Overview

What if the path to peace -- internally and externally -- resides not on ""battle"" grounds but within our hearts? The Green Heart: Our Path to Peace is a beautifully illustrated parable about activating our green hearts...where love and compassionate choice heal division, improve relationships, and inspire peace. For more than six thousand years, the Quartics have fought to protect humanity from the Wartons. When two Quartic warriors connect with a forgotten truth, the radiant energy of the green heart, they discover that real strength comes not from conquest, but from love and compassion. Through delightful illustrations and accessible storytelling, The Green Heart: Our Path to Peace is part adventure, part parable, and part conversation starter for adults and thoughtful readers of all ages. It's an invitation to rediscover and choose love as humanity's most transformative force. The story and reflection questions invite readers to consider how our individual choices -- between hate and love, judgment and curiosity, domination and partnership -- ripple outward and affect one another, our organizations, and the world. Blending timeless wisdom and modern insight from a Cherokee legend, Jesus, Eastern philosophy, Viktor Frankl, and Etty Hillesum, The Green Heart: Our Path to Peace becomes a mirror for our human journey toward inner and outer peace. The Green Heart: Our Path to Peace is more than a story. It's a narrative catalyst for reflection and conversation with anyone seeking peace, meaningful connection, and improved relationships. It helps us human better...together...through love, curiosity, and compassion. Spiritual Seekers > Engage self and others in reflection, dialogue circles, and spiritual retreats Leaders and Teams > Inspire empathy, values-based collaboration, and mindful leadership Partners and Families > Develop compassionate communication and improve relationships Educators and Facilitators > Foster social awareness and engaged dialogue for learning and change Community Builders > Bridge differences and inspire action for how we unite in divided times Perfect as a gift or as a resource for respectful conversation between two or more people. Peace begins in the heart and grows through how we human better.

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""THE GREEN HEART is a charming and timely reminder that love conquers all and those who lead with love are the true peacemakers. Read it and be inspired!"" Marilyn Carlson Nelson, author of How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership and retired CEO, Carlson

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Laura Stoner Delavie is a transformation catalyst, leadership coach, and storyteller who helps people and organizations activate what it means to ""human better."" Her work explores how love, compassion, and conscious choice can transform relationships, workplaces, and communities. Growing up in rural Minnesota, Laura's early sense of not belonging sparked a lifelong journey of inquiry, healing, and purpose. Through her personal and professional evolution, she discovered that oppression, whether in families, organizations, or societies, is simply people harming people, and that the antidote lies in partnership, empathy, and the courage to choose love. Laura holds a Master of Arts in Human Resources and Change Leadership with a specialization in Organization Development from the University of St. Thomas. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Communication as a Presidential Scholar at Augsburg University. She is certified as an Integral Associate Coach(TM), a Partnership Practitioner, a MN Rule 114 Qualified Mediator, and a facilitator of the LEGO(R) SERIOUS PLAY(R) method. As Founder and Chief Alchemist of ALCEMIS, LLC, Laura has guided leaders and teams across Fortune 500 corporations, local governments, nonprofits, and start-ups. Her consulting work spans industries including healthcare, technology, manufacturing, retail, agriculture, finance, and education. Whether she's helping a leadership team navigate change or facilitating a reflective dialogue on workplace culture, Laura brings creativity, curiosity, and compassion to the process of transformation. Her philosophy-that we are all leaders of our own lives and that leadership is not the same as positional authority-influences her consulting, coaching, and creative work. The Green Heart: Our Path to Peace reflects Laura's lifelong healing journey and study of partnership cultures, systems thinking, spirituality, and human potential. Through its story and reflection questions, she invites readers to consider how our individual choices ripple outward-affecting one another, our organizations, and the world. Laura and her husband, Chad, live with a joyful spirit of adventure, whether exploring nature, cooking together, or reflecting on life's big and small mysteries. Together they practice what Laura calls ""the power of the green heart,"" choosing love over fear, curiosity over judgment, and partnership over domination. Juliet Frost (Yulia Moroz) is an accomplished Ukrainian illustrator who has loved drawing since childhood. After adventures in architecture, clay crafts, and motherhood, she discovered her true calling of digital illustration. She delights in bringing stories to life with warmth, color, and wonder. Living through the challenges of war has deepened her appreciation for life's delicate beauty and the healing power of creativity. Through her art, Juliet shares hope, joy, and the simple magic of childhood-and offers heartfelt gratitude to all who spread peace and love. She believes our world needs these seeds of harmony now more than ever. With more than 40 books in her portfolio, some of Juliet's favorites include: -Ayo and Yuliana Find Trust by Andrew W. Merced, illustrated by Juliet Frost -Crumb and Quiggles: Forest Friends by D. Tim Meyers, illustrated by Juliet Frost -Little Harper Bears Big Book of Manners and Life Lessons by Matt Graham, illustrated by Juliet Frost -Liza's War by Julia Bokla, illustrated by Juliet Frost -The Purrfect Cat by Julie Bauer, illustrated by Juliet Frost -The Christmas Eve Blizzard: Cane and Friends Save Santa by Scott Withers, illustrated by Juliet Frost -What Do You Wish for Christmas? by Alena Holmes, illustrated by Juliet Frost

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