Wisdom Elders

Wisdom of the Elders is THE ultimate quote book for those who seek to live life to the fullest. This book can truly be life-changing! All of the quotes in this book are arranged and chosen to be a guide to help you be the best that you can be and live a life of excellence. This is truly the most life-transforming quote book you will ever read! Each of the 59 categories in Wisdom of the Elders was chosen because it plays a vital role in everyone's life. This enlightening book focuses on the wisdom and sagacious teachings from people who know that life is special and something to be lived ...

There is a reason people still travel—physically or through pages—to the quiet slopes of Mount Athos. They are searching for something the modern world rarely gives: clarity, peace, and a life that feels anchored in truth. Saint Paisios of Mount Athos lived that life. In a century marked by war, exile, anxiety, and constant noise, he became a voice of uncommon simplicity and power. His words were not abstract theology. They were direct, practical, and often startlingly personal—cutting through confusion and speaking to the deepest struggles people carry today. Follow his journey from ...

Experience is making a comeback. Learn how to repurpose your wisdom. At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley was looking at an open horizon in midlife. Then he received a call from the young founders of Airbnb, asking him...

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Presents Volume Five of the Dangerous Old Woman Series “What makes an elder, a heartfelt spirit, a clear mind, a talented heart, one who is young while old and old while young, an activist for the Soul? Is it formulae, schemas, lexicons? It could be. But also, and...

"[Just] like reading a description of a Waters film is nothing like seeing it on the screen, listening to him tell his own stories brings the context and inflection needed to truly appreciate his art. A singular experience." — Booklist This program is read by the author and includes a bonus...

Dr. Estés asks, “Did you know, you were born as the first, and the last and the best and the only one of your kind, and that eccentricity is the first sign of giftedness? These are two of the crone truths I have to offer you.” If you have any doubt, come join us at the fireside of the...

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Presents Part Two of Her Masterwork on the Dangerous Old Woman “Dear brave souls, I warmly invite you to come be at the fireside with me and the Dangerous Old Woman and the Power of the Crone. Who is the crone? She is the most dangerous, the most radical, the most...

For all that bewilders and bedevils us, the desert mothers and fathers can help us. In The Way of the Desert Elders, Lisa Colón DeLay asks: What if desert elders from more than a millennium ago could walk beside us and nourish our spirits? Starting in the fourth century, half a million Christians fled the villages and cities of the Roman Empire. Leaving behind comforts, they battled what Evagrius called "afflicting thoughts," which still unsettle us today. 

What if growing older wasn't about fading away, but finally stepping into your full power? Here, one of Ireland's most beloved voices invites us to rethink what it is to age - personally, socially and spiritually. With warmth, openness and insight, Mary shares her own experience of growing older...

From Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Part Three of Her Masterwork on The Dangerous Old Woman "It is the nature of the saplings to quake in the winds; hesitant, learning to hold their own places. But, the older trees, with their years of testing and being tested, they are the ones who, whether in...

This book is for you if you love your parents, grandparents, or other elderly people and genuinely want to help and care for them, but find yourself struggling with challenges such as: Your efforts to help them are not appreciated. They constantly complain or display a pessimistic attitude. They appear inflexible, stubborn, and unwilling to change. They struggle to learn even the basics of digital equipment. They fail to understand your point of view. They ignore health precautions prescribed by doctors. They engage in risky activities that could endanger their health. They sometimes treat ...

For the first time, over a dozen respected Indigenous elders from around the world have united to share their timeless wisdom beyond their lands and lineages. Aniwa’s Council of Elders includes some of the globe’s most renowned Indigenous Wisdom Keepers. In a time fraught with ecological...

The Allfather story has never fully explained the hanging. Nine nights. Bleeding. A god sacrificing himself to himself for something no throne could give him. That version of Odin is what this book is actually about. You've probably spent time with the popular treatments. The one-eyed king. The Allfather presiding over Asgard. The god of war and sovereignty. These are real faces of a genuinely strange figure, and they don't account for the wanderer in rags who begs his way through the Nine Worlds for a seat at someone's fire. The shape-shifter who stole the Mead of Poetry and escaped ...

From Shawn Leonard, Indigenous medium and host of Spirit Talker, comes a guide for assembling your unique team of spirit totem animal guides to be your personal guides through your life. We are deeply connected to the animal nation, and through the four stages of life—Childhood, Youth...

Difficulties are a part of life, but so is the wisdom that helps us overcome them. On Keep Going, Lakota elder and award-winning storyteller Joseph M. Marshall III offers the unique perspective of his people to remind us that the most important and enduring lessons come through the power of...

Nature-centered forms of spirituality are enjoying a revival all over the world. In our post-industrial society there is often a hunger for the natural world, and as this hunger grows, spiritual communities are changing to accommodate the need. One way this desire for the natural world is manifesting is in a renewed interest in animal guides or animal spirits. Ancient and aboriginal peoples from all over the world sought the wisdom to be gained in the practice of taking on an animal guide. An animal guide is an animal spirit or animal archetype that functions as a teacher, companion and ...

Caring for our aging parents—whether we take them into our homes or support them from a distance—is a beautiful opportunity for us to honor them. It can also be an intensely demanding process in which we discover things about them, about ourselves, and about the difficulties of old age that stretch and challenge us.

We are each crowned twice in this lifetime, teaches the legendary Jungian analyst Marion Woodman. Much is written about the promise of the first crowning, at birth. But what of the second, which comes only after a lifetime of experience? This is the "crown of age," she says, a symbol for the...

The runes are more than just symbols carved into stone; they are a language of the soul, a bridge to the gods, and a tool for navigating the complexities of modern life. But to truly understand them, you must be willing to walk the path of the Traveler. In Nordic Runes: A Guided Journey, Florence Levine invites you to step beyond surface-level interpretations and "fortune-telling" tricks. Instead, you are invited to follow in the footsteps of Odin, the original Wanderer who sacrificed an eye for wisdom, and engage with the runes as a living, breathing practice. Whether you are a complete ...

Culture sells fear about aging. Irrelevance. Decline. The joke that lands like a cut. But older voices tell a quieter truth: perspective, permission, proportion. This book listens to both—because pretending fear isn’t real doesn’t create grace. It creates tension. :contentReference[oaicite:0] Before It’s Too Late: Aging With Grace is about something deeper than positivity. It’s about alignment: Living honestly with limits Choosing love without control Speaking truth without cruelty Releasing what you can’t hold—without losing yourself Grace isn’t softness all the time. It ...