Standing at the Edge
Title | Standing at the Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Halifax |
Publisher | |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2018-05 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1250101344 |
"[This book is] an ... examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience"--Amazon.com.
Standing at Water's Edge
Title | Standing at Water's Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Janice Post-White |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2021-11-12 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1476687102 |
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.
Standing at Water's Edge
Title | Standing at Water's Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Paris |
Publisher | New World Library |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2010-11-30 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 1577317769 |
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.
Comedy at the Edge
Title | Comedy at the Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Zoglin |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2009-02-10 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1582346259 |
Surveys the stand-up comedy of the 1970s, citing the contributions of celebrity comics, from George Carlin and Richard Pryor to Robin Williams and Andy Kaufman, in an account that also evaluates the roles played by such clubs as Catch a Rising Star, the Improv, and the Comedy Store.
Standing at the Water's Edge
Title | Standing at the Water's Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Charles K. Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780870716690 |
Takes readers on a journey of contemporary US history using primary sources and artifacts.
Standing at the Edge
Title | Standing at the Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Halifax |
Publisher | Flatiron Books |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2018-05-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1250101360 |
"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.
Standing on the Edge of Time
Title | Standing on the Edge of Time PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Singleton |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 427 |
Release | 2013-06-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1481727338 |
Robert Jarman lived in Hempstead County, in what was known as the “wilds of Arkansas.” Hearing of the war coming to Arkansas, Robert and his three friends soon joined the 4th Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States of America, having to leave their families and sweethearts behind. The war took the four friends through the battles of Elkhorn Tavern (Pea Ridge) in Arkansas; Farmington, Mississippi; Richmond, Kentucky; and Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Stones River), all in 1862. Having volunteered to defend their homes in Arkansas, they ended up fighting their first four battles in four different states. Standing on the Edge of Time brings out the many hardships and the suffering the soldiers endured on the campaigns and long marches sometimes through the worst weather conditions. Hundreds of historical facts are included, giving a unique view of the Civil War as rarely seen.