Spirituality

Finding the Right Direction
The Unmistakable Touch of Grace: How to Recognize and Respond to the Spiritual Signposts in Your Life
by Cheryl Richardson
As I thought more about the unmistakable touch of grace during my walk, I could also see that writing about this topic would address the epidemic of fear, anxiety, and disconnectedness I've found in audiences while speaking throughout the country.

There Is A Garden
Walking in the Garden of Souls
by George Anderson
Imagine your life. Imagine your life, not as it is now and not how it used to be, but imagine your life the way love songs, fairy tales, and bedtime stories told you it was going to be. Imagine waking up one fine morning from a soft bed into luminous

Tu Biet-Farewell Forever
Song of Saigon : One Woman's Journey to Freedom
by Anh Vu Sawyer, Pam Proctor
In the spring of 1975, as war spread across South Vietnam and her country stood on the brink of collapse, Anh Vu, a young medical student, faced the most terrifying ordeal of her life. Her only hope was to pray for the seemingly impossible: escape.

The Night Sea Journey
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
A dark night of the soul may feel amorphous, having no meaning, shape, or direction. It helps to have images for it and to know that people have gone through this experience and have survived it.

John of The Cross, A Spiritual Rather Than a Psychological Approach
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
The phrase 'dark night of the soul' comes from the Spanish mystic and poet John of the Cross (1541-1597). John was a member of the Christian religious order of Carmelites and, along with St. Teresa of Avila, tried to reform that order.

Night and Day
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
Think of a dark night as part of organic living. To avoid it would be like choosing only artificial food that never spoils. As a natural person, you are going to feel a wide range of emotions and go through many different kinds of experiences.

Experiencing the Seven Qualities of Awakened Awareness
Passionate Presence
by Catherine Ingram
Over the millennia the search for meaning and belonging has been humankind's most fervent pursuit, and to that end religions and philosophies abound. Yet, in our time, many people feel alienated from all religion and philosophy.

Conducting My Own Experiment
The Unmistakable Touch of Grace: How to Recognize and Respond to the Spiritual Signposts in Your Life
by Cheryl Richardson
The morning after the phrase 'the unmistakable touch of grace' first came to me, I woke feeling energized and excited. If I was going to write about grace, I wanted to engage this energy and allow it to guide my next steps.

What Is a Sacred Contract?
Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential
by Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
When I was a young girl, my father always told me, 'I don't care what you do when you grow up, so long as you're a nurse or a teacher.' I can still remember my fury when he would say that, because I was interested only in writing.

Reclaiming Our Magic
Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles
by Marianne Williamson
My father used to speak of the Byzantine Rule, which is that nothing is as it appears to be. I have always had a sense that something is missing in this world-that at the very least there is something important we're not discussing.

Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticity
by Helene G. Brenner, Ph.D.
I laugh to myself when my clients tell me how calm I am, because, like many women, I am an emotional person. I easily get my feelings hurt. I have deep needs for connection and intimacy. I have always been this way and I still am.

The Art of Freedom
A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life
by Nina Wise
It is our nature to be free and it is our nature to express that freedom, spontaneously and without hesitation, through song, and dance, and painting, and poetry, and prayer. In the same way that the universe gives birth to uncountable shapes, forms

Money is an uncomfortable subject
The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment
by Maria Nemeth, Ph.D.
Many people would rather talk about their sex lives than about their bank balance. We love money, and we hate it. We can't live with it, and we can't live without it. Money can be a source of great joy and creativity, or it can bring frustration

Shades of Darkness
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
We will take note of several people who went through the special dark night of imprisonment, including Oscar Wilde, the Victorian writer who was jailed for his homosexuality.

How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow: What Einstein Knew
Broken Open
by Elizabeth Lesser
No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. -Albert Einstein. When Route 25 leaves the mountains of northern New Mexico, the city of Albuquerque appears suddenly like a mirage - a slice of strip-mall America shimmering on a flat

The Mystery of Our Being
God and the Evolving Universe: The Next Step in Personal Evolution
by James Redfield, Michael Murphy
For many years, a new worldview has been forming intuitively in the hearts and minds of people around the world. Though this emerging picture of our place in the universe has not been fully articulated, it is based on a central perception that we have

The Sea as The Source
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore, Ph.D.
Many poets and artists have created their best work out of their emotional darkness. Even if you don't see yourself as an actual artist, you are an artist of your own life. You create your own story and have your own ways of expressing yourself.

Unprepared
The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is their example applicable to our own lives? The Anatomy of Hope is a journey of inspiring discovery

The Promise
The Unmistakable Touch of Grace: How to Recognize and Respond to the Spiritual Signposts in Your Life
by Cheryl Richardson
By embarking on this adventure you'll awaken to the presence of grace in your own life and sometimes, the lives of others. Whether you already feel a connection to a Higher Power or not, pretty soon you'll find that your anxiety, fear, or uncertainty

Returning To the Circle
A Rare and Precious Thing: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Working with a Spiritual Teacher
by John Kain
Never have there been so many spiritual seekers and so much readily available information about paths to self-fulfillment. Yet this book is the first in-depth exploration of how to evaluate spiritual teachers, what to expect from them, and what to be