Building Our Brave, Winter Retreat at Holy Wisdom Monastery 1
Part 1: The Middle Way and Three Practice Questions
We explore the wisdom of the Buddhist philosophy of the “Middle May”and three key practice questions to ask when we realize we’ve lost perspective and get caught in difficult and painful mind states.
Every so often a book comes along that has the potential to change your life…Unshakeable Confidence reflects the author’s profound understanding of the roots of women’s suffering and provides a wise and practical guide to rediscovering self-love. A pure gem of a book!
— Dale M. Kushner author of ‘The Conditions of Love’ and ’M’
With kind expertise, Mare Chapman teaches mindfulness with an eye toward gender equity, guiding the reader toward more ease, empowerment and freedom. This special book is so needed for women, especially at this time!
— Tara Brach author of ‘Radical Acceptance’ and ‘True Refuge’
Good medicine for tending the heart and uplifting the spirit.
— Jack Kornfield author of ‘A Path With Heart’
Unshakeable Confidence illuminates the cultural conditioning that adversely affects nearly all women—in body, mind, and spirit. Its reframing of codependence, learned helplessness, and relationship addiction as “othering” is groundbreaking. And, most importantly, it gives all of us precise instructions for how to come back home to our essential, healthy, confident selves. Every woman needs to know and practice what’s in these pages.
— Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling author of ‘Goddesses Never Age’, ‘Wisdom of Menopause’, and ‘Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom’
This book is like having a mindfulness teacher at your side. It is informative and insightful—chock-full of techniques, meditations, and reflections that guide you to the self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-confidence needed to be your authentic self. These are essential tools for all women.
— Nanette Gartrell, MD, author of ‘My Answer is NO…If That’s Okay with You: How women can say NO with confidence’
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