Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community
By: Camille Sapara Barton
4.40
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
An embodied guide to being with grief individually and in community—practical exercises, decolonize…
Want to Read $ 12.99"I sense that learning to be with my grief will be a lifelong process of repatterning old ways of being and consciously practicing what I would like to embody."-Camille Sapara Barton, Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community
"We need to feel. To slow down and sense what is happening. To grieve and understand what has been lost so that we can begin to assess how to move in a different direction, not simply repeat the behaviors that have led us to this space."-Camille Sapara Barton, Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community
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1. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
By: Carrie Brownstein
3.83
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
From a leader of feminist punk music at the dawn of the riot-grrrl era, a candid and deeply persona… read more
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- nonfiction
"I've always felt unclaimed."-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
"I don't want to know what's going to happen. As frightening as that is in real life, it's a crucial aspect in creativity. Being predictable is boring, and it's also disheartening and usinspiring."-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
"If someone didn’t feel included, if someone felt marginalised, they would form their own band, write their own fanzine, or just call you out on what they deemed racist or classist, sizeist, sexist, b…"-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
"I suppose we were better observers than communicators; we were all subjects to be worried over, complained about, even adored, but never quite people to be held or loved. There was an intellectual, a…"-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
2. The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
By: Francis Weller , Michael Lerner
4.40
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Noted psychotherapist Francis Weller provides an essential guide for navigating the deep waters of … read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- death
- nonfiction
- self help
"Grief keeps the heart flexible, fluid, and open to others."-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"Ritual is able to hold the long-discarded shards of our stories and make them whole again. It has the strength and elasticity to contain what we cannot contain on our own, what we cannot face in soli…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for wh…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"To alter the amnesia of our times, we must be willing to look into the face of the loss and keep it nearby. In this way, we may be able to honor the losses and live our lives as carriers of their unf…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
3. The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise
By: Martin Prechtel
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martin Prechtel, trained i… read more
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4. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- death
- nonfiction
- self help
"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
5. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
By: Sabrina Imbler
4.12
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more
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- nonfiction
"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
6. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
4.51
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
By: Kai Cheng Thom
4.18
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
What happens when we imagine loving the people--and the parts of ourselves--that we do not believe … read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
"i have questions about heaven. i have questions about the Revolution. those questions are the same: upon whose bones do you intend to build your paradise?"-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
"you don't need to heal others to heal yourself, you can just heal yourself. you do not need to give love to others to love yourself, you can just love yourself."-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
"find the lie in your heart. the one you tell to yourself and all the world, sometimes without even knowing it. pare that lie down to its barest core, strip back the skin, and behold the truth: i am w…"-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
8. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- nonfiction
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
9. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
10. When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
By: Laura E. Anderson
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Anderson strikes a smart, balanced tone. . . . An exemplary guide to an understudied issue."--Publ… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
"Rebuilding a worldview and identity likely needs to include space for uncertainty."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"I have lived far too much of my life with the end goal of eternal life in heaven, and so I missed a lot of life on earth."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"A marker of healing from religious trauma is not simply the process of deconstructing one’s worldview and identity and rebuilding a new one; it is also the willingness to remain open to shifting and …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"Religious trauma resides in our bodies and nervous systems in the same way that trauma from war, developmental trauma, or sexualized trauma live inside us. Though the triggers and environment of the …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
11. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
By: Dean Spade
4.38
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around… read more
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- nonfiction
"In the context of professionalized nonprofit organizations, groups are urged to be single-issue oriented, framing their message around "deserving" people within the population they serve, and using t…"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
"When we feel bad, we often automatically decide that either we are bad or another person is bad. Both of these moves cause damage and distort the truth, which is that we are all navigating difficult …"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
"Burnout is the combination of resentment, exhaustion, shame, and frustration that make us lose connection to pleasure and passion in the work, and instead encounter difficult feelings like avoidance,…"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
12. The Other Side of Disappearing
By: Kate Clayborn
3.76
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly tran… read more
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13. Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
By: Julia Lee
4.34
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Julia Lee is angry. And she has questions. What does it mean to be Asian in America? What does it … read more
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- nonfiction
14. As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
By: J.S. Park
4.63
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Veteran hospital chaplain to the sick, dying, and bereaved, J.S. Park offers you both the permissio… read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- death
- nonfiction
- self help
"It wasn't until I sat with patient after patient, from emergency room to deathbed, that I saw what they saw: In their illness or injury, I saw a memory loss of the future. This is called intrapsychic…"-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
"She asks me, "How do you grieve someone you never met?" With each patient, I hear similar questions. It keeps emerging, this pulse. It presses in every room, leans on every shoulder, demands an answe…"-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
"Speeding through grief always has a cost. To bury somebody's supposed-to-be is also to bury a story that's untold. When you bury someone's story like that, it gets lodged in the ribcage, it gets radi…"-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
15. The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice
By: Staci Haines
4.24
Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition
A restorative justice approach to somatic therapy, integrating mind-body healing with social activi… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
16. Triple Sec
By: T.J. Alexander
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom… read more
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17. Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
4.50
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
Before she was an NYT bestselling author, adrienne was known for her work as a facilitator, mediato… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
18. Returning Home to Our Bodies: Reimagining the Relationship Between Our Bodies and the World--Practices for connecting somatics, nature, and social change
By: Abigail Rose Clarke
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
For readers of adrienne maree brown, Staci K. Haines, and Robin Wall Kimmerer A body-based healing… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
19. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
By: Prentis Hemphill
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
20. Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community
By: Camille Sapara Barton
4.40
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
An embodied guide to being with grief individually and in community—practical exercises, decolonize… read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- death
- nonfiction
- self help
"I sense that learning to be with my grief will be a lifelong process of repatterning old ways of being and consciously practicing what I would like to embody."-Camille Sapara Barton, Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community
"We need to feel. To slow down and sense what is happening. To grieve and understand what has been lost so that we can begin to assess how to move in a different direction, not simply repeat the behav…"-Camille Sapara Barton, Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community
21. Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief
By: Cindy Barukh Milstein
4.37
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
"This intimate, moving, and timely collection of essays points the way to a world in which the burd… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- death
"As the heart continues to break, dignity."-Cindy Barukh Milstein, Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief
