Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World

41AG76sTu3L. SL160  Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World

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Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when soul and wild nature guide us. Depth psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin presents a model for a human life span rooted in the cycles and qualities of the natural world, a blueprint for individual development that ultimately yields a strategy for cultural transformation. With evocative language and personal stories, including those of elders Thomas Berry and Joanna Macy, this book defines eight stages of human life — Innocent, Explorer, Thespian, Wanderer, Soul Apprentice, Artisan, Master, and Sage — and describes the challenges and benefits of each. Plotkin offers a way of progressing from our current egocentric, aggressively competitive, consumer society to an ecocentric, soul-based one that is sustainable, cooperative,… More >>

Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World


Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community

51FB5BP04FL. SL160  Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God Given Talents and Inspire Your Community

  • ISBN13: 9781595620026
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While millions of people in the U.S. are actively involved in some sort of religious organization, many people feel disengaged from their faith communities. More than half report that they really don’t get the opportunity in their congregation to do what they do best. The problem is this: too many people’s talents are going unappreciated. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Living Your Strengths shows readers how to use their innate gifts to enrich their faith communities. The book shows people how to identify and affirm their talents, and how to use them for growth and service. Most importantly, Living Your Strengths helps people discover their true callings. The book includes an ID code that gives readers access to StrengthsFinder.com, a personality assessment that reveals the user’s top five talents…. More >>

Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community


The Self-Help Group Sourcebook: Your Guide to Community & Online Support Groups

41Z9PHAQR9L. SL160  The Self Help Group Sourcebook: Your Guide to Community & Online Support Groups

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The 7th edition of this guide provides information on over one thousand national, international, model, and online “self-help” support groups for most any illness, disability, addiction, bereavement situation, parenting concern, caregiver, abuse, or other stressful life situation. Includes chapters on: how to start a community mutual aid self-help group; finding and forming online groups; local self-help group clearinghouses worldwide; understanding the value and dynamics of groups; and reviews of empirical research studies done of self-help groups. Has both a keyword index, and a separate group name index. Foreword by the late Dr. Alfred Katz, U.C.L.A. departments of Medicine, Public Health, and Social Welfare. Introduction by Dr. Phyllis Silverman, Dept. of Psychiatry, Harvard University…. More >>

The Self-Help Group Sourcebook: Your Guide to Community & Online Support Groups