Ergebnis für "Awakenings" in Biografien & Erinnerungen

Awakenings - which inspired the major motion picture - is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, "awakening" effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and their extraordinary transformations.

In The ADHD Awakening, Sara Kelly explores the unique experience of women with late-diagnosed ADHD. Understand how it hides behind coping mechanisms. Learn why it gets mislabeled as anxiety, depression, or a mere personality trait. Discover why you’ve always felt different without knowing why. Getting an ADHD diagnosis as an adult can bring an avalanche of emotions. The ADHD Awakening addresses your relief, grief, and curiosity about what this means for your future—and reveals how to tap into the power that comes when you stop fighting your brain and start understanding it.

Updated with new exercises to deepen your spiritual journey, this powerful debut from one of the world's most respected shamanic teachers leads you through healing rites and initiations along the Andean Medicine Wheel This book follows the Shamanic journey specifically through the rites of...

For nearly two decades, the United States delved into the dark world of psychic espionage, recruiting individuals who used their paranormal gifts to transcend time and space to uncover the military secrets of other nations. When David Morehouse walked through the doors of the CIA's Stargate Program, he had little idea what awaited him: a paranormal hell that would bring him to the front lines of some of the most horrific disasters in recent history and nearly destroy him. At first unable to tell the shocking truth for fear of death, Morehouse eventually produced this shocking exposé.

The powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, this is a book to help us understand the American moment and to help us better understand one another. “Rising Out of Hatred proclaims if the successor to the white...

A groundbreaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality and a bold new paradigm for health, healing, and resilience—from a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning researcher “A new revolution of health and well-being and a testament to, and celebration of, the power...

AWAKENING... chronicles Cera's life story through her experiences of painful survival, the Law of Attraction, arriving her dream life... spiritual awakening, and Buddhism. Since she's a science lover, many credible sources of fascinating life science discoveries of the world are cited. "The most valuable treasure of this book isn't my stories but those miraculous life science discoveries that inspired me to revisit those ancient religious scripts which I rejected for 56 years. "

An intimate portrait of Yanis Varoufakis’s political awakening, told through the history of his extraordinary family Dramatic in scope and deep in feeling, Raise Your Soul traces three generations swept up in the whirlwind of history, across a century of occupation, civil war, Cold War...

A raw, unfiltered memoir of altered states, spiritual awakening, and the hidden dangers few speak honestly about. At fifteen, I broke a teacher’s nose. At thirty-six, I could drop a stranger into a trance with a handshake. At forty, an invisible force detonated inside my skull. The light of a...

Reimagining Buddhism through a feminine lens: A powerful memoir of healing, strength, and spiritual awakening. Like all true spiritual teachings, Buddhism offers a radical shift: from me to we, fracture to unity, and fear to love. But like most institutionalized religions, Buddhism developed...

Who are we beneath the masks we wear? Beneath the surface lie buried memories, silent battles, hidden fears, and truths we spend a lifetime avoiding. But what happens when we dare to look deeper? When we strip away the layers and examine who we really are… While the heart is still beating. The...

 Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writer’s creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda - threshold years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and novelist just as colonial empires were crumbling and new nations were being born - under the shadow of the rivalries, intrigues, and assassinations of the Cold War. 

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon...

What happens when the unseen world reaches into our ordinary lives and changes everything we thought we knew? Three extraordinary encounters. Three spiritual awakenings. One woman's remarkable journey into the mysteries of consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the Divine. In Three Awakenings...

FINALIST FOR THE 2026 KIRKUS PRIZE “Defiance takes my breath away. A nail-biting tale of astonishing courage.” —Jeannette Walls #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle “A heartbreaking account of a young woman’s struggle for freedom against the rampaging forces of...

An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST Imagine spending the first forty years of...

If you're looking for a way to make a positive impact on the world, Matthew S. Friedman's inspiring book is the perfect guide. Through his incredible experiences and tireless activism over 35 years, he shows us that one person truly can create a ripple effect that leads to global change. As you...

""A masterpiece of women’s wisdom.""—Christiane Northrup, M.D. ""The journey to capture her feminine soul and live authentically . . . makes a fascinating, well-researched and well-written story.""—Publishers Weekly In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its publication, a newly...

In a world drowning in noise and illusion, Awakening Beyond is a call to return to clarity, presence, and truth. Nick Shane leads listeners through a powerful odyssey — from emotional chaos to still awareness, from shadow into radiance, from self-forgetting into divine remembrance. Through chapters of reflection, revelation, and lived testimony, he unveils the process of awakening as both a science of consciousness and a sacred art of the soul.

Gareth Duignam, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1979, shares his transformative journey in this autobiography. From a life of non-conformity, he embarked on a spiritual awakening that led him to become a teacher, proficient in transmitting potent energies like Shaktipat and the Supramental Force...