Psychology & Personal Growth
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The Return of Desire
A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion
Drawing on three decades of experience as a sex therapist and sex researcher, Dr. Gina Ogden shows you how to: Open up to the four energies that spark desire Create heart-to-heart communication with your partner Transcend guilt, shame, and "good-girls-don't" messages Help heal the sexual wounds of abuse, addiction, affairs, and low self-esteem Enjoy sexual pleasure throughout your… Read More
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Right Here with You
Bringing Mindful Awareness into Our Relationships
- edited by
- Andrea Miller,
- editors of the Shambhala Sun
This landmark collection of writings explores how mindfulness—the practice of deepening our moment-to-moment awareness—can help us to open our hearts, improve communication, end destructive patterns, and be more fully present with each other. Writings include: Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on mindfulness and true love Psychotherapist David Richo on finding the right partner Meditation teacher Tara Brach… Read More
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Same-Sex Love
And the Path to Wholeness
- edited by
- Robert H. Hopcke,
- Scott Wirth,
- Karin Lofthus Carrington
This is the first book to examine the unique ways in which gay men and lesbians make the journey toward the psychic wholeness and balance needed in every life—a process C. G. Jung called individuation. Here eighteen prominent therapists and writers offer thought-provoking insights into the deep meaning of homosexuality. Contributions from: Robert A. Johnson, Christine Downing, Robert Bosnak, Joseph Henderson, John Beebe, Robert H. Hopcke, Howard Teich, Morgan… Read More
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Soulfully Gay
How Harvard, Sex, Drugs, and Integral Philosophy Drove Me Crazy and Brought Me Back to God
Soulfully Gay is a personal memoir of an intellectually rigorous gay man wrestling with fundamental issues of meaning and self-acceptance. Joe Perez finds himself on a quest to understand what it means to be gay at the intersection of conflicts between homosexuality and Christianity, faith and skepticism, mysticism and madness. His journey unfolds amid challenges to his health as a recovering addict, a survivor of a psychotic episode, and a… Read More
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True Love
A Practice for Awakening the Heart
In this treasure, the renowned Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity and warmth, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and freedom. Thich Nhat Hanh presents transformative practices to cultivate these qualities in our day-to-day lives. He also describes how to lovingly accept ourselves when we are in the midst… Read More
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True Love
A Practice for Awakening the Heart
Love might not be what we think it is. We all seek the happiness that comes from loving and being loved, yet we often find ourselves dissatisfied in our relationships and unable to grasp the cause. Thich Nhat Hanh here shows the way to overcome our recurrent obstacles to love—by learning to be mindful, open, and present with ourselves and others. As he explains, “training is needed in order to… Read More
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True Love
A Practice for Awakening the Heart
In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity, warmth, and directness, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom—explaining how to experience them in our day-to-day lives. He also emphasizes that in order to love in a real way, we must first learn how to… Read More
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Twenty Poems to Bless Your Marriage
And One to Save It
Poems can teach us in ways that surpass other forms of understanding, especially when the subject concerns matters of the heart. When the heart’s whispers are too faint for us to hear in ordinary ways, poetry can speak to us with another kind of eloquence. From the leap of joy that a couple takes on their wedding day to a fiftieth wedding anniversary that acknowledges the deep connection that… Read More
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Unholy Hungers
Encountering the Vampire in Ourselves and Others
Vampires are not just imaginary creatures of fiction or legend—they really exist. They are the people who, having never received love, settle for power instead, and become experts at robbing others of their vital energy. We've all known them. In her fascinating study of this dark psychological archetype, Barbara Hort looks to traditional myths as well as to their modern equivalents in literature, theater, and film, following a blood-soaked… Read More
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When the Past Is Present
Healing the Emotional Wounds That Sabotage Our Relationships
In this book, psychotherapist David Richo explores how we replay the past in our present-day relationships—and how we can free ourselves from this destructive pattern. We all have a tendency to transfer potent feelings, needs, expectations, and beliefs from childhood or from former relationships onto the people in our daily lives, whether they are our intimate partners, friends, or acquaintances. When the Past Is Present helps us to… Read More
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