Resources
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1. Holistic Approaches to Self-Awareness, Healing, and Growth
2. Cross-Cultural Issues
1. Recommended Resources on Holistic Approaches to Self-Awareness, Healing, and Growth
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By Belleruth Naparstek
Written by well-known guided imagery authority and psychotherapist, Belleruth Naparstek provides a wide variety of imagery exercises for general health, emotional resiliency, and for common complaints. She provides the reader with ideas for developing specific imagery for individual needs, based on research findings that our bodies do not distinguish between mental images and reality.
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By Tara Brach
This book offers readers a rich compendium of stories and techniques designed to help people awaken from what the author, Tara Brach, calls "the trance of unworthiness." Brach writes that the sense of self-hatred and fearful isolation that afflicts so many people in the West can be transformed with the steady application of a loving attention infused with the insights of the Buddhist tradition.
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By Julia Cameron
With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, this books leads you through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity and nourish the “artist within.” This is an interesting book of self-discovery that is suitable for artists and non-artists, alike.
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By Clarissa Pinkola Estes
In this book, folklore, fairy tales and dream symbols are called on to help restore women's neglected intuitive and instinctive abilities. According to Estes, wolves and women share a psychic bond in their fierceness, grace and devotion to mate and community. This comparison defines the archetype of the Wild Woman, a female in touch with her primitive side and able to rely on gut feelings to make choices. The stories in this book illuminate fresh perspectives on topics such as relationships, self-image, and addiction.
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By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Henepola Gunaratana, a monk from Sri Lanka and venerated teacher of Buddhism, lays out the fundamentals of basic Buddhist meditation, the how, what, where, when, and why, including common problems and how to deal with them.
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2. Recommended Resources on Cross-Cultural Issues
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By Craig Storti
This is a guide to the reentry process for those returning to work and home after an extended absence abroad. It addresses issues unique to expats of corporations, exchange students, and international volunteers.
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By Elisabeth Marx
This book outlines practical steps one can take to further a successful international career, summarizing characteristics of the world’s main business cultures and considering the impact on one’s personal life and relationships.
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By Robin Pascoe
This book talks about the challenges that relocation presents to couples. It covers a variety of important topics including children, careers, money, and sex.
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By Stephen Bochner
This book, intended for clinicians, examines the psychological and social processes involved in intercultural contact such as learning new culture specific skills, managing the stress related to an unfamiliar environment, and evolving cultural identities.
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By David C. Pollock and Ruth Van Reken
This books addresses the topic of a multicultural childhood and its effect on the maturation process and personal identity.
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