Children’s minds exhibit remarkable creativity, even when it comes to self-discipline. So it’s good on multiple fronts that many children have loving mothers who know not only how to watch over their offspring while cultivating their independence, but how also to retain tenderness and a sense of humor no matter what unusual solutions their children…
Ken Wilber is one of our Living Spiritual Teachers, a transpersonal psychologist and philosopher, founder of the Integral Institute, and author of a couple dozen books translated into dozens of languages around the world. He’s one of the most recognized scholars of human development over the last half century. As much as any living writer,…
“This is the incredibly hard lesson of shadow research and why it’s so unbelievably important to include some form of Cleaning Up in any path of self-understanding: the things that we most despise in the world are exactly the things that we possess and most despise in ourselves. This is so hard because we convinced…
Whitehead famously said, “Philosophy begins in wonder.” If that’s true, then my rescue kitten, Raindrop, may be the greatest philosopher of all time. While trail walking on a rainy Spring morning in early June, my husband and sister-in-law and I heard the urgent, distressing meow of a cat in a green thicket near a creek….
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The author of this book is a coach, educator, and professional musician. Through music she has learned how artistic practice can become support for a more joyful life. Estevez points to studies from the University of Chicago and clinical psychology journals and quotes insights from creatives such as Mary Oliver, Julia Cameron, Madeleine L’Engle, and…
In this story narrated by a father to his daughter, the stability of stones becomes a metaphor for ever-present and enduring love. He wishes he were a stone and speaks eloquently of their value: They don’t need anything to be happy; they’re useful for building everything from pyramids to skyscrapers; they can be so handsome…
Ostensibly, this is a book for people grieving the death of a beloved animal companion. But we see more in it than that. This is a book of hope, nurture, and making connections. Author Barbara Allen lives in Australia where she started the country’s first animal chaplaincy program. She’s also a Protestant minister in Melbourne….
Perhaps you’ve seen Toki Tōbun’s 16th century scroll, “Monkey Reaching for the Moon’s Reflection.” It’s based on an ancient Buddhist story in which 500 monkeys hold each other’s tails so that they can seize the image of the moon, out of concern that the celestial orb must have fallen into the well where they see…
