Shadows on the Path offers great insight into the many ways that we sabotage ourselves and it is equally clear on how to get ourselves back on course. Mr. Assadi, a therapist and acupuncturist, has clearly done his own spiritual work and, as is clear from his many revelations and insights, suffered his own mis-steps along the way. His anecdotes and teaching tales are marvelous, and his humility and warmth invite the reader to recognize those snippets of themselves that may still need healing — and that may be the very best recommendation of all.

In an excerpt from her book, The Multidimensional Traveler, author Khartika Goe writes, “Often, after waking up from a night of traveling, I find myself immersed in thoughts of why most people tend to fear the unknown and choose to live in oblivion. Perhaps ignorance is indeed bliss. But what is bliss if it deprives us of the truth of our potential? Our lives attain structure from phenomena that we are able to explain and see in the physical body; and it is through fragments of human creation, such as the concept of time, that we have come to construe what is possible and what is impossible, and likewise- what characterizes the truth and what is deemed as ‘absurdity’….”

You don’t have to be doing the “Paleo” diet to enjoy these great recipes! Check out this award wining cookbook from blogger Michelle Tam, and her husband, Henry Fong. Filled with gorgeous photos, funny cartoons and loads of helpful tips, this will liven up any kitchen and relieve the boredom of any New Year’s resolution diet. Think “Paleo” just means eating meat? Think again!

Temple Hayes writes, “Do you remember being a little kid and dancing to the song The Hokey Pokey, putting different parts of yourself into it and then being asked to “put your whole self in?” Remember how good it felt to shake your body and turn around? You were present, alive, and awake! Isn’t that what life is all about? You put your whole self in! This really is what life is all about, but why do so few of us put our whole selves in?”

Countless psychologists and teachers, with a variety of perspectives and different types of wisdom, focus on helping people improve their relationships. Many of these teachers are extremely effective and helpful to their clients, but they usually focus on fixing the relationship itself. In The Relationship Handbook: A Path to Consciousness, Healing, and Growth (New World Library, November 1, 2014), beloved bestselling author Shakti Gawain, and her co-teacher for many years Gina Vucci, offer a different approach. They explain how relationships of all kinds – from romantic partners to coworkers to family and friends – can be our greatest teachers, if we know how to view them in the right way. Their approach shifts the focus away from relationships themselves and looks instead at the lessons they can teach us about ourselves.

There’s a time when every crisis can become transformation; when simply surviving can become joyous thriving. In our lives that time is The Turning Point. In our world that time is now! In this compelling new work, best-selling author and visionary Gregg Braden merges his expertise in leading-edge science with present-day realities to answer the questions on everyone’s minds…

God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden Angels by Patricia Brooks Review by Cheryl Shainmark — In the second of what promises to be a lively series, (click here for a review of the first book), author Patrica Brooks shares more of her autobiographical tale of spiritual growth. Written in an upbeat and humorous fashion, God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden Angels skips along in an engaging manner. Brook’s stories are lovely, like little pearls strung together in a delicate necklace.

In Collecting Feathers, Daniela I. Norris blends pitch-perfect storytelling and a keen spiritual awareness to bring us a beautiful and haunting set of tales from the beyond. A feast for the heart, mind and soul, each story is layered with unfolding intrigue, and each one will stay with you long after the pages have been turned.

Tom North is the author of True North – The Shocking Truth About “Yours, Mine and Ours” They appeared to be the blissful Beardsleys, the happily blended family-eight of Helen North’s, ten of Frank Beardsley’s, and two children from their union. A family so famous in America that Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda played the parents in the box office smash–Yours Mine and Ours. But they were anything from blissful; in fact they were the beaten and battered Beardsleys. That’s the real hidden story behind the spotlight…. But True North is much more than an inspiring and powerful account of a man who rose to success against all odds. It’s a story of how Transcendental Meditation (TM) brought peace to Tom North and saved his life.