Elise Loehnen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Elise Loehnen

There are no finer investigators of early Christianity and Mary Magdalene—to whom the sins were assigned in the sixth century—than Princeton professor Elaine Pagels,...Karen L. King, and ...Cynthia Bourgeault—all three were my guides through this tangled, man-made history.

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On this Thursday’s #gooppodcast, a really lovely conversation with Stanford professor Chip Heath, the co-author of The Power of Moments and Made to Stick (he writes with his brother, who… https://t.co/qKlR3E8D6Z

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In our society, health and thinness are entwined and extolled as moral virtue, while GLUTTONY is condemned as a lack of self-love and respect. And at what cost? Aubrey Gordon... turns this programming on its head, urging all of us to understand exactly what we have been imbibing.

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The countervailing forces around women and sexuality are intense, and there’s no greater guide to the body and its boundaries than Melissa Febos, a stunning writer who also spent time as a dominatrix.

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In Wall-Kimmerer’s view, this Indigenous story is a metaphor for the requirement that each of us play our role and deliver our gifts to the world—a difficulty in a culture that shames women for daring to be seen, for living big, for eschewing humility and choosing PRIDE instead.

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New on the pod: "Navigating Quarterlife" with Satya Doyle Byock https://t.co/S4Tz26IZ0W

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When "Overwhelmed" crossed my transom in 2015, it spoke to every crevice of my soul as a new mom working two nearly full-time jobs. While I’ve always defined myself by my productivity and resistance to rest, I came to understand that this fear of SLOTH is largely gendered.

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I’d love to believe that we come closer to each other and start to bridge our massive cultural divides if we can accept that a vast majority of us are operating from a moral code that makes sense to us. As a moral psychologist, Jonathan Haidt explains what this looks like.

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Such an honor to sit with the inimitable @TempleGrandin to discuss her new book, Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions. Please listen, rate, and review! https://t.co/f2jmaj7bUd

Elise Loehnen

This was a critical guide for me as I dug into the formation of patriarchy, proving that the culture we live in today was not a foregone conclusion. The Dawn of Everything hints at a much more creative pre-history, and the potential of a future that looks far different than today