• Because We Love, We Cry

    Created by: Sheree Fitch
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    During the global pandemic, Sheree Fitch shared what she calls “moments”—her first-burst warm-up writing exercises, on social media almost every day. Sometimes funny verse, other times lyrical prose or poetry, these daily missives were one way to negotiate the strange, unpredictable times. On April 20, immediately upon waking, as the full story of the tragedy in Portapique, Nova Scotia, was unfolding, Fitch thought of all affected, the painful day ahead, of what parents would say to their children. She thought about grieving when apart.

    These words moved through her immediately that day. Fitch shared “Because We Love, We Cry” on social media and it was embraced by Nova Scotians and those who love them across the country. It was read aloud in Canadian Parliament and during a provincial news conference about COVID-19, and by Fitch herself during a nationally broadcast vigil held for the twenty-two victims of the Portapique tragedy.

    After many requests, Nimbus and Sheree have come together to make the poem available in book form. Featuring colour line drawings and the full poem on heavy cardstock for safekeeping, as well as a pull-out postcard to send to loved ones near and far, Because We Love is a mantra, a prayer, a lament, a talisman, a paper rosary, a beating heart to keep close to your own.

    A portion of the book’s proceeds will be donated annually to the families of victims.

    $17.95
  • Silver Linings Stories of Gratitude, Resiliency and Growth Through Adversity

    Created by: Janice Landry
    Publisher: Pottersfield Press

    Silver Linings author Janice Landry asks the very tough question, “What are you the most grateful for?” to fifteen inspiring Canadians from five provinces and two esteemed guests from the United States. One of seventeen is Dr. Bob Emmons, considered to be the world’s pre-eminent expert in the study of gratitude.

    Gratitude and resiliency are key cornerstones in the field of mental health. Science-based evidence, discussed by Dr. Emmons and others, underlines the importance of developing and practising gratitude. Research proves being grateful is good for us, both mentally and physically. Gratitude can improve our resiliency before challenges occur in our lives, which they inevitably do.

    Let’s face it: it’s easy to be grateful when things are running smoothly. The people in Silver Linings have discovered that gifts may actually emerge from life’s toughest challenges. Landry’s own gratitude practice was shaken to its core when both her mother and a close friend, assisted-death advocate Audrey Parker, died within weeks of one another while she was writing Silver Linings.

    $21.95
  • Awakening my Heart Essays, Articles and Interviews on the Buddhist Life

    Created by: Andrea Miller
    Publisher: Pottersfield Press

    From Andrea Miller — an editor and staff writer at Lion’s Roar, the leading Buddhist magazine in the English-speaking world — comes a diverse and timeless collection of essays, articles, and interviews. Miller, whose writing is by turns earnest and irreverent, unadorned and lyrical, talks to Buddhist teachers, thinkers, writers, and celebrities about the things that matter most and she frames their wisdom with her own lived experience.

    In Awakening My Heart, we hear Tina Turner on the power of song, Ram Dass on the importance of service, Jane Goodall on the compassion that exists in the natural world, and Robert Jay Lifton on the darkest deeds of humanity — and how to prevent such things from ever happening again. Moreover, Miller — with her gently probing questions — gets to the bottom of the friendship between Zen master Bernie Glassman and Hollywood’s Jeff Bridges and she takes a playful look at the difference between Michael Imperioli, the serious Buddhist practitioner, and the unhinged mobster character he played in The Sopranos.

    Insight teacher Gina Sharpe coaches Miller on how to start facing the racism that exists even in the most liberal communities, while Robert Waldinger, a Zen priest and the leader of the world’s longest running study of human happiness, teaches her the key to being truly happy. Miller also brings the wisdom of a thirteenth-century Zen text into her very own galley kitchen and takes a look at animals through a quirky dharma lens. Finally, she goes on retreat with two of the world’s most beloved contemporary Buddhist teachers, Pema Chödrön and Thich Nhat Hanh, and travels to India to follow in the footsteps of the Buddha himself.

    $19.95
  • Toward the Country of Light New and Selected Poems 1978-2018

    Created by: Allan Cooper
    Publisher: Pottersfield Press

    This collection brings together Allan Cooper’s best poems over the last forty years. He weaves visions of nature with insight into the workings of the human heart. Read them individually or read them as a single long, flowing and eloquent narrative. The meditative and compassionate observations will transport the reader from the chaos of everyday life into a healing realm of possibility.

    In Toward the Country of Light, the author offers open sonnets, prose poems, ghazals, small poems inspired by the Chinese and Japanese, and poems influenced by Robert Bly and Francis Ponge. As Cooper observes, “Over the years I’ve come to understand that the poem itself usually demands the form it takes and that language uses us for its own secret purposes.”

    $19.95
  • Angels of the Maritimes Volume Two

    Created by: Karen Forrest
    Publisher: Pottersfield Press

    Do you believe in angels? Angels of the Maritimes: Volume Two is the follow-up to the Canadian best-seller Angels of the Maritimes: By Your Side. Karen Forrest has again assembled an uplifting collection of angel stories from people across the Maritime Provinces that will engage your mind and heart. It was created to inspire and assist you on your life’s path. Do you ever wonder how to connect with your angels and bring them into your everyday life? Following each story are relevant angel tips, meaningful prayers and loving angel messages. Learn how to summon angels in your daily life and recognize angelic messages.Read about how one Maritime woman called upon the angels to save her son’s life and how angels saved a young boy from a serious tragedy. Learn how your deceased loved ones are still with you in spirit and how to recognize the signs they are sending you. Read how Archangel Raphael can help you improve your health and how angels keep you safe while you drive.Angels of the Maritimes: Volume Two is written in a conversational, down-to-earth way by Karen Forrest, who went from simply believing in angels to experiencing angels in her everyday life. Karen shares her own angel encounters and offers excerpts from her diary.Focusing on inspiration and faith, this volume transcends religion to emphasize your personal connection to the angelic/divine beings who lovingly guide and heal you in every aspect of your life.

    $16.95
  • Canadian Angels

    Created by: Karen Forrest
    Publisher: Pottersfield Press

    Karen Forrest, BN, CD, Angel Therapy Practitioner (certified by Doreen Virtue) is the author of Angels of the Maritimes. She is a motivational speaker and radio co-host and has received extensive spiritual training. A retired mental health nursing officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, Karen works from a diverse background. With a vision of assisting people to personally connect with their angels and God in honouring their life purpose, Karen offers private angel/medium readings and workshops through her practice, Words of Wisdom Counselling. She counsels and heals with a heart of compassion.

    $15.95
  • Angels of the Maritimes

    Created by: Karen Forrest
    Publisher: Pottersfield Press

    Do you believe in Angels? Angels of the Maritimes brings together an uplifting array of heart-warming angel accounts from people across the Maritimes. The book is written in a down-to-earth way by Karen Forrest, Angel Therapy Practitioner, who from her own spiritual growth went from just simply believing in angels to learning to connect with angels to help her in her every day life. Transcending various religious and spiritual beliefs, the book focuses on personal connections to angels and God. Read the stories and embark on your own angel journey today.

    $14.95
  • One Good Reason A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery, Music and Love

    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    In this deeply personal memoir, co-written with wife Andrea Aragon, singer-songwriter and renowned mental health, addiction, and recovery advocate Séan McCann leaves no stone unturned. McCann and Aragon offer readers a love story, a memoir of addiction and recovery, of young love and a strained marriage, of reaching international fame and rock bottom. But most of all, an honest, raw, and inspiring tribute to embracing that we are all worth saving.

    $29.95
  • You Won’t Always Be This Sad A Book of Moments

    Created by: Sheree Fitch
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    In the wake of her son’s unexpected death, author and storyteller Sheree Fitch wrote it all down, penning an honest, lyrical memoir with words to stir heart. You Won’t Always Be This Sad invites readers on a journey through grief towards hope, guided by the immeasurable depths of a mother’s love.

    $24.95
  • The Little Book of Wildflower Whispers

    Created by: Denise Adams
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    What could possibly compel someone to dream of a voyage to a desolate, inhospitable, red planet devoid of flowers?

    Within this keepsake book you will find seventy-five reflections, observations, tips, and musings paired with Denise Adams’s gorgeous wildflower photography. From swaths of roadside fireweed to a solitary lady’s slipper, The Little Book of Wildflower Whispers serves as a gentle reminder to pause and smell the roses. Arranged by season and including both common and rare plants, this book is the perfect gift for the nature lover in your life.

    $11.95
  • In the Spirit Reflections on Everyday Grace

    Created by: Monica Graham
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    The wonder of a human hand; the tenacity of trillium; the restorative power of a hymnal: these topics and many more are explored in this thought-provoking collection of 80 spiritual essays from author-journalist Monica Graham.

    Taken from the best of the Chronicle-Herald column of the same name, In the Spirit explores with wit and wonder our human relationship with spirituality and religion. With a journalist’s curiosity, Graham asks the tough questions on a variety of subjects, from the implications of declining church membership, to Sunday shopping, to the merits of curiosity and acceptance in faith, but urges readers gently to come to their own conclusions. Whether we pray out loud or in silence, at the pub or the pew, this collection boldly holds each of us accountable to and responsible for our own spirituality, however we may choose to practice.

    $19.95
  • Little Book of Sea and Soul

    Created by: Denise Adams
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Lifelong seaside gardener Denise Adams shares 70 ocean-inspired reflections, each paired with an original photograph, in this unique gift book.

    Musings on coastal life include both tender and humorous observations that will appeal to seadogs and landlubbers alike. Highlighted by Adams’s stunning photographs of Atlantic seascapes, The Little Book of Sea and Soul invites quiet contemplation. Dive into it boldly or comb it carefully, either way you’ll discover beauty and wisdom in these gentle seaside gems. A perfect gift for the ocean lover in your life.

    $12.95
  • Mother’s Message in a Bottle Loving Letters for Life

    Editor: Tyler Hayden
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    The most important message that moms deliver is underscored by love.

    Mother’s Message in a Bottle is an inspirational collection of over 40 letters from mothers around the world to the people they love.

    $16.95
  • Home Is Where the Water Is

    Created by: Hung-Min Chiang

    Born and raised in tumultuous times in East Asia, Hung-Min Chiang survived earthquakes, wars, foreign occupation, dictatorship, and illness before making his way to Prince Edward Island. While navigating his perilous journey, Chiang practiced the “The Way of Water,” Daoist lessons for living drawn from Nature. Home Is Where the Water Is examines the many critical turning points in a life and how these shaped the person he became.

    $27.95
  • RESET: breathe Journal

    Publisher: Acorn Press

    The RESET:breathe journal is a compilation of all things ‘feel good.’

    Everyone was born with the right to live their life feeling the best they absolutely can but sometimes we just forget how.

    Each day you will be asked to track the things that contribute to us feeling our best. Things like top priorities, sleep, energy and movement. The journal finishes with challenges and blank pages.

    $21.00
  • Ashtanga Yoga The Definitive Guide to Therapeutic & Traditional Yoga

    Created by: Greg Tebb, Manju Jois
    Publisher: Acorn Press

    This ground–breaking guide to Ashtanga yoga, by two of the world’s leading teachers, Manju Jois and Greg Tebb, is the only book on yoga you’ll ever need.

    $25.95
  • Father’s Message in a Bottle Loving Letters for Life

    Editor: Tyler Hayden
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    The responsibility of a father is to be active and present with his children and partner, constantly finding ways to connect and reconnect so his kids know that he loves them and will be there for them, no matter what.

    Father’s Message in a Bottle is an inspirational collection of over 60 letters from fathers around the world to the people they love.

    $16.95
  • The Philosopher

    Created by: Malcolm Murray

    Rooted in the absurdist tradition, this collection of one-act plays by philosophy professor Malcolm Murray focuses on existential themes. Provocative, perceptive, and rife with questions about the motives and morality of our everyday conduct, his characters range from a philosopher in chains brought up from the basement to entertain guests to a psychologist who assists a traumatized patient to become more self-aware, only to result in greater angst.

    $24.95
  • A Reluctant Search for Spiritual Truths

    Publisher: Acorn Press

    When Adrian McNally Smith was writing his family memoir Finding Forgiveness, he was struck by the number of times he had had spiritual encounters. The journey of writing the story of his life and his relationships brought home to him the fact that he had felt a sense of hubris before many important and life-changing moments in his life. Going through the process of forgiveness and the counseling he needed to forgive his father awakened in him the desire to dig deeper into these encounters and what it means to be embrace spirituality. This reluctant search changed his life and sparked a whole new awareness of spirituality.

    $22.95
  • Ashtanga Yoga

    This ground–breaking guide to Ashtanga yoga, by two of the world’s leading teachers, Manju Jois and Greg Tebb, is the only book on yoga you’ll ever need.