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After plans to live in Africa shatter, young journalist Laurie Sarkadi moves to the Subarctic city of Yellowknife seeking wilderness and adventure. She covers the changing socio-political worlds of Dene and Inuit in the late ‘80s—catching glimpses of their traditional, animal-dependent ways—before settling into her own off-grid existence in the boreal forest. There, she experiences motherhood and its remarkable synchronicities with the lives of caribou, dragonflies and other creatures.

Star of Kindred Spirits and paranormal investigator Amy Bruni shares stories from her years of experiences with ghosts.

Amy Purdy reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder.

Everyday Relaxations contains seven different easy to follow short guided relaxation sessions to fit easily into your day. Relaxations for Stress contains five different guided relaxation sessions to help relax body and mind and maintain healthy levels of stress and Gentle Movement for Relaxation induces a state of deep relaxation through a series of very gentle floor-based movements.

We could all learn a thing or two about living in balance from our friends in the plant and animal kingdom. We need look no farther than nature for small and simple things we can do to slow down, recharge, and living more thoughtfully, lovingly, and harmoniously.

Packed with facts and anecdotes, this book offers life-changing tips such as how to make your room more sleep-friendly and how to use sleeping to improve learning.

Ubuntu is a Xhosa word originating from a South African philosophy that encapsulates all our aspirations about how to live life well, together. It is the belief in a universal human bond. This introduction and guide proposes that through practicing ubuntu in daily life, it is possible to overcome division and be stronger together in a world where the wise build bridges, not walls.

Traditionally, Wiccans are initiated through a ceremony with a High Priestess. But even though Amanda Yates Garcia's mother, a practicing witch herself, initiated her into the earth-centered practice of witchcraft when she was thirteen, Amanda's real life as a witch only began with initiations of her own. Descending into the underworlds of poverty, sex work, and misogyny, this book describes Amanda's journey to return to her body, harness her power, and create the magical world she longed for through witchcraft.

A timeless collection of philosophies from renaissance performer and the world's most famous shape-shifter, RuPaul, whose sage outlook has created an unprecedented career for more than thirty-five years.

Framed by the teachings of the Buddha, this book shows how ancient meditative practices anticipated the findings of modern neuroscience. This is a cutting-edge, big-picture assessment of meditation and mindfulness: how it works, what it does to our brains, and why it is vital today.