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The Success Book by John Randoph Price Hay House 1998. ISBN 1-56170-474-1 This tiny book is amazing. It is based on a 30-day process that has a short affirmation for each day Imagine starting your day with "I intuitively know that which is mine to do this day, and I do it with joy and enthusiasm". It can't help but change your day. Repeat the process for a total of 60 days and you will have a new appreciation for the success in your life.

There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem by Wayne Dyer. 2001. Harper Collins Publisher. ISBN 0-06-019230-5 This book offers compelling testimony on the power of love, harmony and service - putting our collective energies toward what we are for instead of what we are against. This book helped me through a very difficult situation this summer. It seemed that just when I was wallowing in some low vibrational energy (despair, sadness, doubt) - the next chapter would offer me ways to shift to a more positive place (hope, joy or pardon)

The Power of Now and Practicing the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. 1997 Namaste Press. ISBN 0-9682364 and ISBN 1-57731-195-7 2001 Publishers Group West. This is one of those books that several people have recommended to me and I never got to reading until recently. And as usual it was just the right thing that I needed when I read it. By living in the now, in this moment, not in some distant future or lamenting over the past, we find how to calm our world and find a joy that has no opposite.

The Marriage of Spirit by Leslie Temple-Thurston Blessingway Books Inc. 2000 ISBN 0-9660182-0-6. Website: www.corelight.org. The processes taught in this book are life changing. Whether you are using the squares process to discover and release blindspots or polarity processing to release reoccurring patterns in your life, you will be changed. Do not read this book unless you are committed to transformation on a deep level.

Returning to Oneness by Leslie Temple-Thurston Corelight Publishing 2002 ISBN 0-9660182-9-X This is a little book packed with processes and meditations to help regain balance. Anyway ~ The Paradoxical Commandments - Finding Personal Meaning in a Crazy World by Kent M. Keith ISBN 0-399-14945-7 The poem that this little book is based on was made famous by Mother Teresa and has only recently been attributed to the original author.

Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting Playbook by Lynn Grabhorn

The Four-Fold Way by Angeles Arrien. Harper San Francisco. 1993. ISBN 0-06-250059-7. Angeles Arien's wisdom calls up the wisdom of the ancient warriors, healers, visionaries and teachers to show us how to restore the balance in ourselves and in our environment

The Hero and The Outlaw by Margaret Mark and Carol S. Pearson. McGraw-Hill. 2001. ISBN 0-07-136415-3. They apply their understanding of Jungian Psychology to advertising and marketing using archetypes. This a very new way to look at very old knowledge

Attracting Perfect Customers by Stacey Hall and Jan Brogniez. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. San Francisco. 2001. ISBN 1-57675-124-4. This concept is what I always knew and have finally found words for. Working with the concept of Strategic Synchroncity you will reach greater levels of customer attraction and retention. Sign up for the daily ezine at www.perfectcustomers.com. It seems that I get just the message that I need every day.

Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss. Harmony Books. New York. 2001. ISBN 0-517-70392-0. One of the most elusive things in our lives is understanding our purpose. Through the concept of Sacred Contracts and archetypes, Carol helps us identify the gatekeepers of our purpose so that we can manage our personal power without getting caught up in emotional drama. And lastly, we need to know how to fulfill our Sacred Contract: what you and only you are here on earth to do.

The Conscious Heart by Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks. Bantam Books. New York. 1999. ISBN 0-553-37491-5. Seven commitments are identified to transform relationships from the inside out. From the boardroom, to boy scouts or the bedroom, it doesn't matter, these core commitments are key. This book gets four stars.

Achieving Vibrance by Gay Hendricks. Three Rivers Press. New York. 2002. ISBN 0-609-80939-3. Learn about the vibrance mindset and vibrance flex to become vital, harmonious and clear in just seven minutes a day.

The Corporate Mystic by Gay Hendricks. Check out this book for useful concepts applied to business

Gratitude ~ A Way of Life by Louise L. Hay and Friends. Hay House, Inc. Calsbad, CA. 1996. ISBN 1056170-309-5. I gave this book to a friend of mine who was going through very difficult times. She claims that by reading one story each morning and meditating, that she has found the resources and strength to cope and become a better person.

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Amber-Allen Publishing, San Rafael, California.1997. ISBN 1-878424-31-9. This little book can change your life. The four agreements are: Be impeccable with your word, Don't take anything personally, Don't make assumptions, Always do your best. Also check out "The Four Agreements Compansion Book" and "The Mastery of Love" by the same author.

Callings by Gregg Levoy. Three Rivers Press. New York. 1997. ISBN 0-609-80370-0. I attended Gregg's workshop at the Business and Consciousness conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico and it was everything and more than I imagined. I have been using the Gregg's work in my workshops and now have a list of the most soul searching questions imaginable. A must read if you want to become clear about your calling.

Awakening the Heroes Within by Carol S. Pearson. Harper San Francisco. 1991. ISBN 0-06-250678-1. Carol has created a very useful questionnaire called the "Heroic Myth Index" (HMI)By identifying our dominant and inferior archetypes, Carol help's us find ourselves and transform our world.

Reclaiming Higher Ground by Lance Secretan. Macmillan Canada. 1997. ISBN 0-7715-7479-7. What can I say? This book is the core resource for all of our Values-Centered Leadership and Higher Ground work. This book will be dog-eared and marked by the time you are finished.

The Artist's Way at Work by Mark Bryan, Julia Cameron, Catherine Allen. William Morrow and company, Inc. New York. 1998. ISBN 0-688-16635-0. Julia Cameron's groundbreaking book, The Artist's Way, has helped more than a million people access their creativity and realize their dreams. This book specifically addresses the workplace.

Healing Imagery & Music by Carol A. Bush. Rudra Press ~ Portland, Oregon. 1995. ISBN 0-915801-50-7.This book and accompanying CD shows us how musical metaphors can assist us in deep core healing

Take Time for Your Life by Cheryl Richardson. Broadway Books. 1999. ISBN 0-7679-0207-6. A 7-Step program for creating the life you want. During the last year, a "Women in Networking, (WIN)" group based in Lindsay, Ontario created an evening session for each of seven steps and invited a speaker. These people are serious about moving towards a balanced and fulfilling life.

The Tipping Point How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown and Company. New York. 2000 ISBN 0-316-31696

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of your Dreams, by Deepak Chopra, New World Library, 1994. Anything Deepak Chopra writes is interesting and thoughtful. This little book is potent because it contains a complete template for living a happy life - no modest achievement. It is well written and a beautiful map for a life of spirit.

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom, ISBN number 0-385-48451-8, Doubleday, New York, 1997. Mitch rediscovers his old professor, Morrie, in the last weeks of his life. He accepts a final private "class" with Morrie, meeting every Tuesday to learn the lessons of life.

Appreciative Inquiry Resources Watkins, J.M. & Cooperrider, D.L. (2000b). Organizational Inquiry Model for Global Social Change Organizations. In D. Cooperrider, P. Sorenson, Jr., D. Whitney, & T. Yaeger (Eds.), Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization toward a Positive Theory of Change (pp. 249-263).

Watkins, J.M., & Mohr, B.J., (2001). Appreciative Inquiry: Change at the Speed of Imagination. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.

Whitney, D & Trosten-Bloom, A., (2003), The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change. Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.

Whitney, D., Cooperrider, D., Trosten-Bloom, A. & Kaplin, B., (2002). Encyclopedia of Positive Questions Vol. 1. Using Appreciative Inquiry to Bring Out the Best in Your Organization. Lakeshore Communications.

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