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Raising White Kids is for families, churches, educators, and communities who want to equip their children to be active and able participants in a society that is becoming one of the most racially diverse in the world while remaining full of racial tensions. For white people who are committed to equity and justice, living in a nation that remains racially unjust and deeply segregated creates unique conundrums. These conundrums begin early in life and...

Explains the concept of natural awareness, a free-flowing and expansive side of mindfulness that leads to peace and connection.

"The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling...

Wake Up! is a series of ideas designed to help people break free from autopilot. Its that feeling of driving a long distance and arriving at a destination with little memory of the journey. It happens because when we are doing routine activities our subconscious takes over to save energy. From climbing a tree to writing a letter, here are over fifty playful ideas that will engage our imagination and stimulate our senses, each broken down into an insight,...

Draws on a series of walks the author took in her Manhattan neighborhood while accompanied by experts in various fields of knowledge to explore the nature of human perception and how individuals interact with the ordinary world around them.

"Is following your passion the key to personal and professional success? Your average self-help book or motivational speaker would likely respond to this question with a resounding YES and proceed to offer a detailed how-to guide to finding that passion and living up to it. Unfollow Your Passion does the unconventional opposite. In the spirit of Pixar's Soul, it encourages you to consider what you lose when you get laser-focused on a single pursuit....

Mindfulness paraprincipianteses una invitación para que el lector modifique su relación con el modo en que piensa, siente, ama, trabaja o juega; y despierte y encarne de forma plena lo que realmente es.Los meditadores principiantes (pero también los avezados) descubrirán en estas páginas un valioso compendio de las prácticas y actitudes fundamentales que Jon Kabat-Zinn ha desarrollado tras décadas de investigación, enseñanza y práctica....

"What if you could live multiple lives simultaneously, have constant, perfect companionship, and never die? That's the promise of Join, a revolutionary technology that allows small groups of minds to unite, forming a single consciousness that experiences the world through multiple bodies. But as two best friends discover, the light of that miracle may be blinding the world to its horrors. Chance and Leap are jolted out of their professional routines...