[This] is by far the most wise and thought provoking book on menopause that I have ever read. It is must reading for every woman who dares to meet the challenges of menopause fully and consciously.  Christiane Northrup, M.D. This volume presents a holistic, theoretical framework for understanding menopause as a major developmental event in women's lives. Rather than an unpleasant phase to be endured or alleviated, Marian Van Eyk McCain views menopause as an empowering experience that women can use for personal growth. Artfully interweaving her research, years of clinical experience, and her personal perceptions of menopause to create an inspiring new vision of the change of life. She goes well beyond a discussion of hormones and hot flashes to uncover the deep emotional and spiritual significance of this time in women's lives.This book is not only about change on a personal or physical level but in society as well. McCain lays out historical and cross-cultural beliefs about menstruation and menopause and the attitudes surrounding them (from taboos to reverence) and points out that in our modern society women most often either try to ignore or make it through this essential period of womanhood in order to compete in a man's world on male terms. In tune with recent feminist thought, the author says there is a new womanpower emerging, which means that it is time for women to honor their natural cycles. There is no other book that combines the insights, inspiration, and wealth of information contained in this work. It is an important book for the alternative-minded baby-boom generation who are seeking new ways to approach middle age.

Transformation Through Menopause

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McCain, Marian Van Eyk

Women's Health

Praeger

[This] is by far the most wise and thought provoking book on menopause that I have ever read. It is must reading for every woman who dares to meet the challenges of menopause fully and consciously. Christiane Northrup, M.D. 
This volume presents a holistic, theoretical framework for understanding menopause as a major developmental event in women's lives. Rather than an unpleasant phase to be endured or alleviated, Marian Van Eyk McCain views menopause as an empowering experience that women can use for personal growth. Artfully interweaving her research, years of clinical experience, and her personal perceptions of menopause to create an inspiring new vision of the change of life. She goes well beyond a discussion of hormones and hot flashes to uncover the deep emotional and spiritual significance of this time in women's lives.
This book is not only about change on a personal or physical level but in society as well. McCain lays out historical and cross-cultural beliefs about menstruation and menopause and the attitudes surrounding them (from taboos to reverence) and points out that in our modern society women most often either try to ignore or make it through this essential period of womanhood in order to compete in a man's world on male terms. In tune with recent feminist thought, the author says there is a new womanpower emerging, which means that it is time for women to honor their natural cycles. There is no other book that combines the insights, inspiration, and wealth of information contained in this work. It is an important book for the alternative-minded baby-boom generation who are seeking new ways to approach middle age.

'All Our Relations' celebrates and honours human beings' relationships with all those other life forms who share our planetary home. How we treat these ‘fellow-travellers,’ how we perceive them and interact with them – and the extent to which we love and respect them – is a measure of our humanity and our spiritual evolution. The greater our appreciation for other creatures, the more they give to us, the more they teach us and the more joy and inspiration they bring into our lives. Contributors to the book include scientists, researchers, poets, authors, health practitioners and others. Here you will find discussions ranging from the merits of vegetarianism to the problem of linguistic ‘speciesism.’ You will read about dogs who know when their humans are coming home and be encouraged to rediscover your own inherent, animal ‘knowing.’ Above all, you will almost certainly delight in the first-person accounts of life-changing interactions with members of other species, from snakes to horses, from dogs to oak trees and from huge whales to baby frogs.

All Our Relations: GreenSpirit connections with the more-than-human world (GreenSpirit Book Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Sheldrake, Rupert

Martin, Kathleen

Danaan, Clea

ABRAM, DAVID

Sorrell, Stephanie

Stacey, Suzannah

Wilmshurst, Hilary

Holmes, Franziska

McCain, Sky

Christian Books & Bibles

GreenSpirit

This is the introductory volume in an inspiring series of books about green spirituality, a type of spirituality that fits into no particular category of religion or spiritual belief system and yet is fully compatible with – and draws millions of adherents from – almost all of them.  Green spirituality is based on a love of the Earth, the intrinsic value of all life forms, and a deep respect for the integrity of ecosystems and for the importance of biodiversity. It includes a belief in the total interconnectedness of the cosmos and offers a sense of identity rooted in being part of – and interdependent with –  ‘all that is’. It regards Nature as a great teacher and as a revelation of the divine and holds ideals of peace, social justice, ecological justice, low-impact living and sustainability.  The book describes and illustrates, through the well-blended voices of thirteen writers, the basic concepts and expressions of this rapidly growing kind of spiritual attitude in today’s world – what it is, where it comes from, who practises it and how and why. It covers a wide range of subject matter, from personal stories of spiritual awakening to scientific facts about the composition of soil and includes philosophical musings, practical suggestions, inspirational essays and poetry.

What is Green Spirituality? (GreenSpirit Book Series)

Dolley, Janice

Leonard, Alison

Meeker-Lowry, Susan

Kelson, Mary

Kimball, Emily

Angus, Joan

Brennan, Niamh

Caulfield-James, Brendan

Colebrook, Michael

New Age & Spirituality

Beyond simply living green there is an even more radical way to live. And that is to understand, with your entire mind and body and soul, that you are not simply ‘on’ the planet, you are an intrinsic part of the planet.   When you can truly know and feel yourself not as something separate from the Earth, but as a living part of a greater living organism, a cell in the body of that great living organism that many of us like to call Gaia, you touch into an even deeper level of awareness. Deep green living is not only to know and understand that but to live your entire life out of that humble knowing. It is the path of sustainability, spirituality, a sense of permanent and eternal belonging and of deep, abiding joy.

Deep Green Living (GreenSpirit Book Series)

Cockburn, Helen

Corby, Rachel

Elgin, Duane

Gunter, Ellen

Carter, Ted

Alan, Eric

Ladkin, Donna

Holmes, Chris

Lees, Nigel

The definitive book on 21st Century 'green spirituality' and its key role in creating a peaceful, just and sustainable world.

GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness

Earth Books

If you, like many others, are to join the worldwide effort to live sustainable, this easy-to-read guidebook aims to answer any question you might have, and more.

Downshifting Made Easy: How to Plan for your Planet-friendly Future

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

These days, most women can expect to live several decades beyond menopause. Until now, there have been virtually no guidebooks for this later life journey, for it is one that our ancestors, with their much lower life expectancy, were rarely privileged to take. Elderwoman is just such a guidebook. It promises that whoever sets out on her “third age” journey in a spirit of curiosity and awareness, consciously aligning herself with the natural processes of aging, and with the rhythms of the natural world around her, will discover unexpected richness, new kinds of power, freedom, and ever deepening joy, as she grows at last into her full potential as a woman and becomes a true elder, a spiritual leader for her times. The voices and guiding hands of wise elders have been missing in our modern, Western, youth-oriented culture. But with millions of 'baby-boomers' now in their elder years, this is starting to change. If our threatened planet is to come back into balance, these voices and hands will be more and more in evidence, around the world. Blending ancient wisdom with down to earth common sense, science with spirituality, and humor with poetry, Marian Van Eyk McCain, in a gentle, conversational style, leads us beyond conventional thinking and into a new world of transformational possibility: the world of the 21st century elderwoman.

Elderwoman: A handbook for the later-life journey

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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