Ergebnis für "MIND" in Demografie

Training methods for tracking and wilderness observation woven into extraordinary real-life stories of intuitive animal-reading skills Explains technical tracking methods and observational skills such as shadowing and envisioning through the innermost thoughts of an accomplished native...

"Hold tight. The way to go mad without losing your mind is sometimes unruly." So begins La Marr Jurelle Bruce's urgent provocation and poignant meditation on madness in black radical art. Bruce theorizes four overlapping meanings of madness: the lived experience of an unruly mind, the psychiatric category of serious mental illness, the emotional state also known as "rage," and any drastic deviation from psychosocial norms.

The mind-virus behind human self-destruction has a name: wetiko. See it clearly, and it starts to lose power. You see it everywhere: smart people making destructive choices. Companies poisoning their own customers. Nations pouring trillions into war while their people suffer. Social media built...

Changing Our Mind has helped thousands of families and congregations carefully and compassionately rethink traditional religious teachings about full LGBTQ inclusion. With growing scientific evidence, our wider society has taken big steps, but too many religious families and communities have not kept up. Dr. David Gushee offers a powerful, inspiring message of hope and healing by helping Christians to return to Bible study, prayer, and reflection in a way that creates a vision for a more inclusive church.

What is the true nature and mission of the church? Is its proper Christian purpose to save souls, or to transform the social order? This question is especially fraught when the church is one built by an enslaved people and formed, from its beginning, at the center of an oppressed community's fight for personhood and freedom. Such is the central tension in the identity and mission of the Black church in the United States.

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity. Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-20th century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after which the word "psychedelic" was coined to describe it. Its story, however, extends deep into prehistory: The earliest Andean cultures depicted mescaline-containing cacti in their temples.

'Seeing Voices is both a history of the deaf and an account of the development of an extraordinary and expressive language' – Evening Standard Imaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar – for to be...

Written by a hugely popular actor and autism advocate, this book is for neurodiverse Gen Z-ers looking for an inspirational mix of real-life advice with a heartfelt personal story. Are you autistic, or think you might be? Are you ready to not only understand but embrace your unique mind?...

Prioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life, improve their mental health, eliminate stress, and self-advocate. Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in between, it’s...

Black people are exhausted. The toll of living within systems designed to exclude them devastates minds, bodies, and spirits. Award-winning diversity, equity, and inclusion leader Mary-Frances Winters—now joined by Mareisha Winters Reese—addresses this ongoing crisis with an urgent update to her bestselling book.

Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe. If this is so, why is Christianity so often perceived in Africa as a Western colonial import? How can Christians in Northern and sub-Saharan Africa, indeed, how can Christians throughout the world, rediscover and learn from this ancient heritage?

Explores how to work ethically, skillfully, and responsibly with psychedelics and plant spirits Shares the author’s transformative psychedelic experiences and how they helped him discover his life’s purpose Provides shamanic practices to develop your capacity as a Wisdom Warrior...

For too long, the narratives surrounding Black communities in America have been dominated by deficit-based thinking, focusing on perceived weaknesses rather than the inherent strengths and resilience that have been fostered through generations of hardship. This book seeks to challenge that paradigm, offering a critical but constructive analysis of the socio-political and economic realities confronting Black Americans.

Sex Up Your Life goes beyond simply giving advice on how to have a better sex life. It’s a deep dive into the unconscious and mostly unspoken realms about the meaning of sexuality within our lives. It offers a continuum of sexual experiences and personal stories that explore the range of expressions from lack of consent, to sexual exploitation, and into realms of play, the heart, and our spirit. At each point along this continuum, the listener is asked to explore within their experiences and beliefs around the topic.

The preceding chapters have laid bare the systemic nature of racism in America, detailing its insidious atmosphere on Black communities across various facets of life. We've examined historical injustices, present-day inequalities, and the complex interplay of socio-economic factors perpetuating this oppression cycle. However, acknowledging the problem is only the first step; true progress necessitates a concerted effort toward meaningful change. This requires a profound shift, moving beyond individual acts of resistance to organized, sustained political engagement and advocacy.

By licensed therapist and author of Self-Care for Black MenJor-El Caraballo, LMHC, this audio meditation program is filled with unique insights and tools for Black men everywhere to prioritize mental health, empowering listeners to create a deeper connection with their body, mind, and spirit...

This new South End Press edition makes available the full text of this out-of-print classic - along with a new foreword by Manning Marable, interviews with participants in DRUM, and reflections on political developments over the past three decades by Georgakas and Surkin.

Examines the Oldawan, the Ancient Soul of Africa, and its correlation with what modern psychologists have defined as the collective unconscious Draws on archaeology, DNA research, history, and depth psychology to reveal how the biological and spiritual roots of religion and science came...

A tutorial on the ancient practice of limpias to heal the mind, body, and soul Offers step-by-step instructions for the practice of limpias, shamanic cleansing rituals to heal, purify, and revitalize people as well as physical spaces Examines different types of limpia ceremonies, such as...

When it comes to confronting Eurocentric behavior quite a few Black Americans who have been weaned within the confines of a hostile society have developed a strong case of Stockholm Syndrome. Xavier James examines in detail this tragic psychological disposition.