From The Mountain Woman Section of The Way of the Wild Soul Woman, by Mary Reynolds Thompson There is tension at the core of life, beneath the surface of our restless planet. Conflict is a necessary aspect of all meaningful transformation. It proceeds moments of deep change. Disturbances in the field are a necessary […]
The domination of global hegemonic education, especially at the university level, continues to prevent peace on earth. I focus here on the complicity of Western universities, led by United States cultural hegemony, in allowing for the ongoing horror in Gaza and the prospect of creating an insane Orwellian world, one that disregards “the 7th generation.” […]
Kindred World Publishing House is proud to announce the release of The Great Physician: Medicinal Poetry for the Anthropocene, the first major collection of poetry by the renowned neuroscientist, healer, and climate activist, Stephanie Mines, PhD. In The Great Physician, Dr. Mines unflinchingly and soulfully moves us beyond transgenerational trauma, war, oppression, and planetary collapse, […]
About Pam Leo Pam Leo, is a family literacy activist, a read-aloud advocate, founder of the Book Fairy Pantry Project, the author of Connection Parenting, and a new children’s book, Please Read To Me. Pam has worked with children and families for more than forty years. From her work with teen parents, parents in prison, […]
About Ministry of Surf: The Story of One Perfect Day Kindred is honored to host the world premier of the award-winning, short documentary, Ministry of Surf, in recognition of National Autism Month. Ministry of Surf shares the “story of one perfect day” when families impacted by autism gather with world champion surfers and ocean waves […]
Our son, Lio, hops in the car at the end of a cold and damp school day. Rosy-cheeked and smeared with earth and ash from fort-building and fire-making, he reaches down to take off his boots and empty them of leaves, water, and mud. His pockets carry the day’s found treasures: Quartz rocks, cool sticks that double as […]
Entangled World explores the interrelated, existential social, economic, ecological, and technological risks we face, their underlying drivers, and how a more beautiful world might emerge. My guest today is Four Arrows also known as Wahinkpe Topa or Dr. Don Trent Jacobs. Four Arrows is internationally respected for his expertise in Indigeneity and applications for living […]
Read this month’s issue of Kindred here. Dear Kindred, Happy Spring for those in the Northern Hemisphere. As always, our consciously curated offerings for you in this issue are intended to move us toward wholeness, worldview-shifting, and wisdom, a vision that may land as utopian from our Dominant Worldview, but as inevitable and our […]
In her new book, Unshakeable, mindfulness teacher and psychotherapist Jo-ann Rosen condenses 2,600 years of Buddhism’s “very skillful means of encountering and overcoming adversity” and her own prodigious experience working in marginalized communities into a “neuro-informed” guide for individual and collective awakening.With its practical questionnaires, resources, and careful attention to bringing the reader along through […]
The hallmark of our modern life is a faster and faster tempo, leaving no room for the body to digest and integrate our experience. The simplest way to step off the hamster wheel of a modern pace is to practice slow movements. Slow movement is a radical act in our modern era. S L O […]