[PDF] Standing At Waters Edge eBook

Author : Anne Paris
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1577317769

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For most people who seek to create — whether they are artists, writers, or businesspeople — the daily task of immersing themselves in their creative work is both a joy and a profound challenge. Instead of stepping easily into the creative state, they succumb to chronic procrastination and torturous distraction. In Standing at Water’s Edge, psychologist Anne Paris calls on her extensive experience in working with creative clients to explore the deep psychological fears that block us from creative immersion. Employing cutting-edge theory and research, Paris weaves a new understanding of the artist during the creative process. Rather than presenting the creation of art as a lonely, solitary endeavor, she shows how relationships with others are actually crucial to creativity. Shining a light on the innermost experience of the artist as he or she engages with others, the artwork, and the audience, Paris explores how our sense of connection with others can aid or inhibit creative immersion. She reveals a unique model of “mirrors, heroes, and twins” to explore the key relationships that support creativity. Paris’s groundbreaking psychological approach gives artists valuable new insight into their own creative process, allowing them to unlock their potential and finish their greatest projects.

Author : Janice Post-White
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 2021-11-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1476687102

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Janice Post-White was an oncology nurse who thought she knew what life with cancer was about--until her four-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. While he drew pictures to process his emotions, she buried her feelings and threw herself into managing a dual role as a medical professional and mother. Her memoir shares her son's perspective as a young cancer patient and teen survivor, and explores her own personal and professional insights on survivorship, resilience, healing and what facing death can teach us about living.

Author : Joan Halifax
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 35,70 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1250101360

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"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book...she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings." —From the foreword by Rebecca Solnit Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience. Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists, clinicians, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice can be a vehicle for social transformation. Through her unusual background, she developed an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom—and how we can transform our experience of suffering into the power of compassion for the benefit of others. Halifax has identified five psychological territories she calls Edge States—altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement—that epitomize strength of character. Yet each of these states can also be the cause of personal and social suffering. In this way, these five psychological experiences form edges, and it is only when we stand at these edges that we become open to the full range of our human experience and discover who we really are. Recounting the experiences of caregivers, activists, humanitarians, politicians, parents, and teachers, incorporating the wisdom of Zen traditions and mindfulness practices, and rooted in Halifax's groundbreaking research on compassion, Standing at the Edge is destined to become a contemporary classic. A powerful guide on how to find the freedom we seek for others and ourselves, it is a book that will serve us all.

Author : John V. Morgan
Publisher : Lifebridge
Page : pages
File Size : 30,51 MB
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781939779298

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It's surprising how often people in the Bible find themselves standing at the edge of a body of water--and that event becomes a defining point in their journey. The water's edge seems to be a pivotal place where, on one side things are one way, but when you cross over to the other side, life is completely different. There are lessons you are about to learn that will encourage, inspire, and challenge you in the days ahead. The water's edge could very well be the place of breakthrough you've been needing. One thing is certain: once you've been there, your future will never be the same again. Says the author, "I invite you to travel with me through the pages of this book to the edge of the water. God has incredible things He wants to show you and powerful miracles He wants to do in your life." Description Small: Says the author, "I invite you to travel with me through the pages of this book to the edge of the water. God has incredible things He wants to show you and powerful miracles He wants to do in your life."

Author : Andrea Vinkovic
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 41,9 MB
Release : 2016-07-08
Category :
ISBN : 9780994425034

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Exhibition catalogue

Author : H. Kitchener
Publisher : Author House
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1496985796

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The Crustlings is about a group of friends who win an adventure weekend. While cave-diving, a storm breaks out above them. With the weight and pressure of the water, the cave system collapses, sending the friends deep into the centre of the earth and a subterranean world, where they join the local inhabitants in a series of amazing adventures over crystals to bring peace back to the subterranean world where life began.