Bruce Davis, Ph.D. The Magical Child Within You was one of the first books exploring the "inner child" beginning in the 1970's. It has been published in nine languages with over 150,000 copies in print. Bruce has subsequently written several books including Monastery Without Walls, Simple Peace, The Heart of Healing, and recently The Calling of Joy which is a book about the magical child thirty years later. Bruce Davis, Ph.D., professional therapist, retreat leader is director silentstay.com next to Napa Valley in California. People from many countries attend these retreats for the simple peace, nature, and silence. Bruce's retreats have been recognized in Travel/leisure Magazine as one of the top ten retreats in the world. These retreats have also been recommended in the Huffington Post and Martha Steward's Whole Living Magazine.