long for wholeness, suggests Jon Kabat-Zinn, but the truth is that it is already here and already ours. The practice of mindfulness holds the possibility of not just a fleeting sense of contentment, but a true embracing of a deeper unity that envelops and permeates our lives. With Mindfulness for Beginners you are invited to learn how to transform your relationship to the way you think, feel, love, work, and play—and thereby awaken to and embody more completely who you really are. Here, the teacher, scientist, and clinician who first demonstrated the benefits of mindfulness within mainstream Western medicine offers a book that you can use in three unique ways: as a collection of reflections and practices to be opened and explored at random; as an illuminating and engaging start-to-finish read; or as an unfolding "lesson-a-day" primer on mindfulness practice. Beginning and long-time meditators alike will discover in these pages a valuable distillation of the key attitudes and essential practices that Jon Kabat-Zinn has found most useful with his students, including: • Why heartfulness is synonymous with true mindfulness • The value of coming back to our bodies and to our senses over and over again • How our thoughts "self-liberate" when touched by awareness • Moving beyond our "story" into direct experience • Stabilizing our attention and presence amidst daily activities • Three fundamental mental factors that cause suffering • How mindfulness heals, even after the fact •Reclaiming our wholeness, and more The prescription for living a more mindful life seems simple enough: return your awareness again and again to whatever is going on. But if you’ve tried it, you know that here is where all the questions and challenges really begin. Mindfulness for Beginners provides welcome answers, insights, and instruction to help us make that shift, moment by moment, into a more spacious, clear, reliable, and loving connection with ourselves and the world. Includes a complete CD with five guided mindfulness meditations by Jon Kabat-Zinn, selected from the audio program that inspired this book.

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When the world’s problems seem overwhelming, as they so often do, it’s easy to fall into feelings of helplessness. It becomes too painful to care, so we turn to the latest “how to not give a f*ck” self-help book. Yet caring about our world and each other is a natural instinct all humans have. What is it doing to our minds, bodies, and souls to ignore this part of our humanity? In Love without Reason: The Lost Art of Giving a F*ck, LaRayia Gaston helps us connect with our hearts, reawaken our innate desire to make a difference, and then actually make that difference in a way that is both enjoyable and impactful. In other words, she teaches us how to show up and care about each other and our world. Central to Gaston’s teachings is the idea that giving doesn’t have to be difficult, and you don’t have to go out of your way to do it. “Need is all around us,” she writes. “You’ll never know the ripples one small act of kindness can create.” Gaston calls these acts micro-gestures, moments when you stop, look around, and ask yourself how you can contribute in your own way. Throughout the book, Gaston pulls apart the stories we tell ourselves about helping - it’s too difficult, we’ll just be in the way, it won’t change anything - and provides strategies to help us get started. In the end, you’ll discover that showing you care isn’t about sacrifice - it’s about joy.

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Continue to have and grow your life, Mom-for your sake and your kids'. When did being a good mom come to mean giving up everything that used to make you . you? That's the question millions of 21st-century mothers grapple with every single day as they parent in our madly kid-centric culture. Contrary to the incessant messaging from everywhere, committing to yourself and your own needs is what makes for a good mother and happy kids. With How to Have a Kid and a Life, popular journalist and Good Morning America parenting expert Ericka Sóuter shares her tips for being a happy, whole person while still being a great, and sometimes just good enough (which is plenty fine), parent. Sóuter blends her own stories of surviving the seismic challenges of parenthood with testimonials from stay-at-home and working moms; interviews with therapists and researchers; and findings from the latest studies on happiness, self-care, and parenthood. What she delivers is a wonderfully irreverent survival guide to motherhood, featuring: . Advice on keeping your career on track while parenting . Tips for handling clueless and unhelpful partners . Taking back ownership of your body . Creating a reliable village of support (even with moms you didn't think you'd like) . Staying connected with child-free friends . What to do if you feel like you're missing the "mom gene"

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"Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit"—an In-Depth Training Course For millions of readers, Dan Millman’s Way of the Peaceful Warrior has ignited life-changing shifts. And in the decades since he wrote this iconic book, his work continues to evolve. In this in-depth audio learning program, Dan shares the full scope of his insights and tools for those seeking practical wisdom leading to a peaceful heart and warrior’s spirit. How to Consciously Live the Peaceful Warrior’s Way—a Spiritual Path in the Modern World With clarity, humor, and a gift for sharing practical wisdom that blends transcendent insight with the realities of daily life, Dan Millman guides you personally through an array of powerful principles and practices to help you: • Develop and integrate your body, mind, and emotions into a spiritual whole • Reclaim your will and self-worth • Identify and resolve energy leaks to enhance your full capacity • Trust your intuition and gain self-knowledge to make wiser decisions • Transcend fear, self-doubt, and other emotional obstructions • Awaken your heart • Live with greater moment-to-moment appreciation for the gift of life Dan reminds his listeners that, "Life comes at us in waves of change that we cannot predict or control, but we can learn to surf these waves with perspective and resilience." With The Complete Peaceful Warrior’s Way, you’re invited to enjoy the ride—with balance, courage, and a spiritual presence.

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Enter the “Ordinary State” of Enlightenment Many of us share the belief that enlightenment is rare—that true spiritual awakening only happens for extraordinary people. According to Adyashanti, this idea may actually be the most powerful impediment to our awakening. On Spontaneous Awakening, he invites you to inquire into the “ordinary nature” of enlightenment—and the profound truth of who you really are. “Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special—it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment has not occurred,” teaches Adyashanti. So where do we start? With the desire to look fearlessly at and inquire passionately into truth, explains Adyashanti. “When you stop resisting experience, what remains is the bliss of sheer nothingness. And everything that is possible lives in that nothingness.” With more than seven hours of teachings, two guided meditations, and an exclusive Sounds True interview, Spontaneous Awakening is an eye-opening program that explores topics including: The self-authenticating nature of spiritual discovery • The link between personal awareness and awareness itself • How attachment can lead to complete freedom and unattachment • Why genuine spiritual knowing requires mental subtraction—not addition.

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There’s no shortage of psychology self-help books on depression—but this collection, envisioned and edited by Sounds True founder Tami Simon, is not one of them. You won’t be revisiting familiar therapies or antidepressant options. What you will find is a gathering of 16 exceptional and compassionate teachers who have faced profound depression themselves. Their purpose? To radically shift the way that we perceive the experience. To offer insights and practices that reach beyond conventional models. And to help us receive depression’s uninvited yet singular gifts. The guidance presented here supports traditional psychotherapy and medication as valuable tools. But for those who’ve found these approaches incomplete—or seek to help others at an impasse—there’s much to discover within these pages, including: Thomas Moore, PhD, on Saturn’s gifts; Sally Kempton on shifting from suffering and into witnessing awareness; poet Mark Nepo on embracing both emptiness and aliveness; Mary Pipher, PhD, on how despair can open us to long-hidden joy; Christina Baldwin on "ineffable sorrow"; Parker J. Palmer, PhD, on finding meaning and connection through the experience of depression; plus exceptional contributions by Ann Marie Chiasson, MD; James Gordon, MD; Sandra Ingerman; Karla McLaren; Robert Augustus Masters, PhD; Amy Weintraub; Jeff Foster; Elizabeth Rabia Roberts, EdD; Michael Bernard Beckwith; and Reginald A. Ray, PhD.

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As a therapist, Dr. Sherry Walling knew all the “right” things to say to help people through grief. But when she lost her father and her brother within six months of each other, she learned how much our current thinking about grief has to change. “There is no precise GPS for getting through grief,” says Dr. Walling. “And truth be told, we never arrive on the other side. It is a landscape we live in now.” In Touching Two Worlds, this trusted expert dares to open the inner workings of her own grief - and in the process, provides a clear map for anyone searching for hope in the aftermath of loss. The book is the ideal gift to bring comfort to friends and family when there are few helpful words to say - written with honesty, gentle humor, and deep understanding. Dr. Walling shares moving personal stories while offering a broad range of healing strategies and exercises for those currently moving through grief - like how to talk to bereaved people, cry on airplanes, and cope with survivor’s guilt. These are tips from someone who has been there, as well as approaches supported by her professional experience with her own patients. Touching Two Worlds is a story of love, sadness, and renewal. Whether your loss is recent and sharp or old and familiar, Dr. Walling delivers wise and tender guidance through this new land - to carry the weight of grief while finding your own path forward.

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Little Cat finds out he needs to go to the doctor for a checkup . . . and now he’s very worried. But the doctor helps him settle down and feel safe through breathing exercises, body movement, and visualisations. Featuring the delightful character of Little Cat, this funny and brightly illustrated book is for young children, ages 2–5. It’s a fun way to recognise and talk about emotions while teaching children tools for navigating feelings of anxiety.

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"No thanks-I'm not drinking tonight." In a culture that equates alcohol with enjoyment and social acceptance, making this simple statement can make us feel like we're depriving or even punishing ourselves. "When we realize we can no longer drink safely, it can feel like the only choices are to spiral out of control or embrace a joyless life," says sobriety expert Veronica Valli. "But it's not true! Sobriety can be a path filled with fun, excitement, belonging, relaxation, and romance." Soberful offers a practical and straightforward program on how we can get sober and stay sober by increasing our self-worth, energy, and participation in life. Valli begins by debunking widespread beliefs about alcohol and sobriety-including the illusion that alcohol itself is the problem. She then focuses on the emotional skills we need to build for a fulfilling life without alcohol. Through the five pillars of sustainable sobriety-Movement, Connection, Balance, Process, and Growth-she shares effective and empowering strategies for processing the uncomfortable emotions we once numbed with alcohol. "When we change how we experience the world, we can stop trying to escape our feelings with alcohol," Valli says. Written with gentle humor and compassion, Soberful provides a road map to a life beyond drinking-one that is expansive, fulfilling, and joyously free.

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It's time to change the way we think about menopause. Both medicine and popular culture fixate on menopause as a decline of women's bodies and minds?without recognizing the powerful gifts that come to us in our elder years. "Nature did not create us to unravel and diminish in the prime of our lives," says Susan Willson. With Making Sense of Menopause, this renowned women's health practitioner offers a powerful guide to experiencing perimenopause and menopause as a natural gateway into the next vital, exciting, and meaningful phase of our lives. In this inspiring and highly practical guide, Willson dismantles the cultural falsehoods we've been taught about menopause and illuminates: Menopause as metamorphosis?how the changes in our bodies literally transform us into new women with essential roles to play in our culture How the biological arc of a woman's life unfolds toward menopause?and how our earliest experiences inform the menopause we will have Practical guidance for self-care?including sleep, nutrition, stress management, exercise, and social connections Sexuality and relationships?deepening our emotional bonds and expanding our capacity to give and receive pleasure Becoming the Wise Woman?stepping into the essential role of an elder in our youth-obsessed world Susan Willson has found that when women are presented with a positive, empowering perspective on menopause, something extraordinary occurs: "We find that we want to do the developmental work of midlife. We want to harness the power we feel rising up as we are finally able to stand for ourselves. We want to give our gifts." With Making Sense of Menopause, this compelling author offers a much-needed guide for women making the physical, emotional, and spiritual transition to their wisdom years.

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What can a member of a Mumbai ashram offer the modern world? Gaur Gopal Das shows that a monk still has much to teach about living a happy and balanced life. In contemporary culture, the popular conception of a “monk” is often of a dour ascetic who lives apart from society and never engages with the day-to-day problems of humanity. Gaur Gopal Das, a monk from an ashram in Mumbai, shows that this image couldn’t be further from the truth. In The Way of the Monk, Gopal Das presents a guide to navigating some of the contemporary world’s most fundamental questions. How can we achieve peace when the world is so full of noise and conflict? How do we learn to let go of attachment when consumer culture constantly tells us that we are unfulfilled? How can we embody love when our interactions with others are so fraught with old wounds and misunderstanding? According to Gopal Das, the keys to unraveling these dilemmas have existed for thousands of years throughout the world's great wisdom traditions. Structured around the four “wheels” of behavior that support a healthy, balanced life, The Way of the Monk teaches fundamental skills of mindfulness, self-inquiry, positive communication, and more. Gopal Das writes from the perspective of a trusted friend, weaving tales he's encountered over the years into a single, overarching teaching story. Already a bestseller in India, The Way of the Monk is an ideal entry point for those who are just stepping onto the spiritual path. Here you will find a humorous and profound journey into truths that exist beyond the boundaries of geography, tradition, and nationality.

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Discover how the lost art of wonder can help you cultivate greater creativity, resilience, meaning, and joy as you bring your greatest contributions to life. Beyond grit, focus, and 10,000 hours lies a surprising advantage that all creatives have-wonder. Far from child's play, wonder is the one radical quality that has led exemplary people from all walks of life to move toward the fruition of their deepest dreams and wildest endeavors-and it can do so for you, too. "Wonder is a quiet disruptor of unseen biases," writes Jeffrey Davis. "It dissolves our habitual ways of seeing and thinking so that we may glimpse anew the beauty of what is real, true, and possible." Rich with wisdom, inspiring stories, and practical tools, Tracking Wonder invites us to explore how the lost art of wonder can inspire a life of greater joy, possibility, and purpose. You'll discover: · The six facets of wonder-key qualities to help you cultivate the art of wonder in your work, relationships, and life · How wonder can help us fertilize creativity, sustain the motivation to pursue big ideas, navigate uncertainty and crises, deepen our relationships, and more · The biases against wonder-moving beyond societal and internalized resistance to our inherent gifts · Why experiencing wonder isn't really about achieving goals-though that happens-but about how we live each day · Inspiring stories of people whose experiences of wonder helped them move through the unthinkable to create extraordinary lives · Practical exercises, tools, and reflections to help you begin your own practice of tracking wonder Radically veering from the exhausting hyperproductivity narrative we're too often sold, Tracking Wonder is a welcome guide for experiencing more meaning and joy in the present moment as you bring your greatest contributions to life.

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In We Are All Under One Wide Sky, Deborah Wiles beautifully weaves together images from the natural world in a lovely, lyrical poem. Andrea Stegmaier's fresh and captivating illustrations feature children from around the globe and celebrate different architecture, landscapes, and activities. By the end of the book, children will have internalized the message that although we are from different places, we are the same in so many ways. What we have in common is what is most important-family, laughter, love, nature, and friendship. We all share the same wide sky. We Are All Under One Wide Sky is a peace anthem with a timely and important message for children: to both celebrate diversity and embrace how much we all have in common.

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As featured in the Ram Dass documentary film Becoming Nobody, five essential live teaching sessions on audio, presented here in their entirety The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody. —Ram Dass If you’re a spiritual explorer of any age or tradition, chances are you’ve heard of Ram Dass. This singular luminary began his “somebody training” as Richard Alpert—the 1960’s Harvard-psychologist-turned-hippie who tripped with Timothy Leary, befriended beat poets and Tibetan lamas, found his lifelong guru in India, and wrote the perennial classic Be Here Now. That’s the “somebody” part of his story. But for those who’ve experienced Ram Dass live as he shares his insights and personal journey on the way to becoming nobody—he has been for many the spark that ignited them to the liberating truth of who we really are. This audio collection brings us five essential sessions, featured in the Ram Dass documentary film Becoming Nobody, presented here in their entirety. Each beautifully illuminates a core dimension of Ram Dass’s wisdom. Through teaching stories, true accounts, eye-opening revelations, and his one-of-a-kind sense of humor, this legendary teacher helps show us the way out of the prison of our self-identity—and into the joy of being at once “nobody” and the universal divine at play in the world.

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What would it be like to have complete sovereignty within your own life? To feel confidently aligned with the power of your true Self? The beloved texts at the heart of yoga offer us timeless pathways to this experience, yet without years of formal study, accessing the depths of their wisdom can seem overwhelming. In Sovereign Self, Acharya Shunya demystifies yoga’s most influential texts: the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita, making their profound teachings both accessible and immediately practical for modern seekers. The first female lineage holder in a 2,000-year-old line of Vedic spiritual teachers and the first to teach in the West, Shunya has a personal and authentic understanding of these classic scriptures. With Sovereign Self, she shares a comprehensive guide to their essential teachings, expertly adapting their wisdom and spiritual practices for Western students. Filled with hidden insights and engaging guidance, Sovereign Self will help you align with your greater Self - the Self that is always present, all-powerful, ever-joyful, and completely sovereign.

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What guides us when our world is changing? Discover the path to deeper meaning and purpose through depth psychology. What makes the challenges of our time so unique and daunting in human history? Technology? Resource depletion? In Living Between Worlds, Dr. James Hollis challenges us to look within for the real cause. “Few of our ancestors, if any, became enemies of themselves as we do; few split themselves off from their internal forms of guidance,” he explains. “We can serve the drives for power, wealth, status, whatever, but we cannot create meaning. Meaning is a by-product of being in right relationship to our soul.” Dr. Hollis’s readers know him as a penetrating thinker who brings profound insight and sophistication to the inner journey. In Living Between Worlds, he broadens his lens to encompass the relationship between our inner struggles and the rapidly shifting realities of modern human existence. This is not a journey that will yield easy answers or pat reassurances. Yet by invoking the guidance of depth psychology, classical literature, philosophy, and myth, you will gain access to resources of purpose, courage, and hope that transcend time and circumstance. “We will always live in in-between times,” Hollis teaches. “Perhaps we may drop our plumb line into those same guiding currents which ran through the souls of the ancients . . . and run through ours as well.”

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How do we deal with the heaviness of everyday living? When we are surrounded by uncertainty, distrust, and destruction, how do we sift through the chaos and enjoy being alive? In Every Day Is a Poem, Jacqueline Suskin aims to answer these questions by using poetry as a tool for finding clarity and feeling relief. With provocative questions, writing practices, and mindset exercises, this celebrated poet shows you how to focus your senses, cultivate curiosity, and create your own document of the world’s beauty. Emphasizing that the personal is inextricable from the creative, Suskin offers specific instructions on how to make a map of your past, engage with your pain, and write poems for healing and insight. Poetry isn’t a magic cure-all that makes adversity vanish, but it does summon the wondrous and sublime out of the shadows. Suskin seeks to remind you how incredible it is to be alive at all, even when it hurts. Most importantly, Every Day Is a Poem reveals that we all have the ability to weave beauty and meaning out of otherwise difficult and overwhelming times.

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With Dreams of Light, a world-renowned expert in lucid dreaming and Tibetan dream yoga guides us into the tradition's daytime practices Most of us are absolutely certain that we’re awake here and now—it’s a given, right? Yet, according to Tibetan dream yoga, ordinary waking life is in fact a delusion, as illusory as our nightly dreams. In his previous book Dream Yoga, Andrew Holecek guided us into Tibet's nocturnal path of lucid dreaming and other dimensions of sleeping consciousness. Now, with Dreams of Light, he offers us a step-by-step guide to Tibetan dream yoga's daytime practices. Known in Tibet as the "illusory form" practices, these teachings include insights, meditations, and actions to help us realize the dreamlike nature of our lives. Through an in-depth exploration of the tradition, beginners and seasoned practitioners alike will learn everything they need to enter the unexplored realms of our waking states. "If you've struggled to awaken in your dreams," teaches Holecek, "these techniques will often spark spontaneous lucidity during sleep. And if you're already a successful lucid dreamer, they will open you to new depths of experience throughout your day." For those curious about altered states of consciousness, psychedelic therapies, and near-death and out-of-body experiences, Dreams of Light opens a time-honored gateway to kindred—and for many, even more profound—terrains of perception.

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How a simple creative act spreads a message of love and acceptance around the world? Emily’s idea started small. Many beautiful ideas do. She folded, doodled, and snipped. But also, like many ideas, Emily’s small idea grew. When a little girl decides to create a paper chain of dolls, her idea catches on. Then it spreads far and wide as children around the world begin to create and share their own. This is the story of how that girl makes it happen. For readers ages 4 to 8. Includes a make-your-own page to help you get started on your own paper doll chains.

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Remarriages are harder than firsts. Discover 10 keys to success—covering sex, communication, money, step-kids, and more. “Love may be sweeter the second (or third) time around, but once the bliss wears off, the reality of joining two distinct worlds sets in,” writes marriage and family therapist Terry Gaspard. She knows all the pitfalls and landmines. She has counseled couples for over 30 years and conducted original research, and her blogs for top websites are read and shared by hundreds of thousands. In The Remarriage Manual, Gaspard shows couples how to manage the 10 areas that most threaten second marriages. Unfinished business with exes (and other old baggage), pressures of dealing with debt and handling money, blending families, finding time and space for sex, managing conflict, and more can strain second marriages to the breaking point. We might joke that marriage should come with a manual, but for remarriages it’s essential. The divorce rate is 60 percent compared to 50 percent for firsts. The tips and tools Gaspard offers have directed countless remarried couples toward lasting happiness, including the author and her husband. The Remarriage Manual provides everything a couple needs to inspire or repair their second marriage. Therapists, divorce lawyers, and clergy will also find crucial insights for helping their clients.

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Gather around, children, and hear a tale from far-off Tibet, the fabled Land of Snows. Surely you have heard of it, the mountain home of the legendary Abominable Snowman. How can we soothe the savage beasts of fear, aggression, and intolerance? We do it together, teaches American Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das, in an authentic teaching tale from the high Himalayas. When the legendary yeti terrorizes a small Tibetan village, the local lama—a cave-dwelling, meditating hermit—shows us how generosity, patience, and a sense of belonging can turn an Abominable Snowman into an adorable one. With themes of resilience, interconnection, acceptance, and a subtle introduction to lovingkindness meditation, this story of spiritual friendship will awaken the hearts of children young and old.

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Recent years have seen an exponential rise in plant healing. The newest remedies on the scene are flower essences, and Brooklyn-based Heidi Smith is one of their most popular advocates. With The Bloom Book, Smith has created an invaluable resource for using flower essences to bring harmony to both ourselves and our world. A somatic psychotherapist, flower essence practitioner, registered herbalist, and longtime student of the Egyptian mysteries, Smith not only demystifies flower essences as a potent form of vibrational healing, she explores how we can use these modalities to usher the divine feminine back into our collective consciousness. Filled with gorgeous illustrations by artist Chelsea Granger, The Bloom Book serves as both an information-rich resource and interactive guidebook. Highlights include: an exploration of vibrational healing from ancient alchemists to modern-day medicine women; a materia medica of select flower essences; rituals and recipes for protection, grounding, and other needs; how to work with the cycles of the moon; and much more.

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When the founders of the ultra-popular Motherly online community asked what today’s mothers wanted in a pregnancy book, your response came through loud and clear. You want to learn about your options without being preached to. To be informed about pitfalls without judgment or scare tactics. You were looking for a book that hadn’t been written: a mama-centered guide that doesn’t just focus on your baby’s needs, but honors and coaches you through this profound life change. That’s why Motherly's founders worked with nurse and midwife Diana Spalding to create The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama. In this illustrated resource, you’ll find expert guidance to support you every step of the way - through pre-conception planning, the week-by-week experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and the often-ignored “fourth trimester” of the postpartum period. From maternity leave planning to relationship reflections, nutrition support to fitness recommendations, this book will help you feel confident and inspired through one of the greatest transformations of your life. Today’s new mamas are part of a generation elevating women’s empowerment in all its forms. The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama is the companion you deserve on this extraordinary journey - a wholehearted embrace of new motherhood in all its power, complexity, and beauty.

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An illustrated picture book that teaches the best way to be happy is to embrace the circumstances we find ourselves in each day Happy Right Now brings a much-needed message to kids: it’s great to feel happy, but it’s okay to feel sad sometimes too. Dealing with emotions can be hard. Children experience the same range of strong feelings as adults, but often don’t have the tools to deal with them. For children ages 4 to 8, Happy Right Now teaches emotional intelligence with fun, relatable imagery and clever rhymes. Award-winning author Julie Berry brings a playful bounce to the important lesson that kids don’t need to wait for fantastic gifts, school vacations, or sunny days to find joy in the moment. And even if they can’t find a way to choose happiness—if the blues are just too strong—Berry provides a series of quick practices to help young readers move through their sadness. Smartly illustrated by Holly Hatam, Happy Right Now is perfect for children, parents, and caregivers who want to learn how to navigate difficult emotions and embrace the bright side of any situation, rain or shine.

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Join two beloved spiritual luminaries for a conversation full of kinship, laughter, and joyful truths What do a Jesuit priest and a Buddhist nun have in common? It may sound like the opening to a joke, but it’s actually the question that initiated an extraordinary spiritual collaboration. Father Greg Boyle and Pema Chödrön came together in a night of interfaith conversation for a great cause: aiding Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest rehabilitation, re-entry, and job training program for former gang members. Originally founded by Father Greg in 1992, Homeboy Industries has helped thousands of people find renewed hope after leaving gang life. Now, Father Greg and Pema present Creating a Culture of Tenderness, an audio program devoted to what it means to embody one’s principles in the world. Co-teaching for the first time, here they offer an inspiring dialogue on recognizing each other’s innate humanity, the power of second chances, the profound connections between the world’s faiths, and how in service to others we can discover the most vital spiritual truths.

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Are you sensitive to bright lights, loud noises, strong smells, or coarse fabrics? Do other people’s moods and needs strongly affect you? On busy days, do you seek quiet, private surroundings? Are you deeply moved by the arts or music? Do you have a rich inner life? If so, you may be an HSP. In her groundbreaking 1996 book The Highly Sensitive Person, Dr. Elaine Aron opened our eyes to the trait, validating the unique lives of one-fifth of the population. With this in-depth audio learning program—taught by Elaine, an HSP herself—she invites us to learn the full scope of what is now known about high sensitivity, including many new research findings and life strategies. Listeners will join her to explore: What high sensitivity is, how to assess if you're an HSP, compelling research, the five key needs of HSPs, self-care essentials for thriving in our over-stimulating world, succeeding in intimate relationships and at work, supporting the highly sensitive child, and much more.

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This Program Will Change the Way You Think About Work (And Everything Else . . . ) Imagine going to work each day feeling energized, excited, and ready for anything that comes your way. No more struggling with stress or burnout. No more personality clashes. Impossible? Not according to Michael A. Singer, who served as founding CEO of a billion-dollar corporation where this fantastic vision became a reality every day of the week. Before he was the author of The Untethered Soul and The Surrender Experiment, Singer was working at his own company exploring and refining the spiritual insights and tools he would share with millions through his bestselling books. With The Untethered Soul at Work, join him for a rare audio presentation on applying these insights in your own workplace. This two-part program brings you practical wisdom on ten common business challenges including finding fulfillment at work, the art of conscious communication, creativity and problem-solving, and much more. "Everything that happens at work is a chance for us to offer our full selves—our love, our passion, our creativity—in service of the miraculous moment unfolding before us," explains Singer. The Untethered Soul at Work will transform the way you think about the concept of work, while opening you to greater joy, connection, and satisfaction in your own chosen field.

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Deepen your practice with this audio journey into the source-language teachings of yoga Yoga practitioners know there’s more to the path than asana, or physical postures—but how do we access the deeper wisdom of yogic philosophy? More than 2,000 years ago, the legendary master Patanjali answered this question in 195 pearls of insight known as the Yoga Sutras. Now Sanskrit and Ayurveda teacher Nicolai Bachman offers The Yoga Sutras, an audio program with a fresh approach to working with Patanjali’s seminal text for guidance and inspiration on your own journey toward clarity and happiness. Why do we react the way we do in certain situations? How can suffering be an opportunity for growth? Why are nonviolence and truth important to a student? Patanjali’s sutras offer an illuminating perspective on these questions and more. To help integrate this wisdom into our modern life, Bachman offers a unique approach. Instead of reading each sutra sequentially from beginning to end, he focuses on and discusses 51 key concepts. By exploring these principles and learning to chant the sutras in Sanskrit, the essence of yogic philosophy is revealed—helping us open to its heart and soul. The Yoga Sutras invites you to discover a variety of practical tools and heartfelt insights for transforming your practice, including: Six sessions full of insights to further your learning about yoga’s essential principles • A guided reading of the complete sutras with pronunciation instructions for following along • Key concepts for understanding the social, religious, and historical context of the sutras • Teachings on humility, the inner light of awareness, the nature of suffering, the importance of nonviolence, the meaning of liberation, and much more As you immerse yourself in Patanjali’s sutras, the heart of yoga—and what yoga means for you personally—will unveil itself in new and profound ways. Whether you’re a seasoned teacher or a student looking to go deeper with your practice, this essential course offers a treasury of teachings to help realize the "outer joy and inner happiness" of yoga.

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In the decades since the initial publication of The Way of the Superior Man, society has changed significantly. Issues of gender and sexuality long confined to secrecy have become part of everyday conversation, and rigid ideas about our societal roles have begun to dissolve. And yet, perhaps now more than at any time, men of all ages still "tussle with the challenges of women, work, and sexual desire." In this unabridged audiobook of the classic guide to masculine spirituality, David Deida encourages men and women to lean into the conversation and offer their most valuable assets to the world—their authentic heart and depth of presence. More relevant than ever, The Way of the Superior Man offers a view of a more conscious and embodied masculinity. "It is time to evolve beyond the macho jerk ideal, all spine and no heart," writes Deida. "It is also time to evolve beyond the sensitive and caring wimp ideal, all heart and no spine." Including a new preface written in celebration of the book’s 20th anniversary, The Way of the Superior Man presents the next generation of with the opportunity to grapple with fear, cultivate trust in the moment, and put forth the best versions of themselves in an ever-changing world. Read by Cecil Archbold.

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Welcome to a system for evolving every aspect of your life through the five elements of Ayurveda Do you ever sense that there’s a gap between how you see your potential and how you actually live your day to day? If so, thought leader and wellness expert Cate Stillman has a breakthrough solution: an innovative, cutting-edge experience of the five elements of Ayurveda to accelerate living your potential. In Master of You, Cate imparts this ancient wisdom through a modern lens, providing a detailed map to accessing the powers inherent in earth, air, fire, water, and space to consciously construct and design your life. Master of You empowers your evolution by helping you activate the deeper dream of who you want to become next, unleashing the power of the five elements to shapeshift your dream into reality. You will design your home, your schedule, and your entire life in alignment with who you want to become next. Rather than quick fixes and life hacks, Cate offers element-by-element instruction to organize your home (space), optimize your biorhythms (earth), clarify your ambitions (fire), realign your time to hit your goals (air), and fall into a deep experience of integrity and flow in your daily life (water). With Cate’s guidance, you’ll steer in the direction of your deeper next purpose, raise the bar on your expectations, be the conscious creator of your future, and become the person you’ve always sensed you could be.

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