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Reconnected Parenting: Healing the Whole Family Nervous System through Regulation, Breathwork, and Play Therapy

This book takes parents from feeling disconnected to reconnecting with their true, authentic center, so they can be free to respond the way they really want to and create a life of ease, consciousness, and enjoyment in their family life.

Most of us are self-aware, know a lot about parenting, and already have a lot of tools in our toolbox. We know our triggers and when they are triggered; we know about regulation; and we even have lists of scripts and are knowledgeable about what experts think we should do and say in those moments. And yet, when it comes down to it, in the moment of stress, we can’t seem to actually make a difference in the way we respond.

Reconnected Parenting is a guide to help parents do better in the moments that count; and it shows readers how understanding the nervous system and using our breath to rewire our reactions from our body up creates deep, lasting change.

You will be taken on a journey through the science behind the nervous system and how this is holistically linked to connecting to our truest and most spiritual selves.

Midlife Awakening: Creating a Miraculous Next Chapter

In this New York Times bestseller, a popular spiritual teacher and thought leader shows you that menopause isn’t an ending—it’s an opportunity for a powerful new beginning.

A revised edition of The Age of Miracles with new content from the author

There are times in life when one phase ends and another begins. In Midlife Awakening, our post-menopausal years are described as a “second puberty”—a time when an era of our selfhood gives way to something new.

This new chapter need not indicate decline. It can, in fact, be a time of spiritual awakening. While physical age and societal prejudices can form an emotional undertow for all of us, best-selling author Marianne Williamson guides toward the psychological power to counter that.

Blending soulful insight with practical wisdom, Williamson explores the emotional, spiritual, and psychological shifts that occur in midlife. Rooted in timeless truths, her insightful guidance will help you:

• Let go of what is no longer yours, so you can receive the gifts that are only yours now.
• Navigate the changing dynamics of age, so you can find your grounding in those things that do not change.
• Learn to forgive the past and embrace new opportunities for the future.
• Discover the growing momentum towards redefining midlife in the modern era.

For those in their 40s, 50s, and beyond, this is a compassionate and uplifting companion through the “new midlife”—a stage filled with unrecognized potential and untapped vitality. Whether you’re feeling invisible, lost, or simply ready to reconnect with yourself at a time of change, this book will help you find strength in your softness, clarity in your chaos, and the courage to step fully into the woman you were always meant to be.

In the words of Emily Dickinson, “We turn not older with years but newer every day.”

Women Who Dance in the Dark: Awaken Your Inner Seer through Myths, Dreams, and Stories

An exploration of the largely untapped Medial Woman archetype—the archetype within the psyche who beckons us to an inner journey of intuition—through signs, dreams, myth, and story.

Medial Women dance in the dark and return to the light more whole than before.

Unlock the hidden power within you with this transformative journey into the world of the Medial Woman. This archetype—sister to the wild woman—represents intuition, spiritual insight, and connection to the unseen. And it’s far from a rare or mystical gift: The medial nature resides within us all, waiting to be rediscovered. In Women Who Dance in the Dark , psychologist and intuitive Athena Laz shows how anyone can access this inner wisdom to navigate life’s uncertainties with clarity, creativity, and grounded balance.

Laz offers practical tools, tells captivating stories, and explains how we can use dream interpretations, waking visions, and instinctive knowing to integrate the archetype. As a medial, you’ll bridge the gap between the spirit world and your everyday life, discovering deeper truths and healing. Embrace your intuition, dance with both light and dark, and unlock your spirit’s full potential.

The Art of Manifesting: A Meditative Drawing Practice to Rewire Your Brain and Create Your Reality

Draw your destiny into being!
Discover the intersection between creativity and manifestation, backed by neuroscience, in this inspiring new art form that allows you to claim the life you desire as you co-create with the Universe.

The Art of Manifesting Method™, created by Colette Baron-Reid and Anna Denning, harnesses the extraordinary power of intentional art to rewire your brain, break old patterns, and align your mind and intentions with the energy of the Universe. No special skills or tools required! Through the AM Method, manifesting can be as easy, peaceful, and joyful as drawing a circle and lots of flowy lines. All you need is a pen, a piece of paper, and your imagination to begin to co-create a life beyond your wildest dreams. The Universe will do the rest through the power of synchronicity.

With the Seven Steps of Manifestation, you actively carve out new neural pathways by repeatedly engaging in meaningful, intentional thoughts and actions. This creates deep, authentic shifts within you that are then reflected in your outer world. The gentle, seven-week guide allows you to thoroughly understand and connect with each step through guided drawings (including example illustrations) as well as supportive practices like meditation and journaling. Through the AM Method, you will tap into the infinite potential of the quantum field and realize that you are the shaper of your destiny, not just the one being shaped.

Scars of Gold: A Framework for Self-Liberation, Integration, and Healing through Shadow Work

A blueprint to reconcile with our shadow, resolve the emotional conflicts that keep us stuck and in self-sabotage, and dissolve the hidden forces that hinder our ability to thrive.

In this book, integrative life coach Xavier Dagba explores our relationship to the dark side of the human psyche. This includes wounds from the past, aspects of ourselves we’ve been conditioned to see as unlovable, and, more importantly, our repressed brightness: the golden shadow.

Many books on shadow work focus only on the more “painful” or dark aspects of the shadow. They do not necessarily address the golden shadow. Scars of Gold places shadow work into a well-crafted framework of personal transformation that meets the reader where they are and guides them toward a fuller and more integrated life. Other books on the topic may leave the reader lost in the vastness of the concept of shadow work, without teaching how to integrate the practice into their lives.

This book offers an archetypal exploration of the shadow that will allow the reader to understand their life with more grace. It dives into the exploration of resistance and self-sabotage under the lens of shadow integration and helps the reader dissolve the hidden forces that keep them stuck.

Hot Butter Cuttlefish

Recovering from an unhappy marriage, personal trainer Malik relocates to the village of Kalabola, nestling snugly in the armpit of Sri Lanka’s largest lake, which spreads its tentacles, octopus-like, between Colombo and Kalutara. Do octopuses have armpits? Possibly not. If they did, Kalabola would be curled right in there. When Covid strikes, the villagers are mortified. It’s Karma, obviously. What have they done to deserve this very personal insult? How will they ever again hold their heads high in Gampaha and Warakapola? They are now the chosen ones, chosen to be humiliated in this utterly shameful—no, shameless!—manner. In this deliciously dark Sri Lankan romantic comedy, lines between hero and villain are smudged. Love arrives in strange disguises, politics get deeply personal, redemption is just a rumour. At its centre stands Karma, who may well be its true leading lady.

As the arch-villain and local MP Biju puts it, ‘If you don’t ride your Karma, you’ll find one day your Karma riding you.’

Trishna se Tripti Tak/तृष्णा से तृप्ति तक

बुद्ध को मरे पच्चीस सौ साल हो गए, लेकिन जिनको भी थोड़ी सी समझ है, उन्हें आज भी उनकी सुगंध मिल जाती है। जिन्हें समझ नहीं थी, उन्हें तो उनके साथ मौजूद होकर भी नहीं मिली। जिनमें थोड़ी संवेदनशीलता है, पच्चीस सौ साल ऐसे खो जाते हैं कि पता नहीं चलता; फिर बुद्ध जीवंत हो जाते हैं। फिर तुम्हारे नासापुट उनकी गंध से भर जाते हैं। फिर तुम उनके साथ आनंदमग्न हो सकते हो। समय का अंतराल अंतराल नहीं होता; न बाधा बनती है। सिर्फ संवेदनशीलता चाहिए। ओशो आज कथा को वैसे ही कह देना, जैसी ढाई हजार साल पहले कही गई थी, गलत होगा; बुद्ध के साथ अन्याय होगा। ढाई हजार साल में जैसे आदमी बदला है, ऐसे ही कथा को भी बदलना चाहिए। तो ही आज के आदमी को पकड़ में आएगी। ढाई हजार साल पहले जो कथा लिखी गई थी, वह तो ऐसा है, जैसे खदान से निकाला गया अनगढ़ हीरा। कोई जौहरी होगा, तो पहचान लेगा। लेकिन साधारण आदमी अनगढ़ हीरे को न पहचान पाएगा। पहले तो उस हीरे को निखारना होगा, साफ करना होगा, तराशना होगा। उस हीरे पर चमक लानी होगी। उस हीरे से धूल, असार झाड़ना होगा, तब साधारण आदमी पहचान पाएगा। 

Maniben Patel / मणिबेन पटेल

मणिबेन पटेल के अद्भुत जीवन, उनके संघर्ष, राजनीतिक सिद्धांतों और राष्ट्रसेवा की अनसुनी कहानियों को सामने लाती है। यह पुस्तक बताती है कि कैसे सरदार पटेल की बेटी होकर भी उन्होंने अपनी पहचान कर्म, सादगी और निष्ठा से बनाई। इतिहास, राजनीति और प्रेरणादायक जीवनियों में रुचि रखने वालों के लिए यह एक महत्त्वपूर्ण और प्रभावशाली कृति है।

Man aur Manushya/मन और मनुष्य

गौतम बुद्ध ऐसे हैं जैसे हिमाच्छादित हिमालय। पर्वत तो और भी हैं, हिमाच्छादित पर्वत और भी हैं, पर हिमालय अतुलनीय है। उसकी कोई उपमा नहीं है। हिमालय बस हिमालय जैसा है। गौतम बुद्ध बस गौतम बुद्ध जैसे। पूरी मनुष्य-जाति के इतिहास में वैसा महिमापूर्ण नाम दूसरा नहीं। गौतम बुद्ध ने जितने हृदयों की वीणा को बजाया है, उतना किसी और ने नहीं। गौतम बुद्ध के माध्यम से जितने लोग जागे और जितने लोगों ने परम-भगवत्ता उपलब्ध की है, उतनी किसी और के माध्यम से नहीं। – ओशो बुद्ध एक ऐसे उत्तुंग शिखर हैं, जिसका आखिरी शिखर हमें दिखाई नहीं पड़ता। बस थोड़ी दूर तक हमारी आंखें जाती हैं, हमारी आंखों की सीमा है। थोड़ी दूर तक हमारी गर्दन उठती है, हमारी गर्दन के झुकने की सामर्थ्य है। और बुद्ध खोते चले जाते हैं–दूर…हिमाच्छादित शिखर हैं। बादलों के पार! उनका प्रारंभ तो दिखाई पड़ता है, उनका अंत दिखाई नहीं पड़ता। यही उनकी महिमा है। और प्रारंभ को जिन्होंने अंत समझ लिया, वे भूल में पड़ गए। प्रारंभ से शुरू करना; लेकिन जैसे-जैसे तुम शिखर पर उठने लगोगे, और आगे, और आगे दिखाई पड़ने लगा, और आगे दिखाई पड़ने लगेगा। 

Apne Malik Aap/अपने मालिक आप

साक्षीभाव : परम सूत्र
मैं तुम्हें अपने पर नहीं रोकना चाहता। मैं तुम्हारे लिए द्वार बनूँ, दीवार न बनूँ। तुम मुझसे प्रवेश करो, मुझ पर रुको मत। तुम मुझसे छलांग लो, तुम उड़ो आकाश में। मैं तुम्हें पंख देना चाहता हूँ, तुम्हें बाँध नहीं लेना चाहता। इसीलिए तुम्हें सारे बुद्धों का आकाश देता हूँ। मैं तुम्हारे सारे बंधन तोड़ रहा हूँ। इसलिए मेरे साथ तो अगर बहुत हिम्मत हो तो ही चल पाओगे। अगर कमजोर हो, तो किसी कारागृह को पकड़ो, मेरे पास मत आवस्तुतः मैं तुम्हें कहीं ले जाना नहीं चाहता, उड़ना सिखाना चाहता हूँ। ले जाने की बात ही ओछी है। मैं तुमसे कहता हूँ, तुम पहुँचे हुए हो। जरा परों को तौलो, जरा तूफानों में उठो, जरा आंधियों के साथ खेलो, जरा खुले आकाश का आनंद लो। मैं तुमसे यह नहीं कहता कि सिद्धि कहीं भविष्य में है। अगर तुम उड़ सको तो अभी है, यहीं है।  ओ।

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