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Your most potent writer's tool is your own mind, Natalie Goldberg says. From there springs the detail and truth that give your written words power and authenticity. Now this best-selling author introduces you to the pleasure of creating vivid memoirs of your own with Old Friend from Far Away.

America's leading medical intuitive fast-forwards you to the future of medicine where energy, health, and spirituality intersect. Dr. Myss shows how this shift is already beginning to take place and how you can access your own power centers, or chakras, to stop wasting energy on events from the past - and start using it for your ultimate development as a human being.

Writing, according to Thomas Moore, is sacred practice. Though we often don't think of it in these terms, everything we write - whether a love letter or a shopping list - connects us to the classic tradition of logos, or word. Once a revered practice, guarded by monks in the sanctity of the scriptorium, writing continues to offer us all direct passage to the soul's innermost corridors.

Imagine standing in front of a room full of strangers - and feeling absolutely at ease with yourself and in command of what you have to say. Yes, you can end your fear of public speaking, teaches Lee Glickstein, and become a powerfully effective speaker at the same time. In Be Heard Now!, you won't learn any mechanical techniques or oratorical tricks. What you will learn is how to stop "performing" to audiences and how to start connecting with them.

The seven chakras-or spinning "wheels" of energy located along the spine-offer a powerful system for personal transformation. If you want to develop your intuition, communicate more clearly, or step into your power, join Anodea Judith on Chakras: A Beginner's Guide to Healing with Your Body's Energy Centers. In two sessions, you will learn how you can tap into your energetic system to improve your physical, mental and spiritual well-being.

When we experience an emotional crisis, memories of the event are channeled through unique brain pathways where they remain hidden yet profoundly affect our feelings and actions throughout life. In Clearing Your Past, award-winning author and therapist Lynne Finney shares recent discoveries about memory and trauma and her own experience healing childhood sexual abuse to teach a direct way to uncover and heal the painful memories from your past.

Gain a unique perspective on how our thoughts and emotions influence the healing process. Dr. Joan Borysenko, a nationally renowned cancer cell biologist and psychologist takes us back to the time of Jesus to help cast light on forgiveness, an often overlooked concept that has profound implications in the science of self-healing. Using step-by-step meditations, historical anecdotes, and inspiring bio-spiritual insights, Seventy Times Seven synthesizes Dr. Borysenko's many areas of expertise to help us rediscover the power of forgiveness and its great benefits to our health and emotional wellness.