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Birthdate
1946-04-16
Gender
female
Organizations
The American Friends Service Committee
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Christina Baldwin is a writer and seminar presenter of 30+ years experience. She has contributed two classic books to the exploration of journal writing, including the well-known classic, Life's Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, revised and reissued in 2007 after 100,000 original sales. This work led her to a long study of personal growth and group dynamics and as a result of that experience she wrote Calling the Circle, the First and Future Culture to explore how social container releases needed wisdom. In recognition of the requirement for increased spirituality, she wrote The Seven Whispers, A Spiritual Practice for Times Like These. Her legacy book, Storycatcher, Making Sense of our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story, reminds readers of the necessity of story to communicate in all areas of professional and personal life. Continuing the exploration of collaborative dialogue, Christina and Ann Linnea wrote a new classic, The Circle Way, A Leader in Every Chair, which documents applications of PeerSpirit Circle Process as a foundational tool for local to global change.

Christina holds a B.A. in English with honors and Phi Beta Kappa from Macalester College, and a M.S. in Educational Psychology from Columbia Pacific University. She currently lives on an island near Seattle, WA, from which she travels extensively to lecture, teach, and call people and organizations into conversations of heart, meaning, and activism.
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USA
Birthplace
Montana, USA
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Montana, USA

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I read Christina Baldwin's "Life's Companion" in the 90's when journaling was hot. I very much enjoyed it and still have my copy. This one, however, is pretty disappointing. I wonder why she wrote it, except for another revenue stream. It is chock full of New Age clichés, and nothing seems very original. The examples seem contrived and, after reading a few of them, I started wondering if she made them up. But what annoyed me the most was the narcissistic tone - - she's the expert on show more everything. I'm glad I didn't pay the $17.00 price tag (the price in 2002) for a very slim book that doesn't really say anything. show less
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This book contains a lot of information and ideas. It took me a while to get comfortable with the layout. The regular text is on one side and the quotes and exercises and journal examples are on the facing page. I found that very distracting. But I liked the book, so I kept coming back to it after setting it aside several times, for many months inbetween. I am glad I finally finished it. I like the author style and the way she seemed to answer my questions before they were fully formed in my show more mind. I will probably reread the book again ( as I do with books I like), but next time I will read the text straight through and the rest of it at the end of each chapter. show less
This is a great book for when you can feel a lot of changes swirling around you—times of transformation. If you're stuck, trying to find a way to take inventory of your identity amidst transmogrification, this book has an endless supply of suggestions which will all lead you back to the truth of who you are at the moment.
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This is, primarily, a book for someone who does not have a journal practice. for those who already write in a journal or diary on a regular basis, some of the exercises and suggestions for carving out time to write are unnecessary.

There are sections discussing topics, which are interesting and helpful.

One of the difficulties I had in reading this book is that the book has two different books going at the same time. One narrative is on the right pages and the other is on the left. I started show more reading them both at once, but stopped fairly quickly and plan to go back and read the left side narrative later.

The author's tone is a bit New-Agey, which can grate after awhile. Some of the suggestions she makes about writing topics seemed a little odd to me.
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