Fictional astrological Orchid Whitestone, delicate and touchy, author of Day-By-Day Fly-By-Nights, chooses to explain with humor how mundane planetary aspects affect the birth charts of nations, leaders and events. She brings the ancient basis of mundane astrology, that which happens to Kings and Queens happens to their subjects, into modern times with the actual birth chart of nations and events. "Orchid Said It at the Time" contains snippet-size chapters of usually 2-3 pages for an easy ...

Narrative Play Therapy is a highly effective play-based psychological intervention that enables therapists to help children communicate difficult experiences and complex emotions through co-constructed stories. This is the definitive guide to the approach, offering both a coherent theoretical outline and a clear explanation of its practical applications.Beginning with detailed accounts of the theory and history that has shaped the approach, this book provides necessary background k...

Look around you – is anything real or normal any more? News, images and videos created by AI are everywhere. The world we live in is changing daily, and it’s no exaggeration to say that everything you thought you knew is undergoing apocalyptic levels of change. Our new normal includes AI CEOs, AI partners, AI versions of our dead relatives to keep us company, and customers deploying their own adversarial agent ‘armies’ to hostile-negotiate on their behalf. Meanwhile, the expensive skills y...

How and why are arts and cultural practices meaningful to communities?Highlighting examples from Lebanon, Latin America, China, Ireland, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, this exciting book explores the relationship between the arts, culture and community development.Academics and practitioners from six continents discuss how diverse communities understand, re-imagine or seek to change personal, cultural, social, economic or political conditions while using the arts as their mea...

A collection of heart-centered sharing from parents of LOSS with raw authenticity, healing, hope, and wisdom.In this book, we, as parents of loss, have come together to share our stories of our children and the impact that their lives and their passing, have had on us. It is a journey we would never wish on anyone, yet the truth is it does happen.Child loss happens in all walks of life, spans all cultures, and impacts us on so many levels.