22 Nov 2008
My Favorite Books
1. Cancer Causes, Prevention,
and Treatment by Paavo Airola
Herbology
1. Back to Eden by Jethro
Kloss
Spiritual, Inspirational,
and Meditation
1. Wherever You Go, There
You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Phd.
Parenting
1. How to Talk So Kids
Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, by
Relationships
1. John Gray, Ph.D.
The Raw Food Diet
More Raw-Food Recipe books
Vegetarianism
Food Combining
Juicing
Cleansing And Healing
A Few More Inspiritational
Jack Kornfield
Many Lives and Many Masters, by Dr. Brian Weiss.
Bob Greene (Oprah personnal trainer)
Dr. Phil McGraw, PH.D., is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of:
Book List
To find these books...
The Sunfood Diet Success System
Eating For Beauty
More books on healing
and health
2. How to Get Well by
Paavo Airola
3. The Sugar Habit by
Nancy Appleton
4. Hidden Food Allergies
by Stephen Astor
5. The Chelation Way by
Dr. Morton Walker
6. Colon Health: The Key
To A Vibrant Life by Dr. Walker
7. Become Younger by Dr.
Walker
8. Sugar Blues by William
Duffy
9. The Can Do Eating Plan
For Overweight Kids and Teens, by Michelle
Daum.
( To help kids control their weight, look better & feel great).
10. Dr. Nancy Snyderman's Guide
To Good Health, by Nancy Snyderman,
A terrific book provides facts for women over forty about the changing
body and health.
2. Todays Herbal Health
by Louise Tenney
3. School of Natural Healing
by Dr. John Christopher
4. Herbs and Things by
Jeanne Rose
5. The Family Herbal by
Barbara and Peter Theiss
6. The Way of Herbs by
Michael Tierra
7. The Wise Woman Herbal
for the Childbearing Years by Susun Weed
8. Herbal Healing for
Women By Rosemary Gladstar
2. Stephen Levine
a. Embracing the Beloved: Relationship as a Path of Awakening, by
Stephen & Ondrea Levine. "His work with the grieving and dying is
amongst the most skillful& compassionate that I am aware of in this
country." -- Elisabeth Kubler Ross
b. Healing into Life and Death. ( His writing shows us how to participate
fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next
be it sorrow or joy, loss, or gain.)
c. Who Dies: An Investigation of Conscious Living and
Conscious Dying.
d. A Gradual Awakening.
Stephen is a poet and teacher of meditation, who has worked extensively
with Ram Dass & Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and is now directing the
Hanuman Foundation Dying Project and acting as a consultant to many
hospitals and meditation groups throughout the country.
3. Ram Dass
a.
Be Here Now
b.
Grist for the Mill. (written with Stephen Levine )
Ram
Dass was born Richard Albert in Boston in 1931. He was a
professor
at Harvard till 1963. He went on a spiritual journey to India in
1967
and learned much wisdom from his guru (teacher ) who named him
Ram
Dass. These books give wisdom and inspiritation.Sa
4. Healthy Living by Joan
Lunden
5. Deepak Chopra, M.D.
a.
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
b.
Creating Health
c.
Return of the Rishi
d.
Perfect Health
e.
Quantum Healing
f.
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment
of your Dreams
6. Find a Quiet Corner
by Nancy O' Hara. Teaches unwinding meditations &
tips
on decreasing stress & get in touch with your own reservoir of
strength
and calmness.
7. Marianne Williamson
Marianne is a spiritual guide and she shares her reflectionss on A Course
in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for
inner peace. She reveals how we each can become a miracle worker
by
accepting God and by the expression of love in our daily lives. She
shows
how love is a potent force, the key to inner peace, and how by
practicing love we can make our own lives more fulfiilling while creating
a more peaceful and loving world for our children.
a.
A Return to Love
b.
A Woman's Worth
c.
Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and
Making Miracles
8. Meditations for Women
Who Do Too Much by Anne Wilson Schaef
Has
quotes from women around the world & combines them with wise
daily
meditations to help slow down, to laugh, and be inspired.
9. The Modern Woman's
Guide to Life by Elizabeth Chapman, Margaret
Kassner. Handbook for women to solve day to day problems from cars
to careers and clothing, to carpentry.
10. Sharon Salzberg
a. Loving Kindness, the Revolutionary Art of Happiness
b. Voices of Insight.
A collection of writing by leading insight meditation teachers. They
share their intimate experiences and understanding of the basic teaching
of the Buddha, lessongs learned with their own teachers& good advice
in the home, workplace and in relationships.
11. Joseph Goldstein
a.
Insight Meditation- the Practice of Freedom Seeking the Heart of
Wisdom.
b.
The Path of Insight Meditation
He
teaches retreats worldwide and in teaching over 12 years, he guides
you to develop openess & compassion, and let go of fears&
pain.
12. Cave in the Snow by Tenzin
Palmo. True story of a womans journey
to Tibet to find spiritual teachers & lived in a cave.
13. When Things Fall Apart by
Pema Chodren
The primary message is "letting go". This is a valuable read for understanding Buddhist philosphy. Her style is simple, clear and very human and applicable to daily life. For people who meditate-it is excellent reading and helps you understand what you go through when life is difficult and how it is of great benefit along your path. Its clear and refreshing.
14. Thich Nhat Hanh, Poet, Zen
Master & Chairman of the Vietnamese
Buddhist Peace Delegation. Author of over 100 books. He has survived
3
wars, persecution & more than 30 years of exile, founded universities&
social service organizations, rescued boat people, and was nominated for
the Nobel Peace Prize.
a. Being Peace
b. Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
c. Basic Buddhist Wisdom
d. The Blooming of a Lotus: Guided Meditation for Achieving
the
Miracle of Mindfulness
15. Simple Abundance by Sarah
Breathnach. Daily book full of quotes
and meditations, and lots of joy and inspiration. She developed the
gratitude journel.
16. Caroline Myss,
She has combined being a medical intuitive and
ambition to be a publisher, worked with holistic doctors, & now
writes and lectures around the world. She has books, cd's, and tapes.
a. Anatomy of the Spirit
b. Why People Don't Heal:Overcoming the Hidden Blocks to Wellness
c. Energy Medicine
d. Creation of Health (co-authored with Dr. Norman Shealy)
17. Louise Hay, she has assisted
thousands of people in discovering & using
the
full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth.
a.
You Can Heal Your Life
b.
Gratitude: A Way of Life
c.
The Power is Within You
d.
Meditaions to Heal Your Life
e.
She has written over 14 books, and many tapes and cd's
18. The Power of Now by Eckhart
Tolle. His message is simple,
living in the now is the truest path to hapiness and enlightenment.
His clear writing, supportive voice, & enthusiasm make this an excellent
manual for anyone who's ever wondered what living in the now means.
19. The Healer Within, by Steven
Locke & Douglas Colligan. About
psychoneuroimmunity and mind-body medicine.
20. The Healing Brain, by Robert
Ornstein & David Sobel. How the brain
can keep us healthy.
21. Dr. Bernie S. Siegel.
This medical doctor encourages self healing and
work
with science and different modalities and health practitioners for
healing.
He supports the use of western and eastern medicine.
a.
Peace, Love, and Healing. (An inspiring book about the body-mind
connection, and the path to self healing.
b.
Love, Medicine, and Miracles.
22. Life After Life, Raymond
Moody, Jr.. The investigation of a
phenomenon- survival of bodily death.
23. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D..
A psychiatrist who was the first to work
with
dying and death, and not afraid to discuss these topics, as well as
life
after death. What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy,
and
their own families. Taught the stages of dying: denial, anger,
bargaining,
depression, and acceptance.
a.
On Death and Dying
b.
To Live Until We Say Goodbye
c.
On Life After Death
24. Carl O. Simonton& Reid
Henson & Brenda Hampton.
a.
The Healing Journey. ( A mind-body healing book about a cancer
patient's experience. Includes exercises in guided imagery and a
2
year health plan.)
b.
Getting Well Again. ( About the cancer personality and ways to
overcome the disease by changing ones perspectives.)
25. Neale Donald Walsh
a.
Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1,2, 3).
b.
Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue
Book 1, Guide book.
26. Embraced by the Light, by
Betty Eadie. True story of a woman's near
death
experience and its life changing effects. She reveals how she has
learned
to live with the lessons from her experience, and offers insight
into
how we all can live in a world where death need not be feared,
and
we can embrace the simple and profound message of love that
unites
us all
27. Joan Borysenko
a.
Minding the Body, Mending the Mind
b.
The Ways of the Mystic: Seven Paths to God
c.
Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for
Transforming Your Life
d.
She has written 7 other books
28. Norman Cousins
a.
Anatomy of An Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections
on Healing and Regeneration.
b.
The Healing Heart: Antidotes to Panic and Helplessness.
29. Hands of Light: A
Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field
by
Barbara Ann Brennan. In depth study of the human energy field.
This
book offers an understanding of how the aura looks and functions,
training in the ability to see auras & guidelines for healing self
& others.
30. Sanaya Roman
a.
Living With Joy
b.
Personal Power Through Awareness
c.
Spiritual Growth
d.
Creating Money
These
four books are like taking a workshop and are by Sanaya
Roman who channels "Orin". They offer easy to learn processes
to acclerate spiritual growth, live lives with more joy, harmony, peace,
and love. Tools are given to lift veils of illusion, see truth, raise
your
vibration, listen to inner guidance, learn advanced manifesting techniques,
createyour life's work, and magnetize and draw to you what you want.
VERY POWERFUL BOOKS!!!
31. Sondra Ray
a. The Only Diet There Is. ( Teaches you how to create the physical body
you desire. Use the incredible power of the mind to transform
attitudes about food ).
b. Loving Relationships. (Shows how to find, achieve, and maintain
a deeper, more fulfilling relationship with your mate.)
c. I Deserve Love. ( Gives you power to achieve whatever goals you
pursue. Gives you affirmations for love & sexual fulfillment
).
d. Rebirthing In the New Age. ( Dedicated to teaching people to
create perfect health, effortless bliss & perpetual youth ) . Co-authored
with the famous rebirther Leonard Orr.
32. The Four Agreements by Don
Miguel Ruiz. The author reveals the
source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless
suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer
a
powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives.
The Four Agreements
1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don't take anything personally.
3. Don't make assumptions.
4. Always do your best.
33. Chicken Soup For the Soul,
by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen
a. 101 Stories to Open the Heart & Rekindle the Spirit.
b. 101 More Stories For the Mom, For Parents, For Teenagers,
etc
c. The Aladdin Factor. ( One of the greatest lessons you'll ever learn
is how to ask for what you want. This book shows you how.)
Jack is the author of many self esteem books and has conducted seminars
for more than half a million people around the world. Mark is a popular
speaker who has appeared on national media.
34. A Better Way to Live, by
Og Mandino.
One
of the most inspirational authors in the world. He was a 35 year
old
derelict
who nearly committed suicide. He turned himself from a
alcoholic
to a millionaire, and a happy man. He tells this heartwarming
tale
and gives 17 principals & rules to live by, and examples, so you can
avoid
spending even one more day feeling failure, grief or poverty
or
shame. Buy and read and work this book.
35. Alan Cohen
a.
The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore ( Loving fully, living freely.)
b.
Are You As Happy As Your Dog? ( Sure fire ways to wake up
with a smile as big as your pooch's.)
c.
A Deep Breath of Life: Daily Inspiration for Heart Centered Living.
d.
Ten other boooks to inspire you and open the heart.
36. Anthony Robbins
a.
Live With Passion ( Create a compelling future with America's top
business and life strategist.)
b.
Awaken the Giant Within. ( How to take immediate control of your
mental, emotional, physical & financial destiny).
c.
Anthony Robbins Pesonal Power 1& 2.
Tony
is a workshop siminar leader and educator, and teacher with
over 39 books, cd's, and tapes. Very POWERFUL& INSPIRING being!
37. Wayne Dyer
A lecturer and educator, written over 40 books and tapes. One of
the
foremost inspirational leaders of our time. He shares his profound
wisdom & practical advice for manifesting genuine miracles in our lives.
He shows by steps how to achieve new & higher levels of consciousness.
a. Dr. Wayne Dyer's 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace.
b. Gifts from Eykis.
c. How to Get What You Really Really Really Want. ( Co-authored
with Deepak Chopra.)
d. Living Without Limits. ( Co-authored with Deepak Chopra.)
e. Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life
f. The Power of Intention (latest CD)
38. Loving What Is, by
Byron Katie.
In the midst of a normal life Katie became depressed & over 10 years
into rage and despair, and thoughts of suicide. One morning she woke
up
in a state of joy and her suffering ended. The freedom of that realization
has never left her. In this book you can discover the same freedom
through "The Work", which is 4 simple questions when applied
to a
problem enables you to see what is troubling you in a different light.
1. Is it true?
2. Can you absolutely know that it is true?
3. How do you react when you think that thought?
4. Who would you be without the thought?
and TURN IT AROUND!
39. Awakening Healing Energy
Through the Tao, by Mantak Chia
Mantak Chia learned Thai boxing, Tai Chi, Aikido, Yoga, and Tao
Esoteric practice, the Reunion of Man and Heaven. He learned many
esoteric teachings over the years while holding down a job with
computers, as well as having a family, & is a humble & down to
earth
man. His teachings are about healing, meditation, self-defense, Taoist
practices for sexual healing and balance, and transmuting emotions.
Taoist esoteric yoga ia an ancient powerful system of physical,
psychological , and spiritual development encompassing meditative and
internal energy practices. To awaken & circulate chi, the generative
Life force, through the acupunture meridians of the body.
40. Dali Lama, is the spiritual
and temporal leader of the Tibetan people.
His
tireless efforts on behalf of human rights and world peace have brought
him
international recognition. Although claiming to be a simple human
being,
he is known the world over as a tireless worker for peace, a great
spiritual
teacher, and a man with a gift for conveying great truths in a
manner
accessible to all. His combination of genuine warmth, infectious
sense
of humor, penetrating intellect, and disarming humility come
through
in his writings.
a.
Freedom in Exile.
b.
Ethics for the New Millennium.
c.
The Art of Happiness.
Adele
Faber and Elaine Mazlish. (In book and tape form)
Once
frustrated mothers themselves-use real-life situations to show
how
you can respect and respond to your child's feelings and satisfy
your
own needs. You'll be able to reduce the wear and tear on
yourself
and your family with this practical information.
2. Jane Nelsen,
ED.D.
A licensed marriage, family and child therapist is a fantastic lecturer
&
teacher shows you how to instill confidence in your children. She
gives great action plans, and tools, and uses her own personal experiences
as well, to help children handle their own behavior.
a. Positive Discipline: Ther First Three Years.
b. Positive Discipline For Preschoolers.
c. Positive Discipline: A Teachers A-Z Guide.
d. Positive Time Out And Over 50 Ways To Avoid Power Struggles
In The Home And The Classroom.
3. Children Are From Heaven.
Positive Parenting Skills For Raising
Cooperative,
Confident , & Compassionate Children, by John Gray, Ph.D.
4. What Do You Really
Want For Your Children?, by Wayne Dyer.
a. Men Are From Mars, and Women Are
From Venus
b. Men Are From Mars, and Women Are
From Venus: Book of Days :
365 Inspirations
To Enrich Your Relationships.
c. Mars and Venus In Touch: Enhancing
the Passion With Great
Communication.
d. Mars and Venus In Love : Inspiring
and Heartfelt Stories of
Relationships That
Work..
2. K:athlyn Hendricks, Ph.D. & Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
Their books support you to take your relationship
to the deepest level
of joy and intimacy.
a. Conscious Loving: The Journey to
Co-Commitment: A Way To Be
Fully Together Without
Giving Up Yourself.
b. The Conscious Heart: Seven Soul Choices
That Inspire Creative
Partnership.
3. Joyce Vissell,RN., MS. & Barry Vissell, MD.
The Shared Heart: Relationship Initiations &
Celebrations.
Provides tools for the initations which face
you on the relationship
journey. Your mind seeks the easiest
person to be with whom there is no
sturggle or rough edges to work out.
But your heart, your true inner
self will seek the person who can best help
you in your search for truth.
Written beautifully from the heart using personal
experiences as
examples of learning, inspiration, and for
your own heart openning.
MORE GREAT BOOKS!
Detoxify Or Die, by Dr. Sherry Rogers
She has written several other books.) If you have an illness and no answer for it you will probably find the answer in one of her books. If you suffer from any malady or sickness her books are a must read. We are all being toxified by environmental toxins that will not leave our body UNLESS we make them go away by
saunas, eating right foods, and supplements.
Excellent teacher and workshop leader of metaphysics. He weaves the
reader through Buddhist teachings in practical ways easily used in daily living. He is famous and well respected as a teacher and as a humble and a loving soul.
He wrote a few other books. The true story of a prominent psychiatrist, & his young patient he takes into several past life sessions with hypnotherapy, and how it changes and heals both their lives. His skepticism was eroded when she began to channel messages which contained remarkable revelations about Dr
Weiss's family and dead son. Using the hypnotherapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new more meaningful phase in his own career.
As Oprah's personnal trainer, he has become famous and he and his info is incredibly inspirational and motivational. It is like having a personnal trainer take you through the psychological, physical, & emotional challenges that are keeping you from any of your goals. Especially recommended for weight loss and health challenges to be changed and healed.
He is the host of the nationally syndicaated, daily one-hour series Dr. Phil. He is one of the world's foremost experts in the field of human functioning. His newest book is:
All Dr. Phil's books titles speak for themselves. They are full of brilliant information, support, keys to changing, healing, and improving your life, and your family's lives, as well as giving hope to anyone and everyone.
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