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Kathleen Norris is an award-winning poet and author of bestsellers "The Cloister Walk" and "Dakota: A Spiritual Geography." (Callie Lipkin)

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Kathleen Norris investigates noonday demon

Broadcast: Midmorning, 09/24/2008, 10:06 a.m.
Broadcast: Midmorning, 10/17/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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There's a spiritual relative of depression that few understand or have explored. Writer Kathleen Norris talks about how the condition, known as acedia, has intersected with her life, and why the monastic life may hold the key to understanding the condition.

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  • Kathleen Norris: Author of "A Marriage, Monks, and A Writer's Life: Acedia & me."

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