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The Business of Moving the World FLYING LEAD CHANGE 56 Million Years of Wisdom for Leading and Living
by Kelly Wendorf
$24.99, paper. Sounds True. 272 pages
For leaders at work, at home, and in our communities—In Flying Lead Change, leadership teacher Kelly Wendorf offers a new approach to leading and living inspired by two profound sources of wisdom: original peoples and Equus (the horse), grounded in evidence-based principles of neuroscience. In her groundbreaking EQUUS training program, Wendorf teaches a way of leadership modeled on a 56 million-year-old system of the horse herd—a path that has allowed humans and horses alike to survive the kinds of global and societal threats we now face, such as climate change and mass extinction. Here she takes you step by step through this powerful approach, including: ♦ Listening—the starting point for all leadership, in which we suspend our biases and preferences ♦ Care—explore the ancient, indigenous understanding of care that is reciprocal, empathic, and beneficial to all ♦ Presence—meeting the here and now with vulneraTHE TAO OF INFLUENCE Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leaders and Entrepreneurs by Karen McGregor
$27.95, paper. Mango. 224 pages
This unique leadership book provides practical and tangible actions that lead to high levels of sustainable influence. The book is an easy-to-follow roadmap to creating lasting change in your workplace, community and family, while navigating chaotic and demanding environments. Make an impact and positively influence others to create much needed change. As the “old world” influence of manipulation, hidden agendas, control and greed crumble, people are seeking a replacement. They want to be part of the solution. The Tao of Influence fills the gap between old and new world influence through the teachings and application of the Tao Te Ching, a 4000-year-old wisdom book written by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. The greatest power is in understanding the use of power. Karen McGregor is a keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and a guide to entrepreneurs and professionals seeking to become more influential leaders. In the Tao Te Ching, the Tao represents masculine creation and Te represents feminine nurturing. The Tao of Influence speaks to both the feminine and masculine within,
plex forces that make societal change inevitable; explains how low-carbon, locally self-reliant agrarian communities can empower us to successfully confront these changes head on; and explores the pathways for delivering this vision politically. Challenging both conventional wisdom and utopian blueprints, A Small Farm Future offers rigorous original analysis of wicked problems and hidden opportunities in a way that illuminates the path toward functional local economies, effective self-provisioning, agricultural diversity and a shared earth. “A Small Farm Future is a solid and truly inspiring book. I have dedicated the last 17 years of my life to creating a micro farm, and what I have learned fully confirms what Chris Smaje says: a small, ecologically inspired farm can produce high-quality, local food while also improving soil
bility, openness, and a stable foundation ♦ Safety—how a masterful leader creates a sense of group resilience and strength by leading from behind for the welfare of all ♦ Connection—ways to move away from coercion and force to promote genuine communication and belonging ♦ Peace—creating group harmony right now through the surprising concepts of congruence and tempo ♦ Freedom—returning to our wild nature that is inherently free, unbridled, and unbroken ♦ Joy—moving beyond temporary happiness to a state of wholehearted engagement of life, whatever the circumstances In horsemanship, a flying lead change allows a running horse to respond with breathtaking grace to changing conditions. Collectively, we need a similar physics-defying maneuver. This book is for the called—thought leaders, visionaries, parents, creatives, and all those who sense we are being asked to participate in humanity’s flying change through the way we live, love, and lead.
using words and concepts that are in keeping with the wisdom of the Tao, and that don’t rely on having to force, beat or defeat anything. Each chapter begins with a quote from the Tao Te Ching that connects with that chapter’s theme. Then concludes with reflections and recommended action. Learn how to: ♦ Handle challenges, including difficult people ♦ End the dynamic that heightens power struggles and destroys influence ♦ Create stillness and space to generate more presence and authentic power. “Today, more than ever, the world is yearning for positive influencers. We’ve observed the fall of corrupt companies, institutions, and leaders. While we have lost faith and belief in them, we have not yet replaced them with positive alternatives. Karen McGregor provides these alternatives in The Tao of Influence. This book addresses the deepest yearnings of influencers, including the journey from self-growth to standing for altruistic global needs for change. Her four pillars walk you through the journey to ultimate love. Read it and watch your influence expand to serve the planet.” —Dr. Manon Bolliger, and founder of Bowen College
fertility, storing carbon, conserving water resources and improving biodiversity. Not to mention creating jobs and improving quality of life. A return to Mother Earth is the foundation on which we can build a new paradigm of sustainable and equitable abundance based on biological resources, renewable energies, eco-construction and solidarity – among individuals and cultures, and across generations. Getting out of a virtual and globalized economy to cultivate the land with love and respect is our only hope to pass on a viable planet to our children. This is also the secret to happiness!’ —Charles Hervé-Gruyer, author of Miraculous Abundance; co-founder, Bec Hellouin Farm, France
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Racism & Reconciliation MY GRANDMOTHER’S HANDS Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
$26.95, paper. Central Recovery. 308 pp.
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in North America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Not hurting is no longer an option. We must face and feel soul-stirring pain. But this pain can be clean or dirty. We have a profound and historic opportunity. As the world watches and holds us accountable, we can choose clean pain… This book can help us make that choice, and to navigate the unknown waters into which we will need to sail. Our collective agony doesn’t just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police. My Grandmother’s Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide. The healing of trauma, and the creating of room for growth in the nervous systems of our children and other human beings, does not only happen in therapists’ offices. Our everyday lives present us with endless opportunities to heal—through the things we say and do, the harmful things we are able to not say and do, and the ways in which we treat ourselves and others. We all have the capacity to heal—and to create room for others to heal. Our relationships, communities, and circumstances all call us into this healing. This book paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy—how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system. It offers a step-by-step solution—a healing process—in addition to incisive social commentary. You have the power to stop intergenerational and historical trauma in its tracks, and to keep it from spreading from your body into others. Above all, you have the power to heal. But first you have to choose to heal. Resmaa Menakem is a therapist with decades of experience, specializing in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy, and violence prevention. He also trained at Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. AMERICA’S RACIAL KARMA An Invitation to Heal by Larry Ward
$13.50, paper. Parallax. 144 pages
Immediate, illuminating, and hopeful: this is the key set of talks given by leading Zen Buddhist teacher Larry Ward, on breaking America’s cycle of racial trauma. I am a drop in the ocean, but I’m also the ocean. I’m a drop in America, but I’m also America. Every pain, every confusion, every good and every bad and ugly of America is in me. And as I transform myself and heal and take care of myself, I’m very conscious that I’m healing and transforming and taking care of America.
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