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The Opposite of Certainty: Fear, Faith, and Life in Between

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By Janine Urbaniak Reid, Anne Lamott (foreword) — 2020

All Janine Urbaniak Reid ever wanted was for everyone she loved to be okay so she might relax and maybe be happy. Her life strategy was simple: do everything right. See more...

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The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss

A practical and inspiring guide to transformational personal storytelling, The Story You Need to Tell is the product of Sandra Marinella’s pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties.

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Crazy Brave: A Memoir

In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her journey to becoming a poet.

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Alan Faena: Alchemy & Creative Collaboration: Architecture, Design, Art

Every generation an extraordinary figure captures the imagination of the design public, allowing us to dream and see what is heretofore impossible. That man of the moment is Alan Faena.

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The Smooth River: Finding Inspiration and Exquisite Beauty during Terminal Illness. Lessons from the Front Line.

A couple developed a far more expansive and creative view of what strength means in response to a cancer diagnosis for which there are no medical cures. They called this the Smooth River.

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Dancing with Cancer: Using Transformational Art, Meditation and a Joyous Mindset to Face the Challenge

Combining the personal and the practical, this book mixes the author’s own cancer story with the tools she discovered and adapted to support her treatment. The wisdom and knowledge that Judy has learned from her experience with cancer can be our guide and coach.

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Reading and Writing Cancer: How Words Heal

Elaborating upon her “Living with Cancer” column in the New York Times, Susan Gubar helps patients, caregivers, and the specialists who seek to serve them. In a book both enlightening and practical, she describes how the activities of reading and writing can right some of cancer’s wrongs.

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You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education

Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their children, especially now, when education has become a minefield of politics and controversy. One of the world’s most influential educators, Robinson has had countless conversations with parents about the dilemmas they face.

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Storytelling with Children

Telling stories awakens wonder and creates special occasions with children, whether it is bedtime, around the fire or on rainy days. Encouraging you to spin golden tales, Nancy Mellon shows how you can become a confident storyteller and enrich your family with the power of story.

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Healing Storytelling: The Art of Imagination and Storymaking for Personal Growth

The healing power of stories is a strong antidote to today’s electronic screen world. Storytelling is an engaging, meaningful way of sharing our thoughts and feelings.

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Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir

Twenty years ago Natalie Goldberg’s classic, Writing Down the Bones, broke new ground in its approach to writing as a practice.

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