This is a space for recommended books, links, quotes, meditations etc. to inspire and pique your curiosity. If, like me, you are a life-long learner or merely curious to find out more about anything you have read here on my site, I hope you find something here. I’d love to hear your suggestions and recommendations too….
Recommended reads:
Career and Workplace:
- The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America – David Whyte
- Now, Discover Your Strengths: How to Develop your talents and those of the People you Manage – Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton
- The Work we were Born to Do – Nick Williams
- Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organisations and Society – Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers
- The Disruption Dilemma – Joshua Gans
- The Year Without Pants: WordPress and the future of work – Scott Berkun
- The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups – Starhawk
- The Empty Raincoat – Charles Handy
- What Color is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers – Richard Nelson Bolles
- Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design – Laurence G. Boldt
- Thinking in Systems – Donella H. Meadows
Creativity
- The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life – Twyla Tharp
- The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity – Julia Cameron
- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert
- How to Be an Explorer of the World – Keri Smith
Creating the Life you Want
- The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul – Danielle LaPorte
- The Fire Starter Sessions: a Soulful & Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms – Danielle LaPorte
- Loving What is – Byron Katy
- The Success Principles: How to Get from Where you are to Where you Want to Be – Jack Canfield
Mindfulness (Adults and Children)
- The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Development Mind – Dr Daniel J. Siegel & Dr Tina Payne Bryson
- The Mindful Teen: Powerful Skills to Help you Handle Stress One Moment at a Time – Dzung X.
- Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety – Christopher Willard
- Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids – Eline Snel
- Free Mindfulness resources
Self-Awareness and Growth
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference – Malcolm Gladwell
- Difficult Conversations – Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen (Harvard Negotiation Project)
- Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on it – Ian Leslie.
Somatic based Therapeutic Approaches, Spirituality and Consciousness
- The Gift of Therapy – Irvin D. Yalom
- The Inner Journey Home. A. H. Almaas
- Eastern Body, Western Mind – Anodea Judith
- The Wisdom of the Enneagram – Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson
- The 9 Dimensions of the Soul: Essence and the Enneagram – David Hey
- You Can Heal Your Life – Louise Hay
- The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
- The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
- The Journey – Brandon Bays
- Freedom: The Courage to be Yourself – Osho
- Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence – Barbara Marx Hubbard
- On Becoming a Person – Carl R. Rogers
- A General Theory of Love – Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon
- The Seat of the Soul – Gary Zukav
- The Healing Power of Illness: Understanding what Your Symptoms are Telling you – Thorwald Dethlefsen & Ruediger Dahlke
- The British Psychology Society the ultimate psychology reading list has interesting reviews and recommendations
