Bookshop – on-line

Choose from more than one million books, including Stephanie Dowrick’s complete range. Simply click on the  “”Book”” image above, or go to the sidebar menu and choose “”bookshop”” or click on the ‘Buy Now!’ button where you see it on this site to take you to the online bookshop.   Australia-wide postage $6.95 for an […]

Special FREE events

Special FREE events with Dadi Janki, 90-y-old female yogi, and Sister Jayanti Wednesday 22 November 2006, 6.30-8.30pm, Melbourne Town Hall Sunday 26 November 2006, 4.30 – 7pm, University of New South Wales (Sir John Clancy Auditorium) Stephanie says, “”These events offer a very special opportunity to learn how to face each day with greater confidence […]

New edition of Choosing Happiness out now

Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essentials No. 1 Australian bestseller; SIlver Award Winner, Nautilus Awards (USA), 2009  “Written with lightness and elegance…a modern bible for the soul.”  The Age, Melbourne “”In an era of inauthenticity, Dowrick is a godsend. Her gift is the ability to write in a manner that genuinely enriches and changes lives. […]

Book of the Month : March 09

Have you read Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love? Forgiveness is always a potent topic – but never more so than in times of social upheaval and stress. This book – one of Stephanie’s most loved – is not about forgiveness only. It also looks at the priceless qualities of courage, fidelity, restraint, generosity and […]

A prayer for peace

A prayer for peace What is peace? Peace is a continuous act of creation. Waking up to the reality that life is precious in all of its forms, we come to see that we are guardians of one another and of the earth. Seeing each other through the eyes of peace, we find compassion. With […]

Two very special organisations

Stephanie Dowrick is proud to be an ambassador for IWDA and BCNA. The International Women’s Development Agency undertakes practical, co-operative projects in partnership with women from around the world, working for women and their families suffering poverty, ill-health and personal and gender oppression. This is a small organisation doing invaluable work among the world’s most […]

Interfaith in action

Interfaith in action You are welcome to enjoy these images taken by Peter Damo – and to join us for the monthly services or weekly meditations. We are receiving so much appreciation for the inclusiveness and sacred depth that the services offer, and also for the exquisite music we enjoy from Kim Cunio and Heather […]

Sydney Choosing Happiness all-day workshop

Sydney Choosing Happiness all-day workshop Sunday 1 October 2006 Stephanie will offer a one-day, very practical interactive workshop based on her most recent book, Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essentials. This will be suitable for people of all ages and stages and will focus on the key psychological and spiritual attitudes and skills that promote […]

Sydney Choosing Happiness all-day workshop

Sydney Choosing Happiness all-day workshop Sunday 1 October 2006 Stephanie will offer a one-day, very practical interactive workshop based on her most recent book, Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essentials. This will be suitable for people of all ages and stages and will focus on the key psychological and spiritual attitudes and skills that promote […]

The power of prayer

Monday, 6 March (2006), is World Day of Prayer.  For most people, I suspect, it will be business as usual.  Those who regularly pray will do so; those who pray only when pushed, will probably not.  Yet prayer remains a fascinating phenomenon. Certainly it is one of the most significant acts that links human beings. […]

Alcohol poisoning

The recent initiative (March 2006) to increase mental health spending is good news.  It makes sense, too, for increased attention to be paid to the effects of recreational drugs on mental health.  But in thinking about the correlations between drug use and mental health it is crucial that we don’t leave out alcohol, simply because […]