It mirrors where I am now in the journey of my life. Since discovering The Measure of My Days in 2014, I read this wonderful and wise book each year. Though written in 1968, it is timeless. Also, written at age 82, a life well-lived.
Playwright and Jungian analyst Florida Scott-Maxwell explores the unique predicament of one's later years: when one feels both cut off from the past and out of step with the present; when the body rebels at activity but the mind becomes more passionate than ever. Written when Maxwell was in her eighties, The Measure of My Days offers a panoramic vision of the issues that haunt us throughout our lives: the struggle to achieve goodness; how to maintain individuality in a mass society; and how to emerge--out of suffering, loss, and limitation--with something approaching wisdom. Maxwell's incredible wisdom, humanity, and dignity…
"Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society." -Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies
A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der…
The actress Teresa Wright (1918-2005) lived a rich, complex, magnificent life against the backdrop of golden age Hollywood, Broadway and television. There was no indication, from her astonishingly difficult--indeed, horrifying--childhood, of the success that would follow, nor of the universal acclaim and admiration that accompanied her everywhere. Her two marriages--to the writers Niven Busch (The Postman Always Rings Twice; Duel in the Sun) and Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy; I Never Sang for My Father)--provide a good deal of the drama, warmth, poignancy and heartbreak of her life story.
""I never wanted to be a star,"" she told the noted…
Catherine Ann Jones gives us a life with two centers: art and the spiritual quest. As her title implies, she dances for the sake of a deeper reality. I couldn’t put it down. Al Collins, Ph. D., Fatherson
Most memoirs inform us about the author. In Buddha and the Dancing Girl: A Creative Life, Catherine Ann Jones teaches us about ourselves. - Dianne Skafte, Ph.D., Listening to the Oracle
Buddha and the Dancing GIrl is a story of inner and outer adventures, from acting in New York to writing in Hollywood, from Texas to a spiritual search in India - a life fully lived, offering us remarkable experiences, memorable people, and deep wisdom. What a privilege to read about this life! - Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D., editor, Joseph Campbell & The Power of Myth
