I was privileged to be part of a workshop with Joanna and mostly Whitehorse folks at Mount Lorne Community Centre in September. (Thanks to Jill Pangman for arranging this encounter!) Joanna’s books (and life) are important guideposts as we move out of the madness our society has created and move into our own bodies and lives and saving the planet. I can’t do justice to describing what she offers, so if you are curious just check out her website link.
If you are OK with letting a mother cat grip your mind in her teeth and give it a good shake as she carries you to a new place… then you will enjoy John Tarrant’s introduction to Zen koans. He affectionately helps us shake up our perspective on… everything. Including calligraphy in malls.
Thanks to Clare E. for sharing this with me. I found it very thought provoking and affirming, as a way of encouraging myself to trust “right brain” experiences of interconnection and also to hold out the possibility of learning to live with more coherence and equanimity between the kinds of awareness offered by the two different sides of my own brain.
By Sue Monk Kidd (the Secret Life of Bees). A book about mid-life change and I found it resonated deeply. She writes from a progressive Christian perspective that not all may appreciate, but for me it was a great reminder that these journeys have companions.
After 20 years of marriage, this book by Dr. Sue Johnson was a lifesaver! We only regret not reading it 20 years earlier…
I found this book by Sarah Susanka very helpful this year, especially for changing my relationship to time. A good working ‘hotch-potch’ of reflections and exercises strung together with her architectural metaphors and experience – she offers to help with a “life remodelling” and I found the renovations very beneficial!