September 19, 2023
In this compelling book, an animal communicator shares how she talks to and heals wild moorland animals, as well as domesticated horses, dogs, and cats.
Maureen Rolls never knew a time when she couldn’t speak to and understand animals; wild and tame, they would approach her fearlessly for help. She also understood early that she […]
September 12, 2023
Artist, novelist, and Christian author Jean Posusta’s ambitious self-help book blends knowledge gleaned from a social services career with personal experience in overcoming devastating life circumstances.
Posusta tackles dozens of social and mental health issues: alcoholism, co-dependency, surviving the suicide of a spouse, emotional abuse, low self-esteem, and more. She cites neurological discoveries, scientific findings, […]
June 20, 2023
In A Mindful Life, a retired RN, hospital administrator, business owner, and military retiree maps a course through a world of distress and disappointment toward a life of mindfulness, clarity, flexibility, and freedom through 101 short lessons.
Homeless in his teens, Tom Dickerson joined the U.S. Air Force and began his formal education toward a […]
June 6, 2023
Global Well-Being and Engagement Practice Leader Deb Smolensky is a firm believer that any brain can be trained for optimal career performance—as long as the brain’s owner is equally focused on mental health and happiness. “The core of well-being is nurturing a strong, healthy, resilient mindset,” she writes, adding: “I believe the only way to […]
May 30, 2023
Alan Carruth transforms Thomas à Kempis’s The Imitation of Christ into a modern-day devotional for the self-reflective Christian.
The Imitation of Christ, written in the 1400s by the Catholic monk, is considered one of the most widely read Christian handbooks. When retired anesthesiologist Carruth began studying the ancient book, he journaled his impressions and felt […]
May 23, 2023
Architect Erin Lucero shares her journey searching for “love, balance, and harmony”—and finding “Anyi,” an ancient word that conveys that “the world is full of abundance and love, not scarcity and fear,” and that “all things are interconnected…and in balance.”
Lucero was already on a journey of self-discovery—first through yoga, then as a marathon runner […]
April 4, 2023
Shannon Duncan’s Coming Full Circle shares his experience with psychedelic drugs and support personnel in his attempt to reveal and heal childhood trauma.
At midlife, Duncan’s world was in disarray: Divorced and a part-time dad, his writing career had veered off track; he abused alcohol and attempted suicide. Having taken psychedelic drugs recreationally, he wanted […]
March 21, 2023
Catherine Duncan’s self-help book Everyday Awakening is the culmination of what she’s learned at critical junctures in her life.
At age 11, Duncan was given a slim chance of survival when battling cancer. But she beat the odds, and “this childhood experience cracked me open,” she writes. “….I had awakened to the preciousness of being […]
March 21, 2023
By sharing her lifetime of trauma and a “spiritual tapestry fabricated from the finest fibers of various belief systems,” including Eastern religion, New Age spirituality, and the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous, the author encourages readers to face their pain and develop unconditional self-love in this book.
Amanda McKoy Flanagan’s shame began as a kindergartener with […]
February 14, 2023
This slim volume of epigrams uses the cosmos, technology, and nature to probe the limits of human imagination, stimulate thought, and aim for profundity.
Following an introduction that defines proverbs as short, “meaningful meditations that express a truth, most of the time of a practical nature or a philosophical tenet,” and then tracing their appearance […]