Wisdom Psychology

Look beyond the fantasies of whip-cracking dominatrixes and cowering slaveboys, and you'll find real women and men in caring, consensual female-dominant relationships. Yet, given that social norms grant the majority of power to men, how do these relationships work? TammyJo and Fox have been building their female-dominant relationship for many years, and have gathered their most important discoveries and theories into this important manual.

Everyone needs advice, and everyone gives advice. In a world of dysfunctional families, churches, and societies, professional counseling is in great demand as a solution to our problems. The weak link in this solution is the inability to determine a counselor’s qualifications apart from his professional accreditation. Academics can give you knowledge, but no learning or books can give you wisdom. There are no graduate degrees in love or compassion. You cannot get a PhD in virtue. However, these things are available to everyone freely through Christ.

Dreaming with Lavender takes you on a journey into the world of the plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with Plant Spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant and tree world in general and Lavender in particular. Dreaming with Lavender also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with Lavender. You'll even experience a guided dream or story to...

A compelling investigation into one of our most coveted and cherished ideals, and the efforts of modern science to penetrate the mysterious nature of this timeless virtue. We all recognize wisdom, but defining it is more elusive. In this fascinating journey from philosophy to science, Stephen S. Hall gives us a dramatic history of wisdom, from its sudden emergence in four different locations (Greece, China, Israel, and India) in the fifth century B.C. to its modern manifestations.

Dear Queen is more than a book, it's a literary love letter that celebrates the value of women around the world. Dr. Eddie provides jewels of wisdom, for loving yourself and knowing your worth. This is an invaluable self-help book, that empowers women in every aspect of life. Discover the keys to build your business and brand for success, transform obstacles into opportunities, become the Queen that attracts a King, and learn how to unlock the door to your royal identity.

Are you sick and tired of hurting your relationships with others? Have you tried endless methods to make it work with your partner, but nothing seems to work for more than a few weeks? Do you finally want to say good-bye to the feeling of not being in the same page as your partner? Do you want to know why your relationship is stuck in the same place? Do you want to discover something that works for you and your partner? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust? From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low, leading to a worldwide upsurge of anti-establishment movements. But this isn't the age of distrust - far from it. In this revolutionary book, world-renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping point of one of the biggest social transformations in human history. Millions exchange cryptocurrency online, or get in the cars of unknown Uber drivers. This is the age of distributed trust.

As parents today, we often feel that our role is to protect our children from the world: to cushion them when they fall, to lift them over obstacles, and to remove sharp rocks from their path. But controlling a child’s entire environment and keeping all pain at bay isn’t feasible—we can’t prepare the world for our children, so instead we should focus on preparing our children for the world.

This book promotes a strong argument for a ‘feminine’ approach to religious discovery: to struggle in the ambiguous gap between the wisdom of the psyche and the wisdom of Scripture, between our interior experience of God and the exterior reality of God. The Wisdom of the Psyche urges clergy to help parishioners bring forth their unconscious feelings and images to join their conscious thoughts. In this way, the church allows its members the space to present themselves fully to God and to be fully present to the human need around them.

Coaching Wisdom is an opportunity to hear from the gay men working on the front lines of coaching. Whether it is about gay aging, lavender glass ceilings, or gay superheroes generating ever greater success, real life is examined. Here is a book that combines firsthand point of view writing with the methodical third-person observations found with theory and practice writing.

What If the Church Talked About Sex the Way God Intended? Wait… what? Faith and sex in the same sentence? Yep. And it turns out, God has been guiding us on intimacy all along - long before modern therapists started charging thousands for relationship advice. If you’ve ever felt like there’s a disconnect between faith and passion, if intimacy in your marriage feels more complicated than it should, or if you’re just curious about how God’s design for sex aligns with what psychology teaches today - this book is for you. Inside, you’ll discover: Why the Bible’s wisdom on intimacy ...

Is meditation an escape from - or a solution to - our psychological problems? Is the use of antidepressants counter to spiritual practice? Does a psychological approach to meditation reduce spirituality to "self-help"? What can Zen and psychoanalysis teach us about the problems of the mind and suffering?

Is the Word of God sufficient for dealing with common problems--worry, depression, panic attacks, addiction, or bipolar disorder? Does the Bible even address these conditions? How do you know if a problem is spiritual or psychological or physical? When is professional help needed? This book addresses each of these questions through a careful study of Scripture. How much training does it take to be able to offer wise counsel to people with serious problems? Not as much as you might think. Whether you are a brand new Christian or have counseled people for years, this book will help you • ...

“It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.” - Warren Buffett “I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.” - Charlie Munger Buffett acquired Berkshire Hathaway Inc in 1965. It was a sick textile company. He turned it into a self-sustaining machine that generates massive returns for its Owners. The book has 38 stories of companies and industries. In them, Buffett made many types of mistakes that investors face. The book starts with the acquisition of Berkshire Hathaway. It goes up to ...

Inspired by a podcast conversation between Holly Ramey and Heather Sanderson, this short book explores what it means to heal your own authenticity, why that's valuable, and the need to hold space for yourself and others to heal. Holly takes us on her personal journey of studying and practicing yoga, Reiki, and learning the Tarot. With these healing arts as a foundation, she talks about what it means to work with the shadow, the medicine that has come from her personal experiences of the "dark night of the soul," creating ceremony, building community, and how all of these threads are ...

Dreaming with Rhubarb takes you on a journey into the world of the plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with plant spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant world in general and Rhubarb in particular. Dreaming with Rhubarb also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with Rhubarb. You’ll even experience a guided dream or story to receive ...

The Wisdom of Your Body offers a compassionate, healthy, and holistic perspective on embodied living. Weaving together illuminating research, stories from her work as a therapist, and deeply personal narratives of healing from a life-threatening eating disorder, a near-fatal car accident, and chronic pain, McBride invites us to reclaim the wisdom of the body and to experience the wholeness that has been there all along.

Life is hard. But life s challenges get much, much harder when we make bad decisions. Bad decisions are painful. They usually cost a lot of money and even alter the course of our lives. Foolish decisions make life profoundly more complicated and difficult than it needs to be. There was once a king who had much to say about wisdom. In fact, he was known as the wisest man who ever lived. He is King Solomon of ancient Israel. And if you re willing to listen, he left a treasure that speaks powerfully to us today.

For years, we've understood the connection between trauma and mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. But somatic psychology has recently shown that our bodies hold on to trauma, and trauma can manifest in physical symptoms. In addition, we now know that developmental trauma can result in profound emotional stress and lead to serious diseases. Building on this knowledge, this cutting-edge guide offers simple skills for connecting and calming your body, balancing your emotions, and rewiring old patterns of reactivity for better self-regulation.

If you are a person of color who has experienced repeated trauma from the toxic stress of—discrimination, racialized violence, racial stigmatization, traumatic grief, legacies of intergenerational trauma, poverty, sexual trauma, interpersonal violence, or the remnants of colonial and historical trauma—you may struggle with feelings of anger, rage, mistrust, fear, anxiety, depression, or shame. You may feel unsafe or uncomfortable in your own body, or find it difficult to build and keep close relationships. Sometimes you may feel alone in your pain. But you are not alone.