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Archetypes and Stories Beyond The Hero's Journey

By Charles Eisenstein — 2019

I don't think the hero's journey is a useless archetype. I think it's a powerful archetype. It's just like we've made everything about it, as if it is THE map for life.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageI would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language.

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Rainer Maria Rilke
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The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling

Plato called it “daimon,” the Romans “genius,” the Christians “guardian angel”; today we use such terms as “heart,” “spirit,” and “soul.

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James Hillman
2017
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Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence, editing the autism script with wit, candor, passion, and power. Her journey is one of reverse-self-discovery not only as an Aspie but--more importantly--as a thoroughly modern woman.

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Jennifer Cook O'Toole
2021
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No Endings, Only Beginnings: A Doctor’s Notes on Living, Loving, and Learning Who You Are

Dr. Bernie Siegel is the author of many books on the healing power of the body and the spirit, but this time he wants to encourage readers not only to learn from his life and advice, but to create their own manuals for living as well.

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Bernie S. Siegel, Cynthia J. Hurn
2020
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Searching for the Heart of Compassion

Call it love, kindness, compassion for all beings—it’s the real elixir, the only one that truly transforms life for ourselves and others.

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Marc Ian Barasch
2005
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Sprouting Seeds of Compassion

Marc Ian Barasch decides to see what would happen if he simply planted a seed of good intention and waited to see what came up. That seed grew into millions of trees. Here he offers tips on how you too can make a difference.

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Marc Ian Barasch
2010
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Healing Dreams: Exploring the Dreams that Can Transform Your Life

A new guide to interpreting dreams takes readers a step further in their exploration of the unconscious, explaining how to apply the important lessons of dreams to everyday life.

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Marc Ian Barasch
2025
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Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness

Marc Ian Barasch, dubbed "one of today's coolest grown-ups" by Interview magazine, sets out on a journey to the heart of compassion. He discovers its power to change who we are and the society we have become. Compassion, he concludes, is "a prescription for authentic joy.

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Marc Ian Barasch
2025
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The Comfort Book

The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement.

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Matt Haig
2025
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What Is an Identity Crisis?

An identity crisis is a developmental event that involves a person questioning their sense of self or place in the world.

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Kendra Cherry
2021
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