TAOS, N.M., Dec. 15, 2025 — Award-winning author, journalist and spiritual teacher Dana Micucci traces her extraordinary evolution as a lightworker in her transcendent new memoir, The Years of Living Dangerously: Lessons from the Front Lines of a 21st-Century Lightworker.

Written during an era of profound planetary change, Micucci’s book blends ancient wisdom, modern insight and personal revelation into an inspiring call for all people to remember who they truly are. Through vivid storytelling and practical spiritual tools, including meditations and energy activations at the end of each chapter, she guides readers to awaken their own innate power and grace.

A sequel to her award-winning Sojourns of the Soul, The Years of Living Dangerously takes readers beyond the familiar boundaries of the self and into the Great Mystery. From the sacred temples of Egypt to high-frequency power spots around the world, Micucci reveals the miracles, tests and transformations that shaped her journey — and how each experience became a lesson in mastery, surrender and love.

With warmth and candor, Micucci offers her book as both a personal odyssey and a roadmap for others navigating this time of intenseplanetary transformation, inviting readers to open their hearts to the evolutionary waves of change predicted by the ancients and now
unfolding across the planet.

“You are not alone,” Micucci said. “You are resilient, unstoppable, limitless and powerful beyond measure. You have the capacity to receive and create miracles. A higher guiding force is always conspiring on your behalf, no matter what your circumstances are.”

The Years of Living Dangerously: Lessons from the Front Lines of a
21st-Century Lightworker

Publisher: New Paradigm Multimedia
Release Date: October 21, 2025
ISBN-13: ‎979-8218705220
 Available from: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX8JN5BX

Dana Micucci is an award-winning author, spiritual teacher, speaker, and healer. Her transcendent, new memoir, The Years of Living Dangerously: Lessons from the Front Lines of a 21st-Century Lightworker, traces her extraordinary evolution as a lightworker. From the sacred temples of Egypt to high-frequency power spots around the world, Dana reveals the miracles, tests, and transformations that shaped her journey. With an inspiring blend of ancient wisdom and personal revelation, and including practical spiritual tools, The Years of Living Dangerously serves as a supportive roadmap during this time of intense planetary transformation.  

Her other books include the novel The Third Muse, a metaphysical, time-travel mystery set in the international art world that celebrates the divine feminine wisdom of the Magdalene Order and the healing power of love. Her spiritual travel memoir Sojourns of the Soul: One Woman’s Journey around the World and into Her Truth—a gold winner in the Nautilus Book Awards—was inspired by her travels to many of the world’s most sacred sites. Dana has also enjoyed a decades-long career as a widely published journalist writing about culture, travel, and spirituality for The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Spirituality & Health, and many other well-known publications. A dynamic speaker and teacher/practitioner of ancient mystery school wisdom, she conducts transformational talks, workshops, and sacred journeys worldwide. 

She also has a healing and mentoring practice rooted in her extensive shamanic training. Dana’s work carries a multidimensional healing vibration that ignites deep shifts in consciousness, expanded awareness, and recognition of your soul’s purpose. With grounded clarity and compassion, she assists you in accelerating a fearless journey toward wholeness, joy, and fulfillment. Based in Taos, New Mexico, after many years in New York City, she continues to travel widely in sacred service as an ambassador of the New Earth consciousness. 

Balancing academics, athletics and friendships can push even the most capable kids to their limits. For parents, the real challenge lies in recognizing when healthy ambition crosses the line into anxiety — when the drive to succeed begins to harm a child’s overall well-being.

Some signs are more subtle than others, says school counselor Jennifer Licate, so it’s important to recognize both the physical and behavioral clues. Frequent headaches, stomachaches, or digestive issues before a big game or test may point to anxiety — but less obvious signals, like withdrawing from activities they once loved, can be just as telling. “You know your child best. You know their history. You know their disposition and the things they like to do. If your child has always loved going to soccer practice and suddenly doesn’t want to go, starts complaining about it — that’s a really big sign,” said Licate, whose chapter book My Anxiety is Messing Things Up centers on a hardworking student athlete named Oscar who feels the relentless pressure to be perfect — in school, in sports and in friendships.

Oscar’s drive to succeed earns him praise in the classroom and on the field — but also leaves him wracked with anxiety. Unable to sleep and increasingly irritable, Oscar lashes out at his friends. When a teacher invites him to a school support group, Oscar must decide if he’s willing to seek help and try new strategies for relief.

Licate expertly combines a fast-paced, relatable story with guided questions and activities at the end of each chapter. These tools help young readers explore their own feelings, while giving parents, teachers and counselors a structured way to start meaningful conversations about anxiety. “I wrote the book to help children understand anxiety,” said Licate. “Not all symptoms look the same, and not all strategies will work for everyone. My hope is that kids learn there are multiple tools they can try to feel more confident and less overwhelmed.”

The release comes at a time when educators are reporting increased stress levels among students. According to recent studies, more than one in three children experience anxiety symptoms, and sleep disruption is one of the most common side effects. Licate, who has worked as a school counselor for more than a decade, believes early intervention and open discussion can help prevent anxiety from becoming debilitating later in life.  “Children do not need to wait until anxiety is debilitating before using strategies to help their symptoms,” Licate added. “Using strategies to deal with anxiety can help children and anyone reduce their symptoms so they can live their best lives, work toward achieving their goals and feel confident.”

Jennifer Licate's award-winning books focus on growing-up topics children struggle with, from friendship struggles to anxiety to study skills. The books are geared toward children ages 9 through 14. Young readers learn strategies to work through their challenge and give them the comfort of knowing they're not alone in their struggle.

She received her Master's Degree in Elementary and Secondary School Counseling and has worked as a school counselor for over a decade. Through working with children of all ages, she has seen the benefits of social emotional learning books firsthand. Children lose themselves as they're immersed within the stories. They're able to understand complex issues from so many different perspectives by seeing the story through the eyes of the characters.

The Chickahominy Boys are a dynamic music team, creating music about real things , real love, and life's Journey ! The radio is so full of cliche'  make believe , and fluff,  it is our mission to make friends and good music!

Mark Daniel , Tom Vermeern, and Gray Oliver are all  from Virginia, sons of tradition and purveyors of stories and rhyme. Oliver a published poet, Vermeern a veteran performer, Mark Daniel a singer songwriter. 

The world needs a unitive vision that provides hope, optimism, and encouragement to a divided humanity. 

After eleven books exploring life stories, personal myth making, mysticism, the collective story of our time, and how we can live into our own story of wholeness, I realized it was time for something more, something that opens the hearts of all people to the urgency of remembering our innate state of unity, harmony, and wholeness that connects us all and keeps us in peaceful relationship with all beings on our planetary home. This inner knowing seems to have been out of reach for eons. 

I have written The Way of Unity as an invitation to imagine a world where every person feels seen, valued, and connected, a world guided by compassion, cooperation, and partnerships. This book helps us discover something greater than ourselves – a growing, expanding organic renewal process aligned with evolutionary forces. 

This book focuses on the inherently peaceful nature of the entire universe, the unitive principles that reflect and support this wholeness, and the global community that is striving to restore the world to wholeness by applying a model of unity-in-action based on implementing unitive principles in everyday life to build strong, vibrant communities that will become the foundation for a globally scalable culture of peace. 

This is the story I want to share with the world. I want to raise a call to action for the regeneration of individuals, communities, institutions, and social structures. 

Robert Atkinson, PhD, is an award-winning author, educator, and developmental psychologist whose work bridges storytelling, transformation, and the evolution of consciousness with a unitive vision. His latest book, The Way of Unity: Essential Principles and Preconditions for Peace (2025) offers a framework and study guide for putting into action the unitive wisdom underpinning our collective evolution. He is the author of A New Story of Wholeness (2022), Our Moment of Choice (co-editor, 2020), Year of Living Deeply: A Memoir of 1969 (2019), The Story of Our Time (2017), The Gift of Stories (1995), and six other books. He is director of StoryCommons, founder of One Planet Peace Forum, and member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle.