The Secret by Rhonda Byrnes This first review is going to be about the bestseller, The Secret. Many of you have no doubt read it, plan to read it, or have seen the movie. I thought it would be a great place to start. The writer, Rhonda Byrne, has single-handedly created a rush of interest in metaphysical theories that have been around for centuries. She has a gift for synthesizing and creating awareness of the very powerful energy currents that are all around us. Click to read more...
Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss This book, by the well known author Caroline Myss, is called Sacred Contracts. I attended her workshop in St. Louis in 2001 that introduced and explained her theories about archetypes, but the book had not been published yet, and anyone can access her methodology. Caroline Myss explains how you can identify your signature archetypes and use them as guides and gatekeepers to...Click to read more...
Positive Energy by Judith Orloff, M.D. Positive Energy is by a brilliant writer named Judith Orloff. She is a psychiatrist who has researched and recognized the importance of understanding the subtle energies and their relationship to mental and physical health. Her medical background is invaluable in establishing her credentials for this work. Click to read more...
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, is by Jack Kornfield, author, meditation master, and co-founder of Spirit Rock, a meditation retreat in Marin County, California. This book is about how the modern spiritual journey unfolds. Most, if not all of you, aren’t able to spend a few years sorting things out in silence on a mountaintop. The challenges of work and family, emotional pain, and our own imperfections require most of us to stick around and make a spiritual life around “real” life. Click to read more...
You Can Heal your Life by Louise L. Hay I’ve discovered a book that is in alignment with this season of maximum light and growth. It’s actually a book that was first published twenty years ago and the author is now a beautiful woman in her 80’s. It’s as fresh and relevant now as it was in the 1980’s, and written while the author was in her 50’s. See, it’s never too late to heal your life! Click to read more...
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron "When Things Fall Apart,” by Pema Chodron, is a short 146 page book that is stunning in its truth and simplicity. I feel the title is not a good choice because it is such a life affirming book. This book could change your relationship to the inevitable changes that occur in life. Click to read more...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead "The Tibetan Book of the Dead,” doesn’t seem very spring-like at first, but this book is such a powerful lesson on living well that I was drawn to it. In all honesty, just reading the introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama gives a complete and profound view of the great question of whether there is life after death. It encompasses all phases of the end of life, including an inspirational view of bereavement. Click to read more...
Body of Health by Francesa McCartney One of the highlights of my summer was serving as a teaching assistant at a workshop called “The Language of Intuition,” at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. The workshop, taught by Dr. Francesca McCartney, founder of the Academy of Intuition Medicine in Sausalito CA., was a sampling of the material in her book, Body of Health. Click to read more...
When you are Falling, Dive by Mark Matousek I enjoy passing on the names of books that have that rare combination of wisdom, humor, and an original viewpoint of “the big questions.” In this spring review for our online book club, I’ve chosen When You’re Falling, Dive, by Mark Matousek. Click to read more...
Your Sixth Sense by Belleruth Naparstek “Your Sixth Sense: Unlocking the Power of Your Intuition”, by Belleruth Naparstek, is an excellent and sophisticated guidebook on how to recognize, cultivate, and direct the natural gift we are all born with: the sixth sense. She’s a psychotherapist and she uses her intuitive capabilities in tandem with her training to really discern what she’s hearing from her clients. Click to read more....
Be the Change by Ed and Deb Shapiro “The very purpose of our life is to be happy.” So says His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the introduction to Be the Change, by Ed and Deb Shapiro. This is a book solely about meditation and interwoven among the authors’ own thoughts are the fascinating words of more than one hundred meditation practitioners from various walks of life. Click to read more...
Loving What Is by Byron Katie It has been a while since I’ve sent out a book review because I haven’t found a book worth sharing until I read Loving What Is, by Byron Katie. It is fresh and clear and worth sharing with you. In celebrating my seventh year of private practice, I noticed that of all the books I’ve read, Loving What Is has made it into my daily life and practice. Click to read more...
Elegant Choices, Healing Choices by Marsha Sinetar For this celebration of the final months of 2010, I’ve chosen a clearly written and wise book for our online book club. “Elegant Choices, Healing Choices,” by Marsha Sinetar, is subtitled, “Finding Grace and Wholeness in Everything We Choose.” The writer, author of several books, believes each of us can grow whole as persons. She believes that each of us can use our daily choices, even the most insignificant, to help us along this path. Click to read more...
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