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Nutrition, Fitness, and Overall Well-Being - Back to Top

• Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy - Walter Willett, M.D.
• Reversing Heart Disease - Dean Ornish, M.D.
• The Good Food Book - Jane Brody
• The South Beach Diet - Arthur Agatston, M.D.
• Healthy Women, Healthy Lives - Susan Hankinson, Sc.D., et al
• Nutrition Action Newsletter - Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Any book by Bob Greene, Oprah Winfrey's trainer
• Eating Well for Optimum Health - Andrew Weil, M.D.
• Superfoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life - Steven Pratt, MD
• The Anti-Inflammatory Zone - Barry Sears, Ph.D.
• Fight Fat After Forty - Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H.
• Body for Life - Pamela Peeke, M.D., Ph.D. or Bill Phillips

Weight Loss - Back to Top

• The Ultimate Weight Solution - Phil McGraw, Ph.D.
• Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and a Fork - Gov. Mike Huckabee
• Do I Look Fat in This? Get Over Your Body and Get on With Your Life - Rhonda Britten
• Body Intelligence: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, and Feel Great About Your Body Without Dieting - Edward Abramson, Ph.D.
• When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair - Geneen Roth
• Eating in the Light of the Moon - Anita Johnston
• The Rules of Normal Eating - Karen Koenig

Creating Happiness and Compassion - Back to Top

• Loving What Is - Byron Katie
• Learned Optimism - Martin Seligman, Ph.D.
• Authentic Happiness - Martin Seligman, Ph.D.
• Learning to Love Yourself - Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
• Getting the Love You Want - Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
• When Things Fall Apart - Pema Chodron
• Start Where You Are - Pema Chodron
• The Joy Diet - Martha Beck
• Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach, Ph.D.
• Be Here Now - Ram Dass

Creating the Life You Dream Of - Back to Top

• Hiring the Heavens - Jean Slatter
• The Art of Possibility - Rosamund & Benjamin Zander
• Ask and It Is Given - Esther and Jerry Hicks
• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.
• Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life - Greg Levoy
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
• Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out - Phil McGraw, Ph.D.
• The Hell I Can't! - Terry McBryde
• Inspiration - Wayne Dyer, Ph.D.
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - Deepak Chopra, M.D.
• The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz, M.D.
• Gently Down the Stream: 4 Unforgettable Keys to Success - Matt Weinstein and Luke Barber
• The Secret - movie

Mind-Body-Spirit Medicine - Back to Top

• Molecules of Emotion - Candace Pert, Ph.D.
• How Biography Becomes Biology - Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.
• Mind As Healer, Mind As Slayer - Kenneth Pelletier, Ph.D.
• Anatomy of An Illness - Norman Cousins
• Fire In The Soul - Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
• Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine - Schlitz, Amorok, and Micozzi
• What the "Bleep" Do We Know? - movie
• The Secret - movie

Creating Great Relationships With Yourself and Others - Back to Top

• The Dance of Anger - Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.
• Feeling Good - David Burns, M.D.
• Loving What Is - Byron Katie
• The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
• Love and Survival - Dean Ornish, M.D.
• Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life - Greg Levoy
• The Dark Side of the Light Chasers - Debbie Ford
• Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life - Steven Hayes, Ph.D.
• There is Nothing Wrong With You - Cheri Huber
• The Key - Cheri Huber

Spirituality and Prayer in Healing - Back to Top

• Healing Words - Larry Dossey, M.D.
• Recovering the Soul - Larry Dossey, M.D.
• Emptiness Dancing - Adyashanti
• The Marriage of Spirit - Leslie Temple Thursten
• Prayers for Healing: 365 Blessings, Poems & Meditations from Around the World - Larry Dossey, M.D., Maggie Oman, and the Dalai Lama
• The Battlefield of the Mind - Joyce Meyer

Forgiveness - Back to Top

• Forgive for Good - Fred Luskin, Ph.D.

Writing as a Path to Healing - Back to Top

• Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions - James Pennebaker, Ph.D.
• Writing to Heal - James Pennebaker, Ph.D.
• Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms our Lives - Louise DeSalvo

Becoming Stress Resilient - Back to Top

• The Healthy Mind Healthy Body Handbook - Time-Life Medical Books
• Full Catastrophe Living - Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
• Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers - Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D.
• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

Guided Imagery - Back to Top

• Healing Yourself - Martin Rossman, M.D.
• Imagery In Healing - Jean Achterberg, Ph.D.

Inspirational Stories - Back to Top

• Chicken Soup for the Soul - all of these books contain inspiring stories
• Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart - Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield
• No Small Miracles - Norris Burkes
• Oprah magazines and DVDs

Past-Life Explorations - Back to Top

• Many Lives, Many Masters - Brian Weiss, M.D.

Humor - Back to Top

• Any book by Loretta LaRoche - managing stress with humor!
• Videos/DVDs - Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live, or your favorite funny movie

Menopause - Back to Top

• Mind Over Menopause - Leslee Kagan, M.S., Bruce Kessel, M.D., and Herbert Benson, M.D.
• Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book - Susan Love, M.D.
• The Wisdom of Menopause - Christiane Northrup, M.D.  

Sexuality - Back to Top

• Hot Monogamy - Pat Love, Ed.D.
• How to Have Magnificent Sex - Lana Holstein, M.D.
• Intimate Communion - David Deida
• Passionate Marriage - David Schnarch, Ph.D.
• Romance novels - check out the huge selections at Borders, Barnes & Noble, etc.

Musculoskeletal Health - Back to Top

• Healing Back Pain Naturally - Art Brownstein, M.D.
• Healing Back Pain - John Sarno, M.D.
• Strong Women Stay Young - Miriam Nelson, Ph.D.
• The Acupressure Warm-Up - Marc Coseo
• Treat Your Own Neck - Robin McKenzie
• Treat Your Own Back - Robin McKenzie
• Babymoves - Marianne Hermsen-van Wanrooy
• Why Motor Skills Matter - Tara Losquadro Liddle, MPT

Getting Older - Back to Top

• Successful Aging: The MacArthur Foundation Study - John Rowe, M.D. and Robert L. Kahn, Ph.D.

Dealing With Cancer - Back to Top

• Kitchen Table Wisdom - Rachel Remen, M.D.
• My Grandfather's Blessings - Rachel Remen, M.D.
• Choices In Healing - Michael Lerner, Ph.D.
• Living Beyond Limits - David Spiegel, M.D.
• Cancer as a Turning Point - Lawrence LeShan, Ph.D.
• Getting Well Again - O. Carl Simonton, M.D.
• The Healing Path - Marc Ian Barasch
• Remarkable Recovery - Caryle Hirshberg & Marc Ian Barasch