Coming Fall 2026 from Orbis Books

Your Three
Brains

You are made for wholeness-making.

By Dr. Shaleen Kendrick

Your Three Brains book
About the Book

Coming Fall 2026 from Orbis Books, Your Three Brains fuses ancient wisdom with neuroscience to show you how you experience wholeness — through the integration of Mind–Body–Spirit.

Your head-brain is your analytical, meaning-making instrument. Your gut-brain is your instinctual, danger-detecting instrument. Your heart-brain is your relational, connective, empathy-generating instrument. Each is essential. Learning how to consciously participate in them playing together in harmony is what this book is about.

Written for professionals, parents, faith leaders, therapists, coaches, and seekers navigating the complexity of being human right now — this book offers rigorous science you can trust, stories you can see yourself in, and practices designed to integrate into your daily life.

“You’re not broken. You never were. You’re a living system, responding to environments that demand you fragment to survive. And you have survived.” — Dr. Shaleen Kendrick

Meet Your Three Brains — The Jazz Band Metaphor

Think of your three brains as a jazz band — each a distinct instrument designed to play together.

Mind

The Head-Brain — The Vocals

Your analytical, meaning-making instrument. The storyteller writing the narrative. When it’s in harmony with the others, it sings something true.

Body

The Gut-Brain — The Drums

Your instinctual, danger-detecting instrument. The steady, earthy beat that keeps you grounded. When trusted, it becomes your source of embodied wisdom and courage under pressure.

Spirit

The Heart-Brain — The Saxophone

Your relational, connective, empathy-generating instrument. When integrated, your empathy becomes revolution. Your presence becomes sanctuary.

Seven Rituals

What You’ll Explore

Seven sacred stories. Seven practices. One universal design for wholeness through the integration of Mind–Body–Spirit.

01

Cultivating Awareness

Recognize yourself as a living system responding to environments, not a broken machine needing repair.

02

Cultivating Curiosity

Discover how Mythic Eve's curiosity birthed human consciousness. The woman who sought awareness might be the hero after all.

03

Cultivating Contemplation

Rewire your Mind toward compassion through contemplative practice. Desert spirituality is revolution.

04

Cultivating Vitality

Trust your gut’s wisdom as accurate intelligence, not irrational emotion to manage away.

05

Cultivating Relational Attunement

Discover heart coherence and experience wholeness-making as collaborative work, not isolated achievement.

06

Cultivating Integration Under Pressure

Practice Mind–Body–Spirit harmony when circumstances are hard, environments are hostile, and people are hurtful.

07

Cultivating Integrative Relationships

Cultivate partnerships and micro-communities that support wholeness-making wherever you find yourself.

Coming Fall 2026 · Orbis Books

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