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Healing Topics:
- Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss: teaches the reader how to get in tune with stress and trauma being held in the body
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie: this book discusses the dynamic of codependency and teaches you how to create healthy boundaries and stop enabling others.
- Running on Empty: Overcoming your childhood emotional neglect by Jonice Webb: book discussing the family dynamic of emotional neglect and how that impacts us.
- Healing and Recovery by David Hawkins: both Hawkins books discuss how emotions can be recognized and released on a pathway to increasing levels of healing and consciousness
- Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David Hawkins
- The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to do when your parents’ love rules your life by Patricia Love: this book is helpful for people who have struggled in relationship with their parents or their children to hold healthy boundaries; also discusses what makes a healthy family dynamic
- Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Woititz
- Healing into Life and Death by Stephen Levine: this book talks about healing in the midst of chronic or life threatening illness.
- Life Energy: Using the Meridians to Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Emotions by John Diamond: book that teaches you how to test yourself and your loved ones about how to enhance your body’s ability to heal, and a ton of great information about the meridian system.
- Reclaiming the Heart: A Handbook of Help and Hope for Survivors of Incest by Mary Beth McLure
- Children: the Challenge by Rudolf Dreikurs: classic book on creating a better relationship with your children
- Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood: book on how to remove yourself from destructive relationships and build a healthy, meaningful relationship.
- MAP: Medical Assistance Program by Machelle Small Wright: book that teaches you how to do self healing and energy calibrations.
- Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book (by Anonymous): classic book for recovery from addiction, and is useful to read for those addicted and those in relationship with someone who has an addiction.
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz: beautiful book to create change in your life by taking ownership of your own thinking and action in relationship with others.
- King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore: easily accessible introduction to Jungian psychology as it pertains to the healthy masculine.
- Boundaries of the Soul: The Practice of Jung’s Psychology by June Singer: classic book discussing Jungian archetypes and psychotherapy.
Spiritual Topics:
- A Course of Love by Mari Perron : non-dualistic teaching on the way of the heart
- Putting on the Mind of Christ by James Marion: book that teaches that the kingdom of God is within and discusses the levels of consciousness that we all evolve through
- The Death of the Mythic God: The Rise of Evolutionary Spirituality by Jim Marion: second book further discussing evolution of consciousness and changing views on God.
- Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael Newton: book discussing a hypnotherapist’s findings when he regressed people to what happens after they die- where do we go?
- World Priest: Bringing Heaven to Earth by Michael Maciel: book discussing how to serve God as a priest, even if you haven’t been ordained; talks about how to be of service and to be a spiritual leader
- Whatever Arises, Love That: A Love Revolution That Begins With You by Matt Kahn beautiful book teaching how to live in a heart centered way
- Autobiography of a Yogi (Self Realization Fellowship) by Paramahansa Yogananda: beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation
- The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages by Paul Foster Case: book teaching the tradition of the Tarot with a deep understanding of the symbology of the cards and how they depict the soul’s journey
- Inner Christianity; A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition by Richard Smoley: book describing the history of mystical and esoteric Christianity
- The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way by Wayne Dyer – good introduction to spiritual laws and truth, without dogma.
- The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard: book discussing the Truth of the universe, and a condensed way to engage with the Course of Miracles
- Reflections on Silver River: Tokme Zongpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by Ken McLeod: book that translates a traditional Buddhist text about how to live as a spiritual seeker
- The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality by Michael Talbot- book about the physics of the universe, spirituality for science-minded folks
For Therapists:
- The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin Yalom: excellent guidebook that illustrates through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy.
- The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey by Louis Cozolino: addresses core questions that therapists about their own inner journey.
- King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore: easily accessible introduction to Jungian psychology as it pertains to the healthy masculine.
- Boundaries of the Soul: The Practice of Jung’s Psychology by June Singer: classic book discussing Jungian archetypes and psychotherapy.