Book Review
Good Morning, I Love You
In "Good Morning, I Love You", clinical psychologist Shauna Shapiro proffers a three-month plan for cultivating gratitude and mindfulness through autobiographical writing. While enduring a messy divorce, Shapiro learned to say “Good...
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Reclaiming Wellness
“Wellness is something we work for and achieve with daily practices, choices, and behaviors,” Jovanka Ciares writes in "Reclaiming Wellness", which combines dietary advice with information on traditional curative techniques to craft...
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Ritual as Remedy
What if life isn’t just one thing after another, but a “wildly creative journey”? Vancouver spiritual coach Mara Branscombe encourages this mindset in "Ritual as Remedy", a mystical handbook for making the sacred a part of everyday...
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Ready
Looking back over his fifty-year career as a psychotherapist in California, David Richo notes that “one issue has come up with clients more often than any other: staying too long in what doesn’t work.” An opposite, but just as...
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Linea Nigra
In "Linea Nigra", a fragmentary work of cultural commentary, Jazmina Barrera investigates pregnancy as both a physical reality and a liminal state. The linea nigra, a stripe of dark hair down a pregnant woman’s belly, is a potent...
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Scary Fairy in Wicked Wood
In Jana Bauer’s adorable novel-in-stories, "Scary Fairy in Wicked Wood", a selfish pixie learns to cooperate with the woodland creatures of her new home instead of only looking out for herself. Reminiscent of classic children’s...
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The Pastor's Bookshelf
Though reading is sometimes maligned as an indulgence, Austin Carty insists that it is a necessity for those in the ministry. In The Pastor’s Bookshelf, he gives tips on what and how to read, promising that “reading will make you a...
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The Carriers
“Every disease has its own narrative,” psychiatrist Anne Skomorowsky writes in this lucid, comprehensive history of Fragile X, a genetic mutation that causes a range of physical and behavioral problems. Introducing affected families...