Ami Chen Mills-Naim
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Education Director, CSC |
| Location | Bay Area, California, United States |
| Introduction | Ami Chen Mills-Naim is Co-Founder & Education Director of the Center for Sustainable Change and directed its National Community Resiliency Project. She hosts the on-line radio show and iTunes Podcast, "On the Front Porch with Ami Chen: Spiritual Dialogues for the 21st Century." She is a former award-winning journalist and current coach & consultant, speaker, teacher, writer and mother of two. She is the author of two books, including the self-help book for teens, "The Spark Inside." Her handbook for educators, co-authored with her father, Dr. Roger Mills, should be released in 2012. The CSC blog is written, as well, by Maureen Latta, CSC Grants Manager, and guest contributors. |
| Interests | Mysticism, travel, ecology, food, spirituality among "regular people." Psychology:, Principles-based, or "Three Principles" psychology. |
| Favorite movies | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,Water (India),Man Facing Southeast (Argentina),Wild at Heart, Natural Born Killers (as a satire on "cool"/violent movies), documentary re: "The Refugee All Stars" band from Sierra Leone, Africa, Dave Chapelle's Block Party ... many more |
| Favorite music | Van Morrison, Rita Hosking, Railroad Earth, Rickie Lee Jones (Ami's review of "Naked Songs" is posted on Rickie Lee Jones' website. See blog home page for link), Paul Simon, "world" music, all kinds of music ... don't you? |
| Favorite books | You Are That!, (Gangaji), Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics, Whole Child/Whole Parent, The Tao Te Ching for Parents, Audio/visual materials and books from Sydney Banks: The Enlightened Gardener, The Missing Link, etc.; Nisargadatta Maharaj: I Am That ... etc., Joel Goldsmith, Byron Katie, Adyashanti, Toni Packer, Jean Klein, Hugh & Gayle Prather, A Course in Miracles, Rumi, Hafiz, Kurt Vonnegut, The Secret Life of Bees, Tolkien, The Red Tent, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Poisonwood Bible, etc. |