For centuries, science and religion have been on the opposite sides of the debate about the moral nature of human beings. Now science is confirming what people of faith have long known: human morality is embedded in our biology. Drawing on the latest research in neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and behavioral science, this book affirms the four-fold prophetic vision of morality as expressed hundreds of years ago by the great philosopher and theologian, the Blessed John Duns Scotus. It proclaims the dignity of the individual and celebrates freedom of will for moral living, stemming from the place of innate natural goodness where love prevails.

Wellness in Mind: Your Brain's Surprising Secrets to Gaining Health from the Inside Out takes on the widespread cliches that dominate the fields of fitness and nutrition. The authors guide readers toward the goal of developing a focus on being image, the total experience of being in collaboration with and through others to co-create a world of comprehensive wellness. In its three parts, Wellness in Mind explores knowledge that can transform health, reflection to cultivate wellness habits, and interaction with others to enhance life and health. Wellness in Mind: Your Brain's Surprising Secrets to Gaining Health from the Inside Out explains the brain's power to create neural pathways that support healing of one's total being, explores the brain's work to encode relationships with self and others, and inspires readers to develop their own relationships with complete wellness.

Becoming Fire: A Freudian Psychoanalyst's Spiritual Journey shows us how to synthesize spiritual beliefs and science, our inner lives and our work in the world. We share the journey of an ordinary person who discovers the extraordinary-faith in God-amidst the atheism of the Freudian path. We share the triumph of grace as we follow Dr. Severino through personal tragedy and loss to joy. We find inspiration for healing our mind and nurturing the soul, hope for inner peace despite our turbulent times, encouragement to move from fear to love of all, and pleasure in reading a story well told. "In Becoming Fire: A Freudian Psychoanalyst's Spiritual Journey, Sally Severino, M.D. lays bare her life-professional and private, her psyche, and her soul. She embodies the merger of Freud and God, strange bedfellows by traditional standards, but strangely compatible in Dr. Severino's experience. In reading this book, you will have a greater understanding of Freudian psychology and a greater understanding of God. More importantly, you will have a greater understanding of yourself." -Susan Carrell, author of Escaping Toxic Guilt: Five Proven Steps to Free Yourself from Guilt for Good! "Becoming Fire takes the reader on a spiritual odyssey free of self-righteousness, lectures or posturing. Author Sally Severino shares her journey to God with the skill of a seasoned storyteller. A Freudiantrained psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Dr. Severino credits Freud with sparking the quest of self-discovery that led her to God and to her own personal happiness. Her memoir offers hopeful reassurance and inspiration for anyone who feels that life is too hard, Christianity too complex, and God too abstract and far away to be of relevance to our human existence." -Anne Hillerman, author of Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with an American Legend Sally K. Severino, MD is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. Dr. Severino is certifi ed by the American Psychoanalytic Association and served as the first woman president of the American College of Psychoanalysts. She is grounded in the Christian contemplative tradition, has served on the Board of Directors for The Contemplative Center of St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is a Felician Associate of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. www.neurospirit.net