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Film Review: Kiss the Ground
Kiss the GroundDirected by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell TickellBIG PICTURE RANCH/NETFLIX WHAT IF THE SOLUTION to the climate crisis was right under our feet all along? N…Tags:
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Books
Book Review: Wiser The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good
ASK ANYONE how to become wise, and they will prob- ably say that the task requires time: The older we are, the wiser. But Dilip Jeste, MD, takes a different perspective in his b…Tags:
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Book Review: Freedom for All of Us A Monk, a Philosopher, and a Psychiatrist on Finding Inner Peace
THIS WARM, INSIGHT-RICH WORK is transcribed from dialogues between the authors of 2018’s In Search of Wisdom. Alexandre Jollien, Christophe André, and Matthieu Ricard’s latest …Tags:
• Freedom
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Book Review: How to Sleep The New Science-Based Solutions for Sleeping Through the Night
FOR THOSE WHO NEED evidence-based convincing that rest is essential to wellbeing, the new book by Rafael Pelayo, MD, a sleep specialist at Stanford’s Sleep Medicine Center, off…
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Book Review: Passion & Presence A Couple’s Guide to Awakened Intimacy and Mindful Sex
“PASSIONATE SEX is rare in long-term relationships.” There. Maci Daye just gets this over with in the introduction to her new book, so anyone in that situation can relax—it’s tot…
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Book Review: Answers from Within by Olivia S. Benson
“Each human arrives in the material world with a purpose, and with all the gifts, talents, skills, and abilities necessary to fulfill it,” contends Olivia Benson in Answers fr…
Film
Film Review: The Mindfulness Movement
There have been lots of documentaries in recent years about various aspects of mindfulness, but Rob Beemer’s The Mindfulness Movement seeks to be a total guide to the many div…
Music
Music Review: 2020
After devoting the bulk of the lyrics on her 2018 album Secularia to spirituality and mortality, Austin, Texas, folk singer Eliza Gilkyson has resumed her role as town crier. …
Music
Music Review: Earth
If there was ever any doubt that Radiohead wouldn’t be Radiohead without guitarist Ed O’Brien, he annihilates it within the first 20 seconds of “Shangri-La,” the kickoff track…
Books
Book Review: The Buddhist on Death Row
How one prisoner learned the power of Buddhism’s fundamental message: that all beings experience pains and troubles, but we can learn to reduce how much suffering we derive from them.
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Book Review: Compassionate Conversations
The authors put power dynamics and social privilege in context, making it clear why so-called “politically incorrect” speech can be hurtful to the marginalized and disenfranchised.
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Book Review: Neurodharma
We can leverage mental tools to tap into desired feelings of calm, contentment, peace, focus, and non-judgement, and move away from stress and anxiety.
