Soul's Code

"One loveless relationship followed another. I sought comfort in the sexual pleasure I’d been introduced to as a child. I even kept a numbered list of lovers."

Read the Soul's Code exclusive series, Sins of my Faith
In Marina's last episode she described her teens in a segregated Catholic high school, her increasing drug-use and how sex [...]

Dangerous liaisons: from loving it up with over-sexed football players to the director at a TV station, Marina describes the choices she made after surviving sexual abuse in her Catholic home
BY MARINA GIULLIANI, Read part 1 , 2 and 3 of this Soul's Code exclusive from the book, Sins of my Faith — Being sexually [...]

A heart-breaking work of staggering honesty: Sins of My Faith. In this Soul's Code exclusive, a woman who lost her innocence to incest explains why she did not "out" her abuser
BY MARINA GIULLIANI: It’s commonly understood that incest refers to “sexual acts between close relatives”, but I know from first-hand experience that incest is a heinous [...]

In the second part of a Soul's Code exclusive from the book Sins of My Faith, Marina explains that what seems like denial is self-protection

BY MARINA GIULLIANI (read part one) : “It hit me like a cold slap. That’s when it all started!” I made the connection on a chilly February afternoon, but didn’t realize [...]

Like Alice down the rabbit hole, Joanne Ehrich leads us along the path that helped her to reconnect with her true calling and create Klassic Koalas: The Book of Valentines and Other Loves
"A picture is worth a thousand words", and Klassic Koalas: The Book of Valentines and Other Loves is no exception.
In her recently released book, Klassic [...]

New York theatre critic Retta Blaney discovered the spirituality of film stars when she interviewed Vanessa Williams, Liam Neeson and Kristen Chenoweth (Hey, she was on Glee!)

GUEST COLUMN: RETTA BLANEY —  As I researched and wrote my book, Working On The Inside: The Spiritual Life Through The Eyes Of Actors, I found that my personal [...]

An astrologer finds validation in James Hillman's thesis that your inner evolution is coded from birth. An astrological metaphor: your star sign
GUEST COLUMN: ALAN ANNAND — As a working astrologer, I find that the members of my profession are often cast in the role of oddballs, out on the fringe of society’s “healing arts” professions.
Unconsciously [...]

Try a Soul's Code inspiration to look at healthy eating in a whole new way

GUEST REVIEW: TERJE FOKSTUEN — I share these books with you out of personal experience attending medical school, my religious studies and my share of diets, Lenten cleansings and the realm of the senses. Here is a taste of  "long-form" intelligence [...]

The self-improvement industry is dominated by a dozen multi-millionaire celebrities, and a big guru has not emerged since 2004. Shari Arison is already a billionaire in her own right, and may have the inner right-minded stuff to break out

The wealthiest woman in the Middle East, Shari Arison ranks 234 on Forbes magazine's rich list and [...]

"During most of my life, I have been very sad and very frustrated, and all the money in the world could not have helped me get rid of those negative feelings."
Second of 2 parts from the new book, BIRTH: When the Spiritual and the Material Come Together
BY SHARI ARISON — In my decades of seeking [...]