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Art of Soulmaking for The Incarcerated

Name: Art of Soulmaking for The Incarcerated
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by Nicole Daedone and Beth Wareham

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About the Book

What if our prisons became monasteries? Some have. This is the plan that allowed more than 20,000 incarcerated individuals to rebuild intimacy with their lives.

The Art of Soulmaking for the Incarcerated was designed by Nicole Daedone. She imagined reframing the prison experience as an opportunity for growth and transformation. The Art of Soulmaking for the Incarcerated is the manifestation of that idea and has been used in over 200 facilities across the United States. It provides the tools for individuals to find meaning and purpose in their lives, unlocking creativity to enrich their lives, the community around them, and society.

The Art of Soulmaking for the Incarcerated offers a series of lessons and practices to help those in prison access their inner voice, or soul, and develop a deeper connection with themselves and the world around them. Participants often use the sometimes harsh conditions of prison as material for that awakening. The program is structured around weekly practices and exercises, with the aim of fostering a commitment to growing one’s soul and living a more fulfilling and flourishing life in prison. As of April 2023, more than 20,000 incarcerated individuals have engaged in The Art of Soulmaking.

Anyone living in prison who would like a copy of this book receives one for free. All proceeds for The Art of Soulmaking for the Incarcerated go to Unconditional Freedom, a 501(c)3 to further support the development of this program. You may also sign up to volunteer as a penpal and exchange letters with those in prison studying the material.

About the Authors

Nicole Daedone

I specialize in following it where not many dare to tread. I want to know life biblically, the way a man knows a woman (or other configurations of such). I want to know the water by getting wet. Theory, commandments, concepts leave me empty, and not the good kind of emptiness. My driving question is, “Is that true?” Is it wholly true? Where and how is it true? For whom is it true and why? Can it withstand the test of time? Is it true for me as a woman? The last one has taken me off many a beaten path. Givens are often no longer givens when I ask this question. The world turns upside down. My two guiding principles are first, the idea that “I’ve come only for this.” Whatever is presented before me is mine to puzzle, to play, to explore and, finally, to love. Love leads me to my second guiding principle, how I explore, which is to ask, “Can I love this? Can I love even this?” Who is the “I” who is loving in this moment? What does love look like here? Does it require a peaceful approach, approval, power, some good, old-fashioned wrath? And then, what is “this?” I must leave who I believe myself to be to answer this question—to know and love what this is on its terms and not on mine. As a free woman I want all things to be free, liberated from any ideas I would impose on them. My work remains what it once and always was: to turn poison into medicine and make it available to those who want it.

Beth Wareham

I'm a writer, editor, and publicist with a long career in the publishing industry. I've worked on numerous bestselling books, including The Joy of Cooking and Animals in Translation, and have authored three of my own—two nonfiction and one novel. I've also ghostwritten many others. After my time at Simon and Schuster, life led me on a personal journey, which brought me to Soulmaker Press as an editor and publicist, starting with co-writing The Art of Soulmaking with Nicole Daedone.