Explores goddess archetypes, including Greek, Egyptian and Asian, describing how women entering later life can benefit from these sources of wisdom and spirituality.

"In this beautifully written and profoundly affecting new book, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen explores what it means when serious illness brings one "close to the bone": close to the soul's needs. As in her critically acclaimed best-seller Goddesses in Everywoman, the author weaves myth, experience, and story to produce a book which at once illuminates the experience of the seriously ill patient and shows that facing one's mortality can be a life-transforming,...

The bestselling author of "Goddesses in Every Woman" sheds light on the experiences of the seriously ill, and shows how facing mortality can be a life-transforming process.

One in three women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer, a situation that can throw even the most self-assured person into a crisis of body, mind, and spirit. To survive and thrive we must rally all of our inner resources. Nine bestselling authors and healers (many of whom are thriving after cancer diagnoses) reframe the healing process in a positive, creative, spiritual light. Taken from the Healing Journeys conferences, this set collects for...