Deepening global crises surround us. We are beset by climate change, fracking, tar sands extraction, GMOs, and mass extinctions of species, to say nothing of nuclear weapons proliferation and Fukushima, the worst nuclear disaster in history. Many of us fall prey to despair even as we feel called to respond to these threats to life on our planet.

Authors Joanna Macy and Molly Brown address the anguish experienced by those who would confront the harsh realities of our time. In this fully updated edition of "Coming Back to Life," they show how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to threats to life, and when honored can free us from paralysis or panic, through the revolutionary practice of the Work that Reconnects. New chapters address working within the corporate world, and engaging communities of color as well as youth in the Work.

The Work that Reconnects has spread around the world, inspiring hundreds of thousands to work toward a life-sustaining human culture. "Coming Back to Life" introduces the Work's theoretical foundations, illuminating the angst of our era with extraordinary insight. Pointing the way forward out of apathy, it offers personal counsel as well as easy-to-use methods for group work that profoundly affect peoples' outlook and ability to act in the world.

Joanna Macy is a scholar, eco-philosopher, teacher, activist, and author of twelve previous books including "Coming Back to Life."

Molly Young Brown is a teacher, trainer, counselor, and author of four previous books on psychology and Earth-based spirituality.

A birthright Friend, Carolyn Treadway and her husband were founding members of Bloomington-Normal Friends Meeting. She is an accredited and certified pastoral counselor, family therapist, and social worker. Here with Molly Young Brown she has collected and edited, personal stories, amplified by poetry and photography from 72 contributors, (including many Quakers) that illustrate, though times and lives are changing, how inspiring real life can be. -- Quakerbooks description.

This delightful little book offers a vivid mix of inspirational thoughts and imagery on the life of the spirit-from celebrated and lesser-known writers and thinkers, ancient and modern-to guide all those seeking to deepen their spiritual lives. The collection includes reflections from Rainer Maria Rilke, Thich Nhat Hahn, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Charlotte Joko Beck, Gary Synder, Joanna Macy, Ram Dass, Deena Metzger, Jack Kornfield, Thomas Merton, Rumi, and many others. The quotations are arranged in four sections: Awakening; Embracing the Darkness; Love, Joy, and Interbeing; Action and Service

Bridging personal and global transformation, Growing Whole explores how psychosynthesis, a spiritual psychology, can help each of us participate more fully in the Great Turning toward a life sustaining society. The book guides readers along a path of personal and spiritual growth, with numerous exercises that can be used alone or in groups.