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< Back Dignity For Deeply Forgetful People How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease DIGNITY FOR DEEPLY FORGETFUL PEOPLE How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease Category: Health and Healing In Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People (Johns Hopkins University Press, May 31, 2022), Post offers new perspectives on the worth and dignity of people with Alzheimer's and related disorders despite the negative influence of "hypercognitive" values that place an ethically unacceptable emphasis on human dignity as based on linear rationality and strength of memory. This bias, Post maintains, is responsible for the abusive exclusion of this population from our shared humanity. With vignettes and narratives, he advocates for a deeper dignity grounded in consciousness, emotional presence, creativity, interdependence, music, and a self that is not "gone." Post explores the moments of surprising experience of “paradoxical lucidity” that almost all caregivers experience with their loved one, a lucidity VERDICT Essential reading for all caregivers, family, and healthcare providers of deeply forgetful people. He explores the many ways to stimulate and connect with that continuing self. At a time when recent drugs to cure or slow Alzheimer’s are showing little effectiveness, Post argues that focusing discussion and resources on the relational dignity of these individuals and the respite needs of their caregivers is vital. Grounding an ethics of care on the equal worth of all conscious human beings, he provides a cautionary perspective on preemptive assisted suicide based on cases that he has witnessed. He covers 16 practical issues from diagnosis to hospice care based on 30 years of interacting with caregivers across the US and Canada. He advocates social and economic justice in an American system where caregivers and their loved ones receive only leftover scraps. Racially inclusive and grounded in diversity, Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People also includes a workshop appendix focused on communication and connection, "A Caregiver Resilience Program," designed by Rev. Dr. Jade C. Angelica to enhance the quality of life for deeply forgetful people, reduce stress and increase confidence for caregivers, and inspire a hopeful attitude for all Internationally recognized for his work with Alzheimer's patients, their families and allied organizations. Stephen G. Post, PhD is an elected Member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board of Alzheimer's Disease International and one of only three recipients of the Alzheimer's Association Distinguished Service Award. His first book, The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer’s Disease (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000) was hailed as a “medical classic of the century” by the British Medical Journal. In 2001 he founded the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love with Sir John Templeton. Post is the founding director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. A leader in medicine, research and religion, Dr. Post continues to travel the globe speaking about memory issues and the transformative benefits of kindness, volunteering, spirituality, forgiveness and purpose. Visit him online at StephenGPost.com Book Gallery Previous Next

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< Back Love, God , and Everything Awakening from the Long, Dark Night of the Collective Soul Love, God, and Everything Category: World Vision Humanity is undergoing a planetary wake-up call: in order to survive the global spiritual, ecological, andcultural crises we now face, the long, dark night of the collective soul, we need to consciously evolve, healour generational trauma, and awaken to the amazing potential we each hold for profound transformation. In this sweeping exploration of love, consciousness, and awakening, Nicolya Christi offers a deepinvestigation of the Great Shift of Ages that is now occurring. She shares detailed personal accounts of theextraordinary metaphysical, psychic, and out-of-body experiences she has had throughout her life alongwith the direct spiritual insights she gained as a result. She explores what consciousness is and examines theevolutionary continuum of the soul—including the voyage of the incarnate soul, the metaphysical-spiritualreality of the excarnate soul, and the beyond-soul reality. She also shares maps and models forpsychospiritual integration, awakening, and evolving consciousness that she has pioneered. Examining the personal and collective human shadow, the author looks at the central role epigenetics playin our current fear-based reality and explores the impact of stories of wounding from a personal, ancestral,and karmic perspective. Focusing on healing generational and collective trauma, she shows how bychanging our “story,” we can change the world and transcend the shadow of human experience. Sheexplores spiritual wisdom from ancient cultures spanning millennia, especially the Classic Maya, andhighlights evolutionary astrological events that will influence humanity in the years anddecades ahead aswe more fully awaken. Sharing her vision for the New Earth, Nicolya reveals how deeply feeling and envisioning our post-transformation future as if it has already happened will help bring it into being. She also shares a look intothe newepoch of wellness, regeneration, psychology, biology, and technology that will unfold as humanitytransitions from the dysfunctional old paradigm into a conscious and awakened new world. Nicolya Christi is an author, writer, and visionary. She lives near Rennes-le-Chateau in southern France. https://nicolyachristi.love https://www.facebook.com/NicolyaChristi Project Gallery Previous Next

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< Back Sacred Sendoffs An Animal Chaplain’s Advice for Surviving Animal Loss, Making Life Meaningful, and Healing the Planet Sacred Sendoffs Category: Animal Books Sarah A. Bowen is an animal chaplain and award-winning spirituality writer. She is a columnist for Spirituality & Health Magazine, and her work has also appeared in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Elephant Journal, mindbodygreen, and other media, as well as a wide range of podcasts. She is the program director of the Animal Chaplaincy Training Program at Compassion Consortium and is a Dean at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. Sarah offers workshops on both modern spirituality and interspecies spirituality, works with humans around animal grief/loss, and advocates for exploited and endangered species within both religious and secular contexts. You can often find her huddled over wildlife that has been struck by cars, giving each animal a sacred sendoff. She is a cofounder of Compassion Consortium, the first interfaith, interspiritual, and interspecies faith community. Sarah holds a BA in Human Ecology and an MA in Religious Studies, and is joyfully engaged in postgraduate research in Humane Religious Studies and Anthrozoology. Follow her on Instagram @modernreverend Learn more at www.modernreverend.com Project Gallery Previous Next

Learn more about the nominated books and scroll down to vote February 1 - March 1 Conscious Parenting Better Parenting with the Enneagram: Nine Types of Children and Nine Types of Parents A Guide to Using the Enneagram for Harmonious Parent-Child Relationships Read More Please enter your email address and name, select your favorite, and then click the green Finish Button in the lower right-hand corner to enter your vote.

Learn more about the nominees and scroll down to vote February 1 - March 1 Healers Oliver Niño Energy Healer Oliver Niño Tamra Oviatt Energy Healer Tamra Oviatt Debbie Del Rio Medical Intuitive Debbie Del Rio Wendie Colter Medical Intuitive Wendie Colter Please enter your email address and name, select your favorite, and then click the green Finish Button in the lower right-hand corner to enter your vote.

< Back Lauren LaPorte Wellness Writer Lauren LaPorte is a health and wellness writer at ripped.me , as well as a frequent contributor at many other publications covering her areas of interest. Interested in mostly in particular ways our mental health affects our physical health, vice-versa, as well as creative ways of working with oneself. lauren.m.laporte@gmail.com ​

< Back The Amazonian Angel Oracle. Working with Angels, Devas, and Plant Spirits Card Deck and Guidebook Inspired by the Ayahuasca Visions and Shamanic Wisdom of Pablo Amaringo The Amazonian Angel Oracle Working with Angels, Devas, and Plant Spirits Category: Tarot and Deck Cards When he passed away in 2009, renowned shamanic artist Pablo Amaringo left behind countless unfinished drawings and paintings as well as hundreds of pages of writings on his in-depth knowledge of the vibrant mundo amazonica, the spiritual world of the Amazon. Working with these unfinished materials as well as the permission of Amaringo’s family, Howard Charing, a long-time friend, and student of Amaringo, has created an oracle deck and guidebook inspired by Pablo Amaringo’s visionary art and spiritual wisdom. The deck includes 33 vivid full-color cards, each featuring an angel, deva, or nature spirit set against an intricate backdrop containing Amazonian jungle plants and animals, celestial bodies, ancient temples, spiritual symbols, and ayahuasca visions. Many of these angels and devas have appeared in Amaringo’s paintings—part of the meaningful details that make his work unique and link it to the magic and mystery of the Amazon. Angels and spirits from the Amazonian shamanic tradition featured on the cards include Xilánster, the angel of prosperity; Darĭ, the deva of the rainforest; Nabu, the angel of esoteric knowledge; T’atrukim, master of the healing arts; and the elemental spirits, Káthima, Zarabeth, Shungo Nina, and Ariadé. The accompanying guidebook discusses the meanings of each card’s angel, deva, or plant spirit when they appear in an oracle reading as well as within the context of Amazonian shamanic tradition. The book explains how to use the cards for divination and provides card spreads based on traditional shamanic practices, such as the Mesa Norteña of northern Peru. The book also includes guided meditations for each card to help you further explore the card’s message. This oracle deck and guide presents a hands-on tool to connect with the shamanic spirits and angelic beings of the Amazon as well as the visionary power of ayahuasca. Howard G. Charing holds workshops internationally on shamanism as well as plant medicine retreats in the Peruvian Amazon. He is the author of The Accidental Shaman and coauthor of Plant Spirit Shamanism and The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo. He lives in London. Project Gallery Previous Next

Learn more about the nominees and scroll down to vote February 1 - March 1 Spiritual Novels When the Bright Moon Rises The Awakening of Ancient Memories Read More Please enter your email address and name, select your favorite, and then click the green Finish Button in the lower right-hand corner to enter your vote.

< Back When the Bright Moon Rises The Awakening of Ancient Memories When the Bright Moon Rises Category: Spiritual Novel A compelling past-life memoir that will open you to the mysteries and promises of your own spiritual journey When the Bright Moon Rises is first and foremost a love story--love between the sages and the cosmic forces known as the deities, love of the sages for the people, and love between individuals seeking to express this universal force of love that exists within all of us. It is also a study of karma, the cosmic law of cause and effect. This narrative begins in Vedic India, around the 9th century BCE, with the meeting of two people and the seeding of a love that cannot be fulfilled but which comes to fruition nearly 10,000 years later during the Tang Empire in China, where they are reborn as the renowned poet Li Bai and his poet wife. The awakening of her memories of previous births initiates an inner struggle that is only resolved under the guidance of her Daoist Master. This is her story. Dena Merriam is a renowned international interfaith leader and was Vice Chair of the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious Leaders at the UN. She convened a meeting of women spiritual leaders also at the UN and founded the Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPIW) in 2002. For 45 years she has been a student of Paramahansa Yogananda. She holds an MS from Columbia University. In 2014 she won the Niwano Peace Prize for her interfaith peace efforts. She is the author of My Journey Through Time: A Spiritual Memoir, The Untold Story of Sita, and When the Bright Moon Rises. Project Gallery Previous Next

< Back Find Your Cosmic Calling A Guide to Discovering Your Life's Work with Astrology Find Your Cosmic Calling Category: Self-Help/ Self-Growth Harness your potential and find your purpose in the cosmos. Find Your Cosmic Calling shows you how to use your unique astrological birth chart to discover your soul’s blueprint. How has it become completely normal to live for the weekend, dread Mondays, and spend most of our lives working toward the bottom line instead of our personal dreams and goals? In this book, Founder of Soulshine Astrology Natalie Walstein helps you discover what you were born to do by uncovering, and tapping into, the immensely powerful gifts of your soul and transforming the world in a meaningful way. By decoding your planetary relationships and uncovering your soul-level motivations, you will gain a deeper understanding of who you are. Determine your ideal life and career path based on your best skills by realizing which tools you need to succeed in life and the unique gifts that will help you make a greater difference in our world. Learn the secrets behind earning a good living and doing what you love for the rest of your life. Find Your Cosmic Calling by studying astrology and reading your soul’s blueprint to determine your ideal path. Natalie Walstein: As a Career Astrologer at Soulshine Astrology, I blend ancient astrological wisdom with modern, down-to-earth guidance to help creative souls and spiritual seekers discover their cosmic calling and align their life + career with the cosmos. I know this is my calling not only from my birth chart but because, in Latin, my first and middle names translate to "birthday healer". As a Pisces Sun, Pisces Moon, and Sagittarius Rising in Western/Tropical Astrology, I aim to share from my heart the wisdom from life experiences I've undergone in my quest to bring more ease and flow into my own life & work and to create the world I want to live in. Book Gallery Previous Next