Books!
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We live, Love, Parent and Lead
By Brené Brown ~ Embrace your self-worth; combat your shame. Brené urges us to be present, pay attention, and move...
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
By Michael Singer ~This book is a journey itself, filled with teachings which can become your way of life. Singer outlines how we are actually the Seer within, the Self who sees, thinks, feels and behaves the way we do. Integrating yogic, Taoist, Christian, and...
The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child’s Struggle and the Road Home
By Brad Reedy, Ph.D. ~ This is the best book I’ve ever read on how to think as a parent. It changed me, and my parenting approaches with two very different sons. Every parent of a 10-19 year old should read it. It may become your foundation for enlightened and...
Radical Acceptance: Embracing your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
If you’re facing cancer or other health challenges, loneliness, addiction, death, or relationship conflicts, Tara will help you uncover the underlying pain and suffering that is self-created by judgment, shame, or perfectionism. If you really want to change,...
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life by Dear Sugar
By Cheryl Strayed ~ A book everyone should own and read. These excerpts are answers she wrote to questions sent in from readers published in the Dear Sugar column she anonymously authored. It has some of the best advice you’ll ever read on sex, love, grief,...
Meditations on the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga
By Rolf Gates & Katrina Kenison ~ Even if you don’t do yoga, this gem is loaded with amazing daily quotes and reflections on living a full life while becoming all we can be. Gates is a solid teacher for your well-being, therapeutic growth and spiritual...
Getting Unstuck
By Pema Chodron ~ If you struggle with compulsions, anxiety, habitual patterns, getting hooked†or triggered, you are dealing with something Tibetan Buddhists call “shenpa.” Shenpa is the urge, the hook, that triggers our habitual tendency to close down,...
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
By Liz Gilbert ~ How to work hard, stay focused, and partner with creativity in becoming who you want to be or courageously produce your dream-come-true. This book is inspiring as you build your self-worth, overcome perfectionism, or bring forth a self that’s...
The Gift of Adult ADD / 10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD
By Honos-Webb, Ph.D. and Sarkis, Ph.D. ~ I like these books because the solutions offered are briefly presented, and hold my attention....
Breaking Free from Codependency
By Pia Mellody ~ Herein lies an exploration in helping you uncover why you became codependent. You can heal from family abuse, neglect, toxic communication, inconsistencies, betrayal or abandonment. This is one of my favorite issues to address – I love to help...
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
By Melody Beattie ~ This is the expert source for achieving serenity when we don’t know how to appropriately love: an alcoholic, an addict, a gambler, a foodaholic, a workaholic, a sexaholic, a criminal, a rebellious teenager, or a neurotic parent. Tools for...
Eat Right America: Nutritarian handbook
By Joel Fuhrman, M.D. ~ There is no single guru for healthy eating, but without calorie-counting or a diet mentality, Joel Furhman offers some of the best information to address weight and food-related issues. He presents what I teach: that how we eat and what...