Our Fractal Nature is a messenger mini book full of ways to look at and visualize the world. It is a self-help book that packs a lot of healing information into a 4 inches by 2.5 inches book.

Our Fractal Nature, A Journey of Self-Discovery and Connection

Science & Math

Kimberly Burnham

Mathematics

Creating Calm Network Publishing Group

Mythology holds up a mirror to our inner life as humans, showing us how our personality and choices affect our lives. Myths of partnership not only impart wisdom about male-female relationships, but also about the balance of male and female qualities within us as individuals. These stories from Greek (and one Egyptian) mythology are fascinating tales not only of love relationships, but also of the human quest for wholeness within. Zeus and Hera are the perennial love/hate couple. Isis and Osiris bring new life out of tragedy. Jason and Medea show us what manipulation is like. Theseus and Ariadne deal with abandonment. Perseus learns to integrate his feminine side as part of his heroic quest. Psyche and Eros mature through the trials their union produced. Shirley Kiefer retells these stories with new insight for our time. A retired librarian with a background in world religions, mythology and psychology, she helps us see their characters as parts of ourselves, giving us glimpses into these archetypal forces we all experience. Whether you read these as literal partnership stories or as individual quests for wholeness, you will delight in rehearing these ancient tales in contemporary language. Love Among the Gods, Myths of Relationship Contents About Shirley Kiefer, Author of Love Among the Gods Myth as a Mirror of Inner Wholeness Hera and Zeus: First Couple of Olympus Isis and Osiris: Love and Regeneration in Egypt Persephone and Hades: Love in the Underworld Artemis and Apollo: Sister and Brother Aphrodite and Her Lovers: Love &amp; War and Others Jason and Medea: Quest of the Golden Fleece Theseus and Ariadne: Love and Abandonment Perseus and Medusa: Conquest of the Gorgon Psyche and Eros: Soul and Spirit Epilogue Suggested Reading and Additional Resources

Love Among the Gods: Myths of Relationship

Politics & Social Sciences

Kiefer, Shirley

Women's Studies

TEN MILLIONAre you one of the ten million people worldwide living with Parkinson's disease? Is someone you love losing their independence or their ability to walk due to Parkinson's disease? Possibly you have found success in medications and surgery. Perhaps you are looking for other ways to decrease the tremors in your hands, so you can enjoy a dinner out with friends. Maybe you want to improve your walking or are a lifelong runner who has had to give up exercise because of the stiffness in your legs and the pain in your back. Maybe you are reading this book to learn some easy ways to balance your brain chemistry and feel more expressive, more focused, and more successful.ACUPUNCTURE, REIKI, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPYHave you tried acupuncture for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease? Have you been thinking about how Craniosacral therapy, Integrative Manual Therapy or Reiki could improve your life?MATRIX ENERGETICS, EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (EFT)Maybe someone has talked to you about the benefits of Matrix Energetics, Emotional Freedom Technique's light tapping or Nature's Sensational Medicine. Perhaps you have never even heard of any of these things but your are searching for something that will help you feel better and are open to something new.OLD DOG?There is a saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," but do you know the second part of the saying? "The fastest way to become an old dog? .... Stop learning new tricks."CRAZY EXERCISES?Yes, some of these exercises can seem crazy but before you decide, spend two minutes doing one of the many exercises, visualizations, movements. Spend some time looking at the colors around you or reading the research from ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine or the latest article from Amy Cuddy, a Harvard professor who has found that two minutes of "Power Posing" or standing in a Wonder Woman or Superman posture can improve testosterone levels, literally making you a more powerful leader. Striking a two minute pose, standing or moving in a particular way also decreases cortisol levels, which makes you more adaptable and less stressed.Read the research linking dopamine to the energy of your gallbladder, even if it has been removed. In Acupuncture the gallbladder meridian is associated with the color green. It is, along with the liver a Wood Element. What if visualizing the color green flowing through your body, through your brain, through your liver and gallbladder could improve your control of movement, walking, or your facial expressions? Would it be worth spending two minutes a day?What if visualizing yourself moving in a smooth controlled conscious way could help you in the real world to drive more safely, walk without falling and enjoy your family more. Read the research on motor imagery, on using the mind to heal the brain, on the response of dopamine to physical exercises as well as imaginative rehabilitation.IMAGINATIONImagination is being able to see something before it is visible before it is real in your life.Would your life improve if you were more confident and compassionate or less angry and disappointed? What would change in the here and now if you could imagine a future, a full and independent life?DISGUST EXERCISESWhat if spending a few minutes a day thinking about disgusting food could improve your basal ganglia function. The basal ganglia is the part of the brain where surgically the deep brain stimulator is placed to suppress unwanted movements like ticks and tremors. WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO FEEL BETTER?What do you have to let go of to harness the healing in your own hands and in your own mind? Are you consciously using touch to improve your independence, your movement, or your comfort?Easy tips and exercises to use in daily life from the fields of:Craniosacral therapyIntegrative Manual Therapy Reiki Matrix EnergeticsEmotional Freedom TechniqueAcupressureNature's Sensational Medicine

Parkinson's Alternatives: Walk Better, Sleep Deeper and Move Consciously; Solutions from Nature's Sensational Medicine

Health, Fitness & Dieting

BURNHAM, KIMBERLY

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers, a Jewish music anthology.  Music  Mind & Body  Spirituality   What does a particular liturgical song mean in a community, and in an individual heart?  What is your personal story of connection to music, song, chanting, and spiritual lyrics?  How does music change a life or bring back memories of a time of transformation? How are new songs, lyrics and music birthed in the Jewish community?   These questions and more are explored by the authors-rabbis, cantors, poets, healers, and musicians, who share their wisdom and delight with you.  Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers is a window into the heart and spirit of a profoundly diverse Jewish prayer community.   If you are looking for ways to make your own spiritual practice more engaging or more meaningful, this book can provide a gateway to that journey. Forty plus authors open their hearts to you and share the ways in which music, song, prayer and Judaism have touched each of them. They come to you from diverse backgrounds-East coast to West coast, North America and beyond, Orthodox and Conservative to Reform, Reconstructionist, Jewish Renewal and more.  Each section is a prompt for individual and communal soul searching. It will provide you, your book group or spiritual community with the tools to pray more joyfully and intentionally.   JewishMusic.CreatingCalmNetwork.com CCNPublishingGroupGmail.com  FORWARD: Sacred Relationships, Shefa Gold; Bringing the Liturgy to Life, Notes to Congregations, Communities & Book Clubs, Ann J. White.   OPENINGS pg 15: Harmonizing a New Journey, Natalie Young; Here I Stand: What It Means To Sing on Behalf of You, Sheila Pearl; Balancing Ritual and Novelty Each New Day, Susan Colin; Mi Chamocha--Who Is Like Us; Awareness of Immanent Presence.   GRATITUDE, OUR THANKS TO ...pg 45: Our Thank You To God, Judy Caplan Ginsburgh; A Shield, Modim Anachnu Lach, Joy Katzen-Guthrie; We Give Thanks To You, Rosalie Boxt; Lev Tahor: Taking Out the Trash, Beth Hamon; The Art of Prayer--The Singer Becomes the Song, Shawn Israel Zevit; Ma'ariv Aravim: Stand By Me, Robbi Sherwin.   FAMILY pg 104: My Yiddishe Grandma and other Healing Tales, Jeff Gold; My Father's Tunes, Hannah Seidel; The Song of Solomon, A Personal History, Marci Vitkus; Avot v'Imahot Through The Generations, Rebekah Giangreco.   COMMUNITIES OF CHANT pg 135: Where Might I Go To Find You, Lisa Doob; Benching; Jewish Selves in Song, Shira Wolosky; The Intangible and Tangible Effects of Music, Sheldon Low; Building and Inhabiting the Mishkan Through Chant, Shefa Gold; Elohai Neshama, Faith Hayflich; Musical Connections Through Time&Space, Victoria Carmona; Ayn Od: Non-Dual Perception, Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks; The Art of Nigun as Prayer, Dahlia Topolosky.   TORAH CANTILATION-MEANING&MANTRA pg 201: Torah Trope Mobile Apps; A Taste of Ancient Melodies, Mindy Sandler; Leyning in English, Jack Kessler; What Are Jewish Blues with Saul Kaye; The Whole Magilla in Pop Culture; Ki Imanu Eil, God is With Us, Eric Komar.   GOD IS... pg 226: Duality of G'vurot; Romemu; The Power of Song by Rami Shapiro; Ashrei: Visioning Happiness with a Grieving Soul, Elizabeth W Goldstein; All in the Zimrahh of Yahh, Shira Kline; Synagogue Music and Kavannah, George Henschel; What Chanting a Prayer Might Just Do For You by Diane J. Schmidt; Speak To Me, Ruth Anne Faust; As I Intended; Adamah V'shamayim, The Illusion Between Sound and Silence, Kimberly Burnham; Dancing With God, Ann J. White; Creating Safe Space; Halleluyah - A Simple Song about Jewish Worship, Aaron H. Tornberg.   SEEK PEACE, A BRIT SHALOM pg 309; Esa Einai, Arnie Davidson; Shalom; Experiencing Melodic Peace, Rebecca Schwartz; Gift of Peace - Hu Eloheinu, Shelly Aronson; Reaching Peace Through Music in Prayer, Steve Dropkin; Six Attributes of Peace,Ter Lieberstein; Inner Peace: The Dance of Eggs and Stones, Michael Gurian  POETRY by Kimberly Burnham and Rebekah Giangreco.

Music: Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers

Arts & Photography

White, Ann

Gold, Shefa

Goldstein, Elizabeth W.

Music

Sue Lindenberg McClelland is a retired Marriage and Family Therapist with an additional master's degree in Fine Arts and Fiction. She grew up in Pittsburgh's Hill District, where her father, Sidney Joseph Lindenberg (Lindy) had spent his childhood as a first generation son of parents who had immigrated from Riga, Latvia in the early 1900's. As part of her master's degree program at Eastern Washington University, she wrote "About the Dybbuks" which is a series of interconnected short stories "my father never told." It is based on snippets of the stories her father did tell and interviews of people who also grew up in the Pittsburgh's Hill District. Table of Contents Dedication 5 Acknowledgements 7 About the Author 9 Prologue 13 Streetcar 19 Making A Comeback 31 Rosary 43 The Cat 67 Geezer 83 Now You Are A Man 93 The Black Hand 101 The Passover Bunny 115 Irish Mist 131 Epilogue 147 Glossary 153

About the Dybbuks: Jewish Historical Fiction From Pittsburgh's Hill District

Literature & Fiction

McClelland, Sue Lindenberg

World Literature

"Carla Olman Peperzak donned a blue-and-white nurse’s uniform and made her way to Amsterdam’s Central Station. She had received word that an aunt and five cousins would be passing through on the way to Westerbork, the Nazi detention center in northeast Holland. Her uncle had already been seized by the Nazis. So when Peperzak found her relatives in a railcar waiting on the tracks she asked if she could take the youngest one. She carried the toddler off the train. But the station was teeming with German soldiers, and a couple of them stopped her. Who are you and where are you going, they wanted to know. Peperzak was a teenage wartime Dutch Resistance operative who, by her estimation, helped hide approximately 40 Jews from the Germans during World War II. She forged identification papers for about five dozen others, served as a messenger for the Underground movement and helped publish a newsletter of Allied Forces’ activities on a banned mimeograph machine. These are not the things she told the Nazis. In German, which she had learned in school as well as from her Austrian nanny, Peperzak said the boy was sick and needed to get to a hospital. She was young, attractive and Jewish. She was also disguised as a German nurse, with a stolen medical identification card in her pocket. If her true identity had been discovered, “That would have been the end of me.” Still, she didn’t consider herself particularly brave. Her resistance was born of gratitude. Peperzak didn’t wear a star. So she helped those who did. “I was 18, 19, 20. I was not married. I did not have any responsibility – only for myself – and that made a big difference,” she said. “I felt I could help. I had the opportunity.”"

Keys of My Life: A Memoir by Carla Olman Peperzak

Parenting & Relationships

Peperzak, Carla Olman

Reference

Brain health contributes to peace. With clarity of mind, the ability to perceive and respond to one's environment, recognize opportunities or dangers and make good choices, we can create inner peace for ourselves, our families, our communities and the world. Healing contributes to peace because people who feel good make better decisions than those with brain fog, chronic pain, anxiety, or a neurodegenerative disease. Peace contributes to healing and brain health because living in a low stress environment allows for good digestion, processing of nutrients and sensory information thus enabling us to gather the resources to thrive and live great lives. With peace we can focus our energies on our children, our work and on the beauty in this world. With an understanding, even a tiny glimpse into the world of our neighbors, we can better see ways to create health, healing and opportunities for ourselves and those we love.In the brain creativity, caring and cognitive functions are centered in the frontal lobe behind the forehead. Engaging creatively encourages us to think better and care more. Caring more encourages us to be more creative and more cognitively sharp. A better memory and thinking processes enables us to be more caring and creative. A 1983 study said, "The artist draws on his unconscious experience to speak to the unconscious of the audience. For the audience, it is having one's own deepest longings and deepest anxieties spoken to and spoken for that constitutes the power of creative art." (Powell, C. (1985). "Creativity and the boundaries of the self: separation and engulfment anxiety in Keats and Poe." Aust N Z J Psychiatry 19(4): 355-361.)This book is designed to be a daily exercise program for your brain:—Encouraging creativity and the ability to see from a new perspective in both the conscious and subconscious mind.—Stimulating cognitive processes, clear thinking and a better memory.—Eliminating stress and anxiety while encouraging healing from autoimmune conditions and other stress and anxiety related disorders.—Inspiring brain plasticity and healing through learning new things and considering novel ideas.—Motivating inner peace and world peace through understanding and healing and brain health.

Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind (Peace in 10,000 World Languages with Visualizations and Brain Health Exercises)

Religion & Spirituality

Eyes in the Back of Your Head: A Toolbox of Exceptional Classroom Management Strategies (The Effective Teacher Series)

Gregory, Larry F.

Belgard, Marcie

Behavioral Sciences

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