2019 Gold Medal Winner of the Nautilus Award in the category Religion / Spirituality of Eastern Thought 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in the category Spirituality Change. Sometimes it wells up from within and we enter gracefully. At other times it is utterly choiceless and the past, present and future get burned up in the most unforgiving flames. The Seven Skills presented in When Bad Lands help guide us through this challenging and rewarding journey. This is not a shortcut to clean up the surface or soften the edges. Rather, it is a mirror for courageously seeing ourselves with humor and heart.