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Extreme Pursuit

Following her first workshop, a Soltura participant made the difficult decision to seek help for her son at a residential treatment program called PacificQuest in Hawaii. Following completion of that program he attended a therapeutic school, Oakley School in Utah. Along the way they met John A. Davis, a counselor and drug & alcohol addictions specialist, who believes that parents of preteen and teenage boys must be informed, courageous, and proactive in order to maintain positive and potentially lifesaving connection with their developing sons. He has written a book entitled Extreme Pursuit: Winning the Race for the Heart of Your Son which comes highly recommended.

A Son's Addiction Through His Father's Eyes

We all know that addiction has touched many individuals and households in the country. Perhaps the most heartbreak comes when this illness afflicts teenagers at a period in their life when they feel invincible but have only limited life experiences to help them deal with tough personal challenges. We know that some folks in our community have had to deal with these issues first hand. Now, a new book by David Sheff provides an intimate look inside one family's jouney with an addicted son, viewed through the eyes of the father. This book, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through his Son's Meth Addiction, is one that we think will be of great interest to many of our readers.

The Amazon.com product discription states:

David Sheff s story is a first: a teenager's addiction from the parent's point of view, a real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into hope. Before meth, Sheff s son Nic was a varsity athlete, honor student, and award-winning journalist. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who stole money from his eight-year-old brother and lived on the streets.

Finding Our Way Home

Many in our community are familiar with the work of Gerald G. "Jerry" Jampolsky, M.D., author of Love is Letting Go of Fear (Celestial Arts, 1988),and founder of the first Center for Attitudinal Healing  in Tiburon, CA in 1975. Since then he has written many other books and is widely known for the application of the principles of attitudinal healing. Now, in an easy storytelling style, Dr. Jampolsky and his wife Dr. Diane Cirincione reflect on their own spiritual journey in a new book, Finding Our Way Home: Heartwarming Stories that Ignite Our Spiritual Core (Hay House, 2008).

A Gift from the Sea" recommended from Lakebay

Alix B. is recommending Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, a little book originally published in 1955. Several versions have been published, including a 20th Anniversary edition and a 50th anniversary edition (which includes an introduction by Lindbergh's daughter). No matter, because the themes of this gem are timeless. Written by a middle-aged wife and mother, while on a private beach retreat away from family and work, this book remains as fresh and meaningful today as when it first came out over half a century ago. Lindbergh wrote this inspirational book for herself "in order to think out my own particular pattern of living, my own individual balance of life, work, and human relationships..."

Here's one for the men!

For those men who have shed their rusty armor — and those who haven't — Knights Without Armor is an inspiring book written by Aaron R. Kipnis, a psychologist, professor, author, men's group and workshop facilitator. In it he challenges the typical stereotype society places on men by expecting them to be heroic, unyielding, non-feeling, in control — and sometimes aggressive.

Marianne Williamson Urges Men and Women to Embrace the Midlife Years

Bestselling author Marianne Williamson states for her new book, The Age of Miracles:  Embracing the New Midlife, that the need for change as we get older is a human phenomenon, neither male nor female.  There simply comes a time in our lives — not fundamentally different from the way puberty separates childhood from adulthood — when it's time for one part of ourselves to die and for something new to be born.

Life: Selected Quotations by Paulo Coelho

Carole Rosenberg, Soltura Executive Director, recommends Life: Selected Quotations, a new book by one of her favorite authors, Paulo Coelho. Amazon.com describes this recent release as follows:

"This collection of selected quotes from Paulo Coelho's impressive body of work is a must–have item for fans of this celebrated and internationally bestselling author. A beautiful book with four–colour artwork by the renowned Norwegian artist Anne Kristin Hagesaether, it contains inspirational quotes from such beloved Coelho titles as Eleven Minutes, The Valkyries, The Devil And Miss Prym, The Zahir, and the mega bestseller The Alchemist. Whether read in one sitting or savoured gradually, this is a visually stunning and enlightening look into Coelho's extraordinary perspective on life –one that has won over millions of readers worldwide and made Coelho one of the top–selling authors in the world."

Parent Expert Offers Groundbreaking Look at How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 14, 2007 -- In his groundbreaking new book, "My Father Before Me: How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other Throughout Their Lives" (W.W. Norton), award-winning clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Michael J. Diamond (www.drmichaeljdiamond.com) explains many of the emotional hurdles fathers and their adolescent sons grapple with as they age. As Diamond attests, the father-son bond unavoidably changes radically during adolescence as fathers move from hero to fallen hero.

Cleveland Press Releases Journal Writing Book

"Write for Life: Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit Through Journal Writing" By Sheppard B. Kominars, Ph.D.

Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) September 6, 2007 -- Cleveland Clinic Press, publishing arm of the Cleveland Clinic, has just released "Write for Life: Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit Through Journal Writing" by Dr. Sheppard B. Kominars. His book reveals a host of powerful insights and techniques for personal transformation that readers can start using today.

New Mark Nepo book to be published in October 2007

A work from the heart that calls us to look within and grow

Mark Nepo, author of the popular Book of Awakenings, has a new book — Facing the Lion, Being the Lion: Finding Inner Courage Where It Lives — being published in October 2007. The book is described as a "work from the heart that helps us find our own courage and experience how connection to our own core connects us to all of humankind, as well as to nature and spirit itself. Nepo invites us to encounter the stories of ordinary people, political activists, artists, and spiritual teachers from all traditions—people who are summoning the best of who they are in all kinds of moments, great and small. This book empowers us to take those moments into our own hearts, to be inspired by them, to let them fill our lungs and circle our hearts, empowered to stand more firmly by our own core and a little taller in the world."

Anyone interested in pre-ordering a copy can do so through the Soltura bookstore or through Amazon.com by clicking here: Facing the Lion, Being the Lion: Finding Inner Courage Where It Lives. Order it now and Amazon.com will ship it to you when it is published.