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*Updated 13 May 2023
Books:
- Four NEW books out 02 June: Transpersonal Psychology “9 Keys” series: Transcendent Aging, Meaning-Making, Mystical Experience, & Ritual for Self-Care!
- 9 Keys to Happiness: Positive Psychology (©2023; ISBN-13: 9798393027155)
- 9 Keys to Creativity: Positive Psychology (©2023; ISBN-13: 9798393028435)
- 9 Keys to Optimism: Positive Psychology (©2023; ISBN-13: 9798393085742)
- 9 Keys to Self-Esteem: Positive Psychology (©2023; ISBN-13: 9798393099558)
- Cultural Trauma and Healing: The Case of Jeju Island (©2023; ISBN-13: 9798389108455; ISBN-13: 9798390158838)
- Tales from the Trails: Jeju Olle (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8388072832; ISBN-13: 9798390157732)
- Dear Jeju, I love you: The unique culture of Jeju Island, Korea (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8386661779; ISBN-13: 9798390155493)
- Love Letters to Seoul: A Year in Korea (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8385538539; ISBN-13: 9798390130254)
- Jeju Through a Gendered Lens: Collected Works (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8379193539; ISBN-13: 9798390132616)
- Sisters at Sea: Jeju Haenyeo (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8379078287; ISBN-13: 9798390126073)
- Goddesses and Strong Jeju Women: Women’s Empowerment Through Goddess Mythology (©2023; ISBN-13: 9798391452171; ISBN-13: 9798391454175
- Jeju Haenyeo, Stewards of the Sea [Books I and II] [Not commercially available] (©2015; Sea Grant Center (Jeju Nat’l Univ), w/ The Jeju Weekly, ROK)
- Jeju Island: Reaching to the Core of Beauty [lead author, with contributors] (©2011; ISBN-10: 8991913830; ISBN-13: 9788991913837)
Chapter:
- “Sea Women and Sea Urchin Soup: Jeju Island, Korea” in, Taste of Islands (©2012; ISBN-10: 0919013740; ISBN-13: 9780919013742)
Anthology:
- “Sea Girl” [fiction] in, Imprint, Hong Kong Women in Publishing (©2017)
- “Goddesses, Shamans, and Diving Grannies” [essay] in, Imprint, Hong Kong Women in Publishing (©2016)
- “The Trauma that Dared not Speak its Name” in, anthology, Jeju Writers Assn (©2011)
Articles [widely cross-referenced online]:
In, National Geographic Traveller AU/NZ [Sydney]:
- Shamans, Volcanoes, and Free-diving Grannies (Spring 2015) [Link is to reprint; no longer on NatGeo website.]
In, Yonhap News Agency [Seoul]:
- Beyond tangerines and palm trees: Jeju’s unique culture (11/11/2011) [reprinted in Korea Herald, 11/13/2011]
- Distinct dialect of Jeju threatened with extinction (10/14/2011) [reprinted in Korea Times,10/14/2011]
- Strong Jeju women: yesterday and today (07/01/2011)
- Plans for new base reopen dark chapter in Jeju’s history (04/01/2011)
- Jeju Island aspires to become one of the world’s ‘7 Wonders of Nature’ (01/31/2011)
- The Wind and the Sea: Jeju artist Byun Shi-ji (01/21/2011)
- Chinese-American man promotes ‘slow living’ on Jeju (01/05/2011)
In, Jeju Weekly [Jeju City, ROK]:
- Jeju Haenyeo, Cultural Heritage of Humanity (01/12/2017)
- Novelist Lisa See sets her sights on Jeju (05/09/2016)
- Haenyeo as native marine biologists (06/11/2015)
- Preserving Jeju’s haenyeo traditions (12/23/2014)
- Haenyeo communal bonds (11/19/2014)
- A walk in the woods (10/23/2014)
- More growth and success at film festival (10/21/2014)
- Jeju through fresh eyes (10/06/2014)
- Lee Sunhwa makes Jeju election history (06/05/2014)
- Jeju Forum World Leaders’ Session (05/31/2014)
- Preserving Jeju haenyeo in an age of modernity (04/18/2014)
- Indigenous social enterprise: Jeju haenyeo (03/07/2014, part I / part II)
- Sharing trauma and healing (02/03/2014)
- Haenyeo storytelling through food (01/30/2014)
- Jeju’s seven wonders of architecture (01/13/2014)
- Jeju haenyeo and UNESCO (01/13/2014)
- Father of modern Jeju shamanism (10/04/2013)
- Portrait of a shaman (09/05/2013)
- Shaman Jung Gong Chul dies (06/19/2013)
- Jeju artist Byun Shi-ji has died (06/19/2013)
- Worshiping the snake goddess (05/21/2013)
- Gender equity equals growth (05/16/2013)
- Jeju heroine Kim Mandeok (05/11/2013, part I / part II)
- Jeju’s goddess of the hearth (05/10/2013)
- Boy attendants of Buddhist temples (05/08/2013)
- My Chagall, Your Picasso (05/07/2013)
- Snake goddesses of the granaries – Gopang Halmang and Nulgup Halmang (04/30/2013)
- Maiden goddesses and virgin sacrifice – Marado and Gwancheong Halmang (04/25/2013)
- A century of healing – Insoodang Pharmacy and Dr. Han-joo Kim (04/20/2013)
- ‘The diver’s life is difficult‘ (04/18/2013)
- Samseung Halmang and Choseung Halmang, goddesses of childbirth, and death (04/15/2013)
- ‘Paradigm shift isn’t easy — but I’m going to try’ (04/09/2013)
- Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut, Jeju’s UNESCO-protected shamanist rite (04/04/2013)
- Trauma and healing: Jeju’s path toward full recovery (04/02/2013)
- Jeju traditional medicine – plants that can heal (03/28/2013)
- Jeju traditional medicine – the healing biodiversity of the island (03/28/2013)
- Triumph of SeaWomen (03/26/2013, part I / part II)
- Yeongdeung Halmang, goddess of wind and sea (03/25/2013)
- Goddess of fortune, fate, destiny: Gamunjang-agi (03/18/2013)
- Rites, tools and offerings – Jeju shamanist mythology (03/14/2013)
- ‘Strong Jeju women’ and gender equality (03/08/2013)
- The fall of Casa del Agua (03/07/2013)
- Seeking the gods’ blessing for the new year (02/28/2013)
- Geum Baekjo Halmang, mother of all shamanist gods (02/26/2013)
- Jacheongbi, pragmatic and strong (02/25/2013)
- Jacheongbi, goddess of earth — and, love (02/25/2013)
- Gotjawal: Mystery and magic of Jeju (02/20/2013)
- Snake brings wealth and transition for year ahead (02/14/2013)
- Ipchun-gut, the coming of spring (02/13/2013)
- Seolmundae Halmang: Creator Goddess of Jeju (02/13/2013, part I / part II)
- Jeju shamanism: Proper conduct for attending a ritual (01/30/2013)
- Jeju shamanism: A primer (01/30/2013)
- Going to Grandma’s house: Halmang-dang and healing (01/30/2013)
- Ji Geum Jong, cultural activist and visionary (01/15/2013)
- Artwork of Chang Ree-suok at MoA (01/11/2013)
- Gasi Village, model of cultural revitalization (12/22/2012)
- Renowned collector of paper art on Jeju (12/20/2012)
- The Science of Jeju Haenyeo (11/20/2012, part I; 11/22/2012, part II)
- Tales from the Olle path (11/20/2012)
- Global citizenship comes to Jeju (11/19/2012)
- UNITAR-Jeju turns 2 and International United Nations Day celebrated, Oct. 24 (10/31/2012)
- Saving art with art (10/23/2012)
- Solving the euro crisis: A European and Asian perspective (09/21/2012)
- Saving Jeju’s Casa del Agua (09/04/2012)
- Taiwan’s first and only female vice president visits Jeju (03/26/2012)
- Living sounds of the sea (03/20/2012)
- Diving to the heart of the story (03/19/2012)
- Santa Rosa celebrates with sister city Jeju (02/03/2012)
- A look at Jeju women’s lives throughout time (12/09/2011)
- International BPW president visits Jeju (11/28/2011)
- Jeju shamans, healing minds and hearts (11/25/2011)
- Jeju Olle and the Korean psyche (11/12/2011)
- Can folk festivals authentically preserve a culture’s traditions? (10/28/2011)
- 8th Korea-Middle East Cooperation Forum (10/20/2011)
- The 4th Jeju Haenyeo Festival (10/16/2011)
- Previewing the Haenyeo Culture Festival (10/13/2011)
- ‘Haenyeo culture globalization’ (10/07/2011)
- Folk villages help maintain link to past (09/24/2011)
- Jeju harvest (09/12/2011)
- ‘Passing from freedom to happiness’ (09/01/2011)
- The myths of Jeju (08/27/2011)
- Portrait of a diving woman (08/14/2011)
- Jeju, an island of villages (08/01/2011)
- A portrait of Gangjeong village (07/31/2011)
- ‘Jeju is my dream come true’ (07/31/2011)
- Jungmun Saekdal Beach Festival (07/11/2011)
- Jeju women, present and future (07/11/2011)
- Mythology and artifacts come to life (07/11/2011)
- Snoopy comes to Jeju (07/08/2011)
- Jeju government considers giving foreign residents a voice (07/05/2011)
- Jeju Business and Professional Women members travel to Helsinki congress (07/03/2011)
- Jeju’s ‘sister island’ in eastern Russia pays a visit (06/30/2011)
- US diplomat joins Jeju diving women at work (06/29/2011)
- ‘Jeju needs many reforms to become international’ (06/24/2011)
- Jeju’s female icon of the Joseon era (06/24/2011)
- Strengthening the ‘strong Jeju woman’ [Part 2] (06/13/2011)
- Gangjeong art exhibition gets underway this week (06/13/2011)
- JDC’s vision of Jeju as a Free International City (06/10/2011)
- The passing of a Jeju Grand Shaman (06/07/2011)
- Behind the shaman’s mask (06/03/2011)
- Feminist leaders visit Jeju (06/02/2011)
- Seeking Jeju’s goddesses (06/01/2011)
- Medical tourism, wave of the future: Is it right for Jeju? (06/01/2011)
- ‘Women, creativity and culture’ (05/31/2011)
- The world’s most famous feminist visits Jeju (05/31/2011)
- Jeju’s ‘endangered’ dialect (5/30/2011)
- An artist’s focus on social causes (05/27/2011)
- Contributing to the well-being of Jeju women (05/22/2011)
- Jeju’s first ‘alternative school’ (05/22/2011)
- Honoring Jeju’s grandmother creator goddess (05/18/2011)
- Single moms of Jeju (05/14/2011)
- ‘4.3 Trauma, Seeking Healing’ (05/13/2011)
- Strengthening the ‘strong Jeju woman’ [Part 1] (05/11/2011)
- ‘Jeju, meet the future’ (05/06/2011)
- Local YWCA ‘goes multicultural’ (05/06/2011)
- Traditional guesthouses at Jeju Stone Park opening soon (05/06/2011)
- N7W team visits Jeju during D-200 celebration (04/28/2011)
- A simple wedding (04/23/2011)
- International Jeju (04/23/2011)
- A literary journey (04/23/2011)
- ‘I just live my life with passion’ (04/23/2011)
- A purpose-filled life (04/23/2011)
- A gathering of grannies (04/22/2011)
- Empowering women of Jeju (04/19/2011)
- First French film fest comes to Jeju (04/18/2011)
- Island of peace? (04/10/2011)
- Healing trauma that ‘dared not speak its name’ (04/10/2011)
- One writer’s dedication to Sasam (04/10/2011)
- ‘Sasam Art’: the artists’ way (03/26/2011)
- The end of a life: Concepts of afterlife [Part 3] (03/26/2011)
- Goddesses and Jeju women (03/11/2011)
- The end of a life: In memorium [Part 2] (03/11/2011)
- Haenyeo, the truth behind the tourism (03/11/2011)
- Traditional Korean medicine (02/24/2011)
- Three-phase health care facility comes to Jeju (02/24/2011)
- The end of a life: Death, burial and bereavement customs of Jeju [Part 1] (02/24/2011)
- The importance of the unique Jeju dialect (02/12/2011)
- Putting the ‘C’ in Jeju’s culture (02/12/2011)
- Jeju shamans welcome spring (02/11/2011)
- Grandmothers of Jeju (02/06/2011)
- Grandfathers of Jeju (02/06/2011)
- Jeju’s narrow road, revisited (01/30/2011)
- Samda: A new look at local culture by psychologist and educator Dr. Anne Hilty (01/16/2011)
- Art and nature collaborate (01/16/2011)
- Jeju’s Narrow Road (01/03/2011)
- Samda, Jeju’s unique culture (01/02/2011)
- Jeju Wordsmiths: Crafting the Written Word (12/20/2010)
- Change is in the Jeju wind (12/16/2010) – available only as reprint
In, Science Donga [Seoul]:
- Jeju Haenyeo: Indigenous Knowledge of the Sea (10/2012) [Korean language only]
In, Seoul Selection [Seoul]:
- Streetwise in Seoul, ongoing column (2005-2006, 10 in total)
In, SEOUL [Seoul]:
- Jeju Island: A Resort-style MICE Destination (05/2012)
- Feminism and Art Collaborate (07/2006)
- A Love Affair with Korea (07/2006)
- Spring Blessings (06/2006)
- Happiest Man on Earth (05/2006)
- Mad About English (04/2006)
- A Modern-day Shaman (04/2006)
- Yongo Ajuma (03/2006)
- Wither the Korean Market (02/2006)
In, Jeju Sori [Jeju City, ROK]:
- 목욕물 버리려다 아기까지 버리지 마라! (05/09/2014; Korean language only)
In, Dynamic Jeju [Jeju City, ROK] [by Jeju government for IUCN World Conservation Congress, 2012] – print only:
- Jeju haenyeo, matriarchs of the sea
- Tamna and the origin of Jeju people
- Jeju, environmental model to the world
- Jeju’s multi-layered culture of Samda
In, Korean Quarterly [Minneapolis, US]:
- Goddesses and Strong Jeju Women, Part II (Summer 2016)
- Goddesses and Strong Jeju Women, Part I (Spring 2016)
- Spirit-infused: The living tradition of Jeju Island shamanism (Summer 2015)
- Jeju’s Women Divers (Spring 2015)
- Feminism and Art Collaborate (Summer 2007) [reprinted from SEOUL]
- Castles in the Sand (Spring 2007)
In, Destination Deluxe (was, The Source Asia) [Hong Kong SAR]:
- Phoenix Rising (21 MAY 2010)
- Walking in Spirit (14 MAR 2010)
- Creativity as a Spiritual Path (30 JAN 2010)
In, Positive News [Hong Kong edition]:
- Peace Begins at Home (02 JUN 2010)
In, Mensa Means [Hong Kong SAR]:
- BodyMind Intelligence (JUN 2010)
- Emotional Intelligence (APR 2010)
- Consciousness (FEB 2010)
In, Portwatch [Hong Kong SAR]
- Transpersonal Parenting (MAY/JUN 2010)
In, Holistic Asia [Hong Kong SAR] [no longer exists; Peter Lloyd, former editor]:
- Animist-Humanist: Modern-day ‘Shaman’ (06 FEB 2010)
- Western Psychology in Eastern Cultures: Mismatch? (06 FEB 2010)
Articles Reprinted [with permission], In Korea Times [Seoul]; Korea Herald [Seoul]; News Jeju [Jeju City, ROK]; NETKOA [Los Angeles]; Headline Jeju [Jeju City, ROK]
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