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Reflections & Reading

Book spotlights, author perspectives, and curated reading lists.

Spotlight: The Unbearable Magic of Being Bad at Something

Robert Entzel makes a joyful, defiant case for imperfection as the last great freedom.

Nine books for the season of renewal. Our editors pick the titles worth your time this spring.

Roger Bergersen maps the hidden economy of feeling — and helps readers stop overpaying.

June Alderman on paths not taken, identities not pursued, and why making peace with your unlived lives is the work of a lifetime.

Evelyn G. Krom on why the small braveries — not the dramatic ones — are the ones that transform a life.

Ezra Thorne-Matsuda on attention as offering, distraction as crisis, and the ancient wisdom hiding inside your screen time report.

Aylen Olivera on the money stories we inherit, the shame we carry, and the healing that becomes possible when we name both.

Kai Solana-Reeves makes the case that an atypical mind is not a spiritual obstacle — it may be a doorway.

What happens when the shadow becomes the path? Dr. Marisol Vega-Okafor on darkness, authenticity, and the spiritual value of being the “bad guy.”

From manuscript to shelf, here is how we think about making books — and why the details are the point.

How a book about a cranial nerve became our most anticipated title — and what it means for the future of embodied spirituality.

Why we started an independent press devoted to the inner life — and what we believe books can do that nothing else can.