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Anne Hilty, PhD, is a health psychologist (PhD; thesis: resilience) with a transpersonal focus (MA), a passion for positive psychology, and a keen interest in the influence of culture. She also has a background in traditional East Asian medicine, massage therapies, and nutritional applications. Dr Anne maintained a clinical practice in New York for 15 years and has now lived abroad since early 2005 in both Europe and East Asia, continuing her practice and conducting research in 113 countries to date. She currently resides in Istanbul and has a company in Hong Kong.
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Cultural Trauma and Healing: The Case of Jeju Island (©2023): Jeju Island suffered a traumatic period of state violence from 1947 to ’54, followed by nearly 50 years of suppression and authoritarian rule which compromised fact-finding, healing, and resolution. The story is just now being revealed to the world, and Jeju people, their trauma transmitted through the generations, can finally begin to heal. Trauma is universal, and the world has much to learn from the Jeju experience. ISBN:9798389108455/ISBN:9798390158838
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Tales of the Trails: Jeju Olle (©2023): Jeju Island, Korea, has been noted by UNESCO, Ramsar, and Global Geoparks for its remarkable nature and rich culture. The Jeju Olle Trails, a 437 km system composed of 29 segments that wends its way throughout the island including 4 outlying islets, traverses more than 100 villages, numerous cultural and historic sites, and the dramatic natural beauty that is Jeju. The author, a cultural psychologist living in Korea for 10 years including 6 on Jeju, solo-trekked the Olle system twice in its entirety; this book represents a series of essays inspired by each of the 29 trails. ISBN:9798388072832/ISBN:9798390157732
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Dear Jeju, I love you: The unique culture of Jeju Island, Korea (©2023): Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, is home to a dramatic topography, wide-ranging biodiversity, and a unique culture which includes shamanism, a goddess-rich mythology, free-diving women, a strong-woman archetype, history of trauma and healing, traditional medicine, and much more. Modern Jeju, with its focus on eco-friendly and innovative practices even as it attempts to sustain its most endearing traditions, has a story to tell the world. ISBN:9798386661779/ISBN:9798390155493
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Jeju through a Gendered Lens: Collected Works (©2023): A collected 5 short works, in genres of fiction, narrative nonfiction, academic presentation, and anthology essay, provide glimpses of the Jeju Island culture in South Korea. Once a sovereign kingdom called Tamna, this volcanic-created island’s culture remains distinct from that of the mainland – and is widely known as the Island of Strong Women. ISBN:9798379193539/ISBN:9798390132616
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Love Letters to Korea: A Year in Seoul (©2023): There are few cities as dynamic as Seoul, cultures as complex as Korea’s – and processes as daunting as living abroad for the first time. This memoir is a collection of essays representing the author’s first year in Korea, where she ultimately lived for a decade. In it, she takes you with her on that journey – of excitement and adventure, surprises and frustrations, and a myriad of cultural observations as she attempts to engage deeply with Korea and its people. ISBN:9798385538539/ISBN:9798390130254
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Sisters at Sea: Jeju Haenyeo (©2023): Much has been written about the Jeju Haenyeo in native Korean, and many magazine and newspaper articles about them have appeared in the world’s English media. To date, however, no comprehensive academic work has been published in English regarding this remarkable community of women and indigenous profession – until now. Freediving women from puberty well into their elder years, at one time the island’s financial driver, renowned for their physical prowess and strength of character, spiritually upheld by their shamanist belief system – remarkable women indeed. ISBN:9798379078287/ISBN:9798390126073
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Goddesses and Strong Jeju Women (©2023): Jeju Island, off the southern tip of Korea and formerly an independent kingdom known as Tamna, maintains a longstanding shamanist tradition and a distinct mythology that leans toward the matrifocal, with many powerful goddesses – and a ‘strong Jeju woman’ archetype. Come, meet the goddesses of Jeju! ISBN:9798378936106/ISBN:9798390123317
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Jeju Island: Reaching to the Core of Beauty (©2011): Jeju is an island steeped in ritual and legend. Outside of Korea, it remains a mystery largely because so little has been written about it in English. This book seeks to share the wonders of Jeju with the world. [Lead author, with contributors.] ISBN:8991913830/ISBN:9788991913837
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Anne Hilty, Writer 