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Emotional Literacy
The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose
The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves
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How Faux-Feelings Are Sabotaging Your Communication Efforts
Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success
Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy
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A Healthy Way to Embrace Big Emotions: Take It to the Trees
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Empathy: Why It's Important, Why We Should Nurture It in Our Kids
Healing Our Collective Trauma: The Key to Creating a Society Based on Trust Rather Than Fear
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Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution
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Control is a Trap
The Demoralized Mind
The Great Grief: How to Cope With Losing Our World
The Important Difference Between Love and Being Loved
How Mindfulness Empowers Us
"I Love Being a Woman" - What Will It Take to Create a World Where Every Woman Can Say This?
The Root Cause of Addiction
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
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Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (2015)
The Promise of Biomimicry (2020)
United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)
Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)
The Global Brain | Peter Russell (1983)
TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)
Treeline: A Story Written in Rings (2018)
Singapore: Biophilic City (2012)
The Superior Human? (2012)
Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)
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The Corporation (2003)
Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices (2005)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
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The Power of Nightmares (2004)
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)
Earthlings (2005)
Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)
The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)
The Crisis of Civilization (2011)
Race: The Power of An Illusion (2003)
Oil, Smoke & Mirrors (2007)
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
#MeToo & Liberation For All
#MeToo and Liberation for All
Moving On From #Metoo | Louise Mazanti PhD
After #MeToo: How To Process The Pain And Shame That Divides Women And Men
Rebel Wisdom: Where Gillette Went Wrong
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Digital Prophecies: The Medium Is the Message
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PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind (2010)
Personal Change Is Good, Collective Organizing Is Better
Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)
We Can’t Do It Ourselves: How Individual Change Has Limits That Can Only be Solved Collectively
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20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing
How Corporations Shifted The Blame For Climate Change
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4 Key Elements to Organizing for the Long Haul
Six Principles of Nonviolent Campaigns
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My Favorite Definition of Privilege
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The Cynic and the Boatbuilder
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Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine & Feminine
Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine/Feminine and Activism
Matriarchies Are Not Just a Reversal of Patriarchies: A Structural Analysis
Feminine Wisdom | Schuyler Brown & Samantha Sweetwater
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How Your Sacred Lovers Within Play a Crucial Role in Your Life
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Women's Wisdom: A Powerful Message Celebrating the Feminine Values That Are Transforming The World
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