Drawing on research, her personal life story and empirically supported practices, the author of Self-Compassion shows women how to reclaim balance within themselves and use fierce and tender self-compassion to ensure their own wholeness and well-being.

"How do people who love animals translate that devotion into helping creatures who are not our pets? How do we express our care for animals when that means different things to omnivores and vegetarians-or, say, to hunters and non-hunters? Barbara J. King, a widely read expert on animal cognition and emotion, here guides readers through the difficult choices and deep rewards of turning empathy into action on behalf of animals. King discusses our relationship...

"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,...

"From the field's pioneer, an exploration of the neurobiology and psychology of wisdom: what science says it is and how to nurture it within yourself, at any stage of your life"--

"In the near future, a young woman finds her mother's body starfished on the kitchen floor in Queens and sets out on a journey through language, archives, artificial intelligence, and TV for a way back into herself. She begins to translate an old manuscript about a group of female medical students beset by a drought and living at the edge of a war as they create a new way of existing to help the people around them. As she works on the translation,...

Based on in-depth interviews and case studies, the authors show how some companies are healing their employees, customers, communities, and other stakeholders.

Dr. Brené Brown's Ten Guideposts to Wholehearted FamiliesWe all know that perfect parenting does not exist, yet we still struggle with the social expectations that teach us that being imperfect is synonymous with being inadequate. These messages are powerful and we end up spending precious time and energy managing perception and the carefully edited versions of the families we show to the world. On The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting, Dr. Brené Brown...

"This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It's his rallying cry, full of solutions for our chaotic, aggressive, divided times: no less than a call for revolution. Are we ready to hear it? Are we ready to act?" -- Publisher annotation.

Course objectives:Define self-compassion as a practice to increase happiness, optimism, and curiosity in our lives, while decreasing anxiety, depression, and stress.Discuss how self-compassion motivates with love-providing clear vision and nurturance needed to reach our full potential.Discuss how to turn toward our emotions with curiosity, openness, and non-judgement to counter the Default Mode Network.Define empathy, self-esteem, loving kindness,...

Where is human evolution taking us? To answer this question, bestselling author Gregg Braden continues to break ground, merging the wisdom of lost prophecy and ancient prayer with the latest in scientific research on the destiny of humankind.
The Gregg Braden Audio Collection brings together for the first time his revolutionary works including a bonus CD with all-new teachings, available nowhere else. Boxed set includes:

Beyond Zero

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