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Pain and Suffering in Buddhism

by Edward Horner

Each and every one of us shares the combined experiences of pain and suffering. It is unavoidable. The pain comes from the simple fact that we are human and that our physiology and psychic makeup allow it to arise. Suffering is a different matter. It will arise when our ego isn’t being stoked. It will arise when we experience loss. It will be experienced when our expectation is not met. Whenever anything happens to us that our ego isn’t ready for, or desirous of, we will suffer. In Pa... more

Wisdom in Buddhism

by Edward Horner

What is wisdom? Who is wise? Can wisdom be developed? These are the questions Horner sets out to answer, from a Buddhist perspective. He manages to avoid convoluted, philosophical discussions, focusing instead on secular, everyday concerns with thoughtful examples and practical applications in a workman-like manner to help the reader better understand the nature of wisdom and how it can be developed.  The author sets forth 12 pillars of wisdom that are easily accessed and applied – not only ... more

How To Hold a Cockroach: A book for those who are free and don't know it

by Matthew Maxwell

A heartbroken and miserable boy begins a life-changing journey when a menacing guest disturbs him at dinner. Confronted one-by-one by the sources of his torment, the boy is forced to consider some of life's key questions: What makes one thing vile and another sacred? How can I be at peace with a broken heart, a bruising childhood, or a critical illness? What decides how I experience life? What am I? With a surprising and simple message, How to Hold a Cockroach is a moving love letter to... more

On The Back of The Wildebeest; The Healing Power of Creativity

by Audrey C Jolly

Creativity is a path to the innermost self, where we find a sense of wholeness by embracing emotions that we have shut up and shut away. It lets us reconnect with lost parts of ourselves that carry fear, anger, sadness and loneliness. Yet many people falsely believe creativity is not for them. This exhilarating and original book gives creativity its rightful place on the journey from trauma to mastery. With more than 30 years' experience as an artist, educator, and psychotherapist Audrey Jol... more

Anxiety Rx

by Russell Kennedy

Anxiety Rx shows you exactly what anxiety is and how you can stop it from running your life. Written by Dr Russell Kennedy, aka "The Anxiety MD", a physician and neuroscientist that suffered from anxiety himself for many years, Anxiety Rx takes the reader on a healing journey that combines hard neuroscience and soft spirit—illuminating a never-seen-before path to leaving anxiety behind for good. Dr Kennedy is also a certified yoga and medita... more

InstaGrateful: Finding Your Bliss in a Social Media World

by Sheri Fink

Are you ready to add more passion, peace, power, prosperity, and panache to your life? Are you a million times more magnificent than your social media feed? Yes, you are, because: You are a lotus.

The lotus flower represents strength, perseverance, inner beauty, and possibility through adverse conditions. Even when its roots are submerged in the dirtiest waters, the lotus produces a beautiful flower. It’s your time to bloom into your biggest, fullest, most expressive self.

I... more

My Bliss Book: An Inspirational Journal for Daily Dream Building and Extraordinary Living

by Sheri Fink

My Bliss Book is a daily empowerment journal to help you create more magic, joy, and passion in your life while achieving your wildest dreams!

During this inspiring 12-week journey, you commit to daily practices that will magically transform your life as you apply pure intention, strategic focus, and inspired action.

By setting goals, expressing gratitude, honoring your progress, celebrating your victories, and taking care of yourself, you will build the foundation for creating a ... more

Who Will Hear Them Cry

by Phyllis Staton Campbell

Kate Talbot, blinded by the psychopath who killed her husband and unborn child, feels safe in her world of gadgets and video games. Brett, her former partner in their small town detective agency has no right to expect her to help investigate a series of fatal accidents at a home and school for disabled children. He has no right but he does, and she finds herself interested despite her fear of failure, and the very real fear of physical danger.

The Delicious Flavors of God

by Eva Cotton

The Delicious Flavors of God is a whimsical guide to accepting and embracing every human being no matter their race, creed or orientation. Just as there are a variety of ice cream flavors to be enjoyed, there are many different flavors (races} of people, all to be lovingly embraced!

From Love Trauma To Fearless Love: 7 Tango Steps for Breaking Free from Narcissists and Predators

by Jianny Adamo

From Love Trauma To Fearless Love is a tale of emotional, spiritual, and sexual recovery from abuse at the hands of a predator. This book is especially relevant as From Love Trauma To Fearless Love illuminates how calculating a narcissist can be and reveals profound truths about the gut-wrenching reality a woman faces when she unwittingly gets caught in a web of lies and deception. It also highlights the cycle of violence that is typical of sexual abuse for both men and women. In From Love Tr... more

The Many Relationships of Mental Illness

by David Vidales

Having battled manic depression, diagnosed with bipolar I and 15 years of addiction enough was enough. Follow my journey as I battle one set back after another. Finally hitting my rock bottom, nothing would stop me from crawling out of the pit of my own living hell. Witness first hand how my addiction cost me my marriage, nearly ripped my children from my life, down to my own demise. Finally, in 2016 watch a newly found man work and fight his way to author and owner of his company.

Be the Soul Mate You Want to Attract

by Jeanne Sullivan Billeci

Jeanne Sullivan Billeci, The Soul Mate Coach, uses her years of coaching experience and training to guide you through the process of releasing your resistance to love and attracting an ideal soul mate much faster. Using strategies that enabled her to shift her dating approach and attract her own soul mate in 24 hours, she shows you how to: •\tIdentify negative relationship patterns and release yourself from mid-life dating myths and limiting beliefs. •\tUnderstand what a soul mate really is ... more

Speaking Through Your Heart : How to Improve Your Relationships With Loving Communication Skills

by Marilyn Lee

The saying goes, “No man is an island,” and in any language, this can be understood. Man is social by nature, and so people build relationships with one another. Relationships can help bring out the best in people. But sometimes, some relationships can be detrimental to some people. And while some relationships grow stronger in time, others just fade slowly, sometimes violently, and then they end. Some people move on, some don’t—or couldn’t. Like all living things that grow, relationships need... more

Shamanism, Ancestors and Transgenerational Therapy: Contemporary Practices and Universal Wisdom (Genesis Editions)

by Tony T. Gaillard

The Ancients already knew the therapeutic potential of the family links between generations that we rediscover in modern transgenerational practices. Far from being a new fashion, the recognition of transgenerational processes dates back to the first shamanic type of communities. Their methods to cure "The Ancestor Syndrome" offer to contemporary therapies essential historical references and valuable teachings. Transgenerational therapy brings a welcome middle ground for exchanges between tradi... more

The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You

by Simone Knego

Do you wake up every day feeling like you’re going through the motions, that the hundreds of choices you make have almost no impact on the people around you? Many motivational books will tell you that in order to better the world, you must first better yourself. But you really only need to change the way you see yourself and the world around you will change. What you do every day matters and inspires others. By sharing your story, you can motivate and encourage those around you—and in doing so... more

THE PLAN

by Reco McDaniel McCambry

2020 has been a year like no other. It has brought us unparalleled danger, as well as unparalleled opportunity for real change. With the uprising triggered by George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers still going strong, there have been many heartening changes to local municipal laws around the country. But we all know it’s not nearly enough. To produce real justice for the Black community, we must have equal economic power and equal access to education – and those are ... more

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