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Storyteller, educator, seeker and award-winning podcast host Jean P. Kelly, Ph.D., author of Less Helping Them, More Healing You: The Transcendent Gifts of an Ancient Spiritual Practice, believes in the power of stories, both hers and those of others, to heal and restore hope.

Her books, essays, and journalistic stories offer readers a kind, understanding and hope-filled invitation to join a community traveling together toward authentic self-knowledge, self-acceptance, self-gift, and above all love. She tells tales of her life and spiritual journeys with grit, vulnerability, and humility, so that others might find more easily the intentional path of everyday mindfulness toward a destination offering a slower pace, personal space and unexpec ...more

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Less Helping Them / More Healing You: The Transcendent Gift of an Ancient Spiritual Practice

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Perpetua: The Woman, the Martyr (Ancient Lives)

by Sarah Ruden

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Take Back Your Book: An Author's Guide to Rights Reversion and Publishing on Your Terms

by Katlyn Duncan (Goodreads Author)

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The Little Book of Lent: Daily Reflections from the World’s Greatest Spiritual Writers

by Arthur Howells

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