Recommended Reading

Personal Growth, Inspiration, and Spirituality

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

 

Loving What Is by Byron Katie

 

Fearless Living by Rhonda Britten

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul by Canfield and Hansen

 

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

 

Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

 

For One More Day by Mitch Album

 

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Album

 

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Chopra

 

Fire in the Belly:  On Being a Man by Sam Keen

 

Learning to Fly by Sam Keen

 

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

 

Running From Safety by Richard Bach

 

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

 

Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

 

Men and Friendship by Stuart Miller

 

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

 

The Dance by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

 

The Call by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

 

The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

 

What We Ache For by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

 

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

 

The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron

 

Going Home by Thich Nhat Hanh

 

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

 

The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff

 

Three Cups of Tea by Craig Mortensen

 

Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

 

Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort & Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach

 

Something More:  Excavating Your Authentic Self by Sarah Ban Breathnach

 

Romancing the Ordinary: A Year of Simple Splendour by Sarah Ban Breathnach

 

A Man's Journey to Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach

 

 

Mental Health

Feeling Good by David Burns

 

You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way?  by Pope & Hudson

 

Anxiety, Phobias, & Panic:  Taking Charge & Conquering Fear by Reneau Z. Peurifoy 

 

 

Substance Abuse and Addiction

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

 

Mindful Recovery:  A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction by Thomas Bien Ph. D. & Beverly Bien

 

Understanding Addiction and Recovery Through a Child's Eyes:  Hope, Help, & Healing for Families by Jerry Moe

 

A Woman's Journal:  Helping Women Recover by Stephanie Covington

 

 

Parenting, Children, and Adolescents

Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay

 

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Faber and Mazlish

 

Positive Parenting From A to Z by Karen Renshaw Joslin

 

Get Out of My Life But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph. D.

 

Real Boys by William Pollack

 

How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things by Schaefer and DiGeronimo

 

The Wonder of Boys by Michael Gurian

 

The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene

 

Girltalk by Carol Weston

 

Mother Dance by Harriet Goldhor Lerner

 

The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children by Steven W. Vannoy

 

The Out-of-Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz

 

Things Will Be Different For My Daughter by Bingham & Stryker

 

Mother Daughter Revolution by Debold, Wilson, & Malave

 

Our Children, Our Future by E. Timothy Burns

 

The Resilient Self:  How Survivors of Troubled Families Rise Above Adversity by Steven and Sybil Wolin

 

   

Social Issues

Reviving Ophelia:  Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher

 

Generation Me by Jean M. Twenge

 

Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture by Simon & Kelley

 

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

 

Money Demons by Susan Forward & Craig Buck

 

Another Mother Tongue:  Gay Words, Gay Worlds by Judy Grahn

 

Coming Out:  An Act of Love by Rob Eichberg, Ph.D.

 

 

Relationships

Growing Up by Frank Pittman

 

The Dance of Deception by Harriet Goldhor Lerner

 

The Dance of Anger by Harriet Goldhor Lerner

 

The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Goldhor Lerner

 

Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix

 

Keeping the Love You Find by Harville Hendrix

 

To Love and Be Loved by Sam Keen

 

The Fragile Bond by Gus Napier

 

The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach

 

If the Buddha Married by Charlotte Kasl

 

The Five Love Languages by Chapman

 

All Mars and Venus books by John Gray

 

 

 

 

Divorce

Spiritual Divorce by Ford

 

Divorce Hangover by Anne Newton Walther

 

Growing Up With Divorce by Neil Kalter

 

 

Trauma and Abuse

The Courage to Heal by Laura Davis

 

The Courage to Heal Workbook by Laura Davis

 

The Wounded Heart by Allender

 

Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus

 

Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out by Patricia Evans

 

 

Grief

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler

 

Healing After Loss:  Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha W. Hickman

 

Getting to the Other Side of Grief:  Overcoming the Loss of a Spouse by Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge

 

How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese A. Rando

 

The Grief Recovery Handbook:  The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses Including Health, Career, and Faith by John W. James and Russell Friedman

 

Sad Isn't Bad:  A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss by Michaelene Mundy and R. W. Alley

 

Where Are You?  A Child's Book About Loss by Laura Olivieri

 

The Grieving Garden:  Living With the Death of a Child by Suzanne Redfern and Susan Gilbert

 

 

Recommended Viewing

What the Bleep Do We Know !?

The Secret

The Celestine Prophecy

The Last Lecture