An Unexpected Totem

Here is that passage I promised, from the last part of chapter 1 of The Red Circle (which launches tomorrow). First let’s set the stage: Having just turned sixteen, Brandon is out on the Pacific Ocean with a family of three (two young parents and their three-year-old...

Rite of Passage

With forty-eight hours to go to The Red Circle’s launch, I thought I’d share the opening of chapter 1: # # #Every culture has its rites of passage. Native American adolescents journeyed into the wilderness for days on end in vision quests aimed at gaining life...

Larry King on Code to Joy

Today is the day: Code to Joy is on the bookshelves. And in honor of its launch, I thought I’d share with you an excerpt from the foreword that Larry King so graciously provided us: # # # The twentieth century had its share of medical miracles. I should know. When...

The Flea and the Elephant

On the eve of the release of Code to Joy, I thought I’d share this excerpt. Once upon a time there was a flea who believed that he was king of the world. One day he decided that he wanted to go to the beach for a swim. But the western shore was many miles away, and on...

Stefanie’s Answer

A few days ago I wrote about “Stefanie’s question,” which drives the new book, Code to Joy, and promised to tell you what became of Stephanie. To do that, we need to take a quick detour back to the age of dinosaurs. In the beginning of the book, we talk about the “fog...

The Question

Our new book Code to Joy starts with a question that came from a woman named Stefanie. It was a really, really good question. In fact, Stefanie’s question was so poignant, and my coauthors, Drs. George Pratt and Peter Lambrou, felt it was so important, that it became...
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