Inspiration

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….

 

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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

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

Curiosity

• Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on it – Ian Leslie

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)

Therapy, 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  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.