Recommended Books

What it Means to be Human: Things Your Mother Never Told You

A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, M.D., Fari Amini, M.D., Richard Lannon, MD

Trauma

Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter Levine







Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing by Peter Levine and Maggie Kline







The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine Aron, Ph.D.







Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children by Nancy Napier







Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman, MD

Depression, Medication and More

Toxic Psychiatry by Peter Breggin, MD







The Medicalization of Society by Peter Conrad







Comfortably Numb by Charles Barber

The Field: New Ways of Seeing the World

The Field by Lynne McTaggart







Entangled Minds by Dean Radin







The Sense of Being Stared At by Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.







Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home by Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.







Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman







The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra

The Field: Other Ways of Healing

Energy Medicine by Donna Eden







Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith







Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey by Alex Grey







The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing by Kenneth Cohen







Measuring the Immeasurable by Daniel Goleman







The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy by Cyndi Dale

An Eastern Perspective

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron







The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron







The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh







The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh







Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh







Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

Travels With Healers

Infinite Grace: Where the Worlds of Science and Spiritual Healing Meet by Diane Goldner







Afterwards, You're a Genius by Chip Brown

When Being Human is Difficult: Books for Comfort and Healing

Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen







Fire in the Soul: A New Psychology of Spiritual Optimism by Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.







The Art of Emotional Healing by Lucia Capacchioni







Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart by Jack Kornfield and Christina Feldman







Awakening at Midlife by Kathleen Brehony







The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron







Transformation Soup: Healing for the Splendidly Imperfect by Sark

New Ways to See the World

The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Stone Zander







Dancing With The Ten Thousand Things: Ways to Become a Powerful Healing Presence by Tom Balles







One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer







Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life by William Hudson O'Hanlon

Developing Intuition

Your Sixth Sense: Unlocking the Power of Your Intuition by Belleruth Naparstek

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"

                                                                                          – Mary Oliver