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Deeper Dating: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy

“Among the best manuals for succeeding in finding and keeping love we have seen.”—Harville Hendrix, PhD and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhDA program that not only leads to healthy relationships but that also steers us toward our own potential greatness—from well-known psychologist and relationship expert Ken Page.      Lose weight. Be confident. Keep your partner guessing. …

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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, 2nd Edition

For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice —”it is backed by two thousand years of …

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Coloring Mandalas 1

Drawing the traditional circular designs known as mandalas is a meditative practice, a healing exercise in times of crisis, and a pleasurable act of creativity. As a symbol of the Self, the mandala provides a connection to our innermost being. The forty-eight drawings presented here for coloring include designs inspired by forms of nature, Native American and …

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A Little Course in Dreams

This is a hands-on manual for anyone who is interested in dreams. At the same time, it is the story of a personal journey through the dream world by the author and several of his patients and students. Robert Bosnak offers exercises and strategies for studying dreams, including:    •  Remembering and recording dreams    •  Analyzing …

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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, …

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Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk

“This punk of a monk, who should be tending to his own affairs, has decided to infect the real world with his tall tales, and worse, to let the cat out of the bag. And what a sly, dangerous, beautiful, foul-smelling, heart-warming beast it is.”—Leonard Cohen, from the forewordThese hilarious essays on life inside and outside a Zen …

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You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

In this book Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, author, and meditation master, distills the essence of Buddhist thought and practice, emphasizing the power of mindfulness to transform our lives. “Mindfulness is not an evasion or an escape,” he explains. “It means being here, present, and totally alive. It is true freedom—and without this freedom, there is …

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