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Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning
Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning

“Everything depends on the individual human being, regardless of how small a number of like-minded people there is… on each person… creatively making the meaning of life a reality in his or her own being.”

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Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity

“The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state.”

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Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island
Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island

“These are the times in life — when nothing happens — but in quietness the soul expands.”

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The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science
The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science

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Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life
Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life

“The meaning of life… clearly has to do with love — what and whom and how one can love.”

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The Most Important Thing to Remember About Your Mother
The Most Important Thing to Remember About Your Mother

“It is not easy to give closeness and freedom, safety plus danger.”

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Life Is a Story That Begins in the Middle: Bayo Akomolafe on the Rewilding Power of Obstacles
Life Is a Story That Begins in the Middle: Bayo Akomolafe on the Rewilding Power of Obstacles

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What Happens When We Die
What Happens When We Die

“How can a creature who will certainly die have an understanding of things that will exist forever?”

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Insomnia and the Secret Life of Ideas: Kafka on the Relationship Between Sleeplessness and Creativity
Insomnia and the Secret Life of Ideas: Kafka on the Relationship Between Sleeplessness and Creativity

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Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go
Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go

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