Ripon Public Library

We, a manifesto for women everywhere, Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index

index present

non fiction

We

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Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel

a manifesto for women everywhere

"Actress Gillian Anderson and journalist Jennifer Nadel, friends for more than a decade, have created the road map they wish they'd had for how to live a meaningful life. We is an uplifting, inspirational, and intensely practical manual for change, providing nine universal principles that offer a path for dealing with life's inevitable emotional and spiritual challenges. It's for anyone who wants to see her own life and the world around her change for the better. By combining tools that are psychological, political, and spiritual, We takes readers on a life-changing journey. It asks: Why are so many of us--and our daughters--still, in the twenty-first century, locked in depression and addiction, self-criticism, and even self-harm? How much more effective and powerful would we all be if we replaced our current patterns of competition, criticism, and comparison with collaboration, cooperation, and compassion? Putting these principles at the center of our lives offers an antidote to our me-first culture and allows each of us to be freer and happier, and to replace unhelpful habits with a more positive, peaceful, and rewarding way of living. We is a rallying cry for women to join together and create lasting change in our own lives, our communities, and across the world."--Jacket

Part 1: The essentials. Gratitude: a mind-altering substance ; Gentleness: changing the messages we give ourselves ; Responsibility: taking care of ourselves ; Meditation: creating a safe space and making way for the sacred ; Part 2: The 9 principles. Honesty: getting real ; Acceptance: making friends with what is ; Courage: ending the victim trap ; Trust: living without fear ; Humility: unmasking our ego ; Peace: ending the conflict within ; Love: transforming relationships ; Joy: living fully ; Kindness: love in action -- Part 3: The manifesto. A world in need of love