Are you sensing a void in your life? Do you find yourself trapped in a relationship that lacks meaning or purpose? Is your career on a stagnant path to nowhere?If so, this book is for you! Author Pat Allen shares her stories and wisdom of how she jumped many hurdles and emerged on the other side with a richer, more fulfilling life and how you can too.Starting as a humble country girl, she managed to carve out a multi-million-dollar business by sheer tenacity, refusing to se...

It all begins with an encounter that irrevocably changed the life of an ordinary girl. She was cute but not statuesque or gorgeous, or even voluptuous. She was just an ordinary girl who was incredibly lucky.

Finally, the answers to the 3 most common questions in life:Why does my life suck?Why don't I have a great relationship?How can I tell if I'm really in love?This is the first ever collection of the wit and wisdom of Dr. Pat Allen, one of Hollywood's most respected and effective licensed marriage, family and child therapists with a specialty in addictions.Dr. Allen's devoted over 3 decades to studying and sharing wisdom from her thera...

This ground-breaking book explores the theoretical, clinical and training application of integrating mindfulness with all of the arts therapies, and includes cutting-edge contributions from neuroscience. Written by pioneers and leaders in the arts therapies and psychology fields, the book includes 6 sections that examine mindfulness and the arts therapies from different perspectives: 1) the history and roots of mindfulness in relation to spirituality, psychotherapy and the arts therapies; ...

Art Therapy and Social Action is an exciting exploration of how professionals can incorporate the techniques and approaches of art therapy in their work to address social problems. Examining the expanding role of art practitioner as social activist, leading art therapists and other professionals show how creative methods can be used effectively to resolve conflicts, manage aggression, heal trauma and build communities. The contributors provide examples of innovative programs on a range of ...

Hope, a thin, tow-headed child with sad hazel eyes, stands barefooted in a dusty farm lane, watching the horse-drawn wagon take her mother away. Her beloved Momma has died a senseless death, and Hope must face life without her guidance and love.Pop, completely broken by his young wife, Lucy’s, sudden death, turns more and more to the bottle to ease his pain. Hope’s baby sister, Nollie, is taken away by relatives, and Hope sees her world being destroyed.From the hard scrabbl...

For all of us, there is something that touches our hearts. It may be a lover, a child, a sunset, a place, or a pet. It may be our spouse, a life, a death, or a new baby. It may be a phrase read in a novel, or a line in a favorite poem. But, there is always something- something that reaches our most important center. HEART POEMS explores these things.

Betsy's Choice, an illustrated story of how Betsy, a creative and independent little fairy child, becomes Mirabelle, tooth fairy to the world, is Ms. Kaplon's third book. She is also the author ofA Child Called Hope, a heart-rending memoir of her own mother's life, and Heart Poems, poems of everyday things that touch the heart.

Art is a spiritual path—not a religion, but a practice that helps us knit together the ideals and convictions that guide our lives. Creating art can be prayer, ritual, and remembrance of the Divine. And the sharing of this creativity with others in small groups can serve as sanctuary, asylum, ashram, therapy group, think tank, and village square. Pat Allen has developed a reliable guide for walking the path of art through a series of simple practices that combine drawing, painting, and scu...

A World Fantasy Award–winning anthology of erotic horror stories, including dark tales of desire by Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen Dedman, Harry Crews, and others.The title of this acclaimed anthology comes from the French term "la petite mort," a seventeenth-century euphemism for orgasm. It was thought that part of a man's life-force was drained from him each time he climaxed. In Little Deaths, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow collects twenty-two stories th...

An expert in art therapy offers this “wonderful” guide “for anyone, artistic or not, who is interested in using art to know more about himself or herself” (Library Journal)Making art—giving form to the images that arise in our mind's eye, our dreams, and our everyday lives—is a form of spiritual practice through which knowledge of ourselves can ripen into wisdom. This book offers encouragement for everyone to explore art-making in this spirit of self-disco...