Resources: Favorite Books

Life Skills / Conduct of Life

What Happy Women Know (How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Change Women’s Lives for the Better), by Dan Baker, PhD & Cathy Greenberg, PhD

Learn about six traps that leave women in jeopardy of compromising their happiness and tools to help you live a happy, fulfilling life.
 

On Becoming Fearless (in Love, Work and Life), by Arianna Huffington

Conquering fear is crucial to living a full life and to making a difference in the world. Here’s a provocative and empowering guide to living a life of truth, love, and freedom

Thinking About Tomorrow: Reinventing Yourself at Midlife, by Susan Crandell

A book about possibilities, encouraging us not to define ourselves by what we’ve done in the past but to move forward with excitement into a future we make for ourselves.

Personal Growth

The Gift of Change, by Marianne Williamson

Marianne examines change as a spiritual necessity and offers insights into the meaning of embracing the next step of one’s life.

A Weekend to Change Your Life, by Joan Anderson

Practical advice and inspiration for finding your authentic self after a lifetime of being all things to all people.

Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

A graceful, beloved classic that resonates with women to this day. Musings on the shape of a woman’s life bring new understanding at any stage of life.

Spirituality

Stillness Speaks, by Eckhart Tolle

If we connect to the stillness within, we move beyond our active minds and emotions and discover great depths of lasting peace, contentment, and serenity.

The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle

A reminder to be truly present in our own lives and liberated from our past and future. Now, the present moment, where problems do not exist. It is here we find our joy and are able to embrace our true selves.

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, by Eckhart Tolle

Come to experience who you truly are, which is infinitely greater than anything you currently think you are.

The Seat of the Soul, by Gary Zukav

A soothing, thought-provoking work about the values of the soul.

Conversations with God – An Uncommon Dialogue, by Neale Donald Walsch

Suppose you could ask God the most puzzling questions about existence – questions about love and faith, life and death, good and evil. Suppose God provided clear, understandable answers.

Health & Wellness

The Best Life Diet, by Bob Greene

A lifetime plan for losing weight and keeping it off. Let Bob help you get started down the path toward your best possible life.

The Wisdom of Menopause (Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change), by Christiane Northrup, M.D.

A candid and reassuring book about the changes women should expect from ages 40 to 55 – a time of personal empowerment and positive energy.
 

The Entrepreneurial Spirit

Ladies Who Launch™ (Embracing Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a Lifestyle,
by Victoria Colligan & Beth Schoenfeldt

Practical information, self-tests and inspiring stories to ignite a fire under a long-smoldering dream or catapult a lifestyle, relationship, or career to a higher level.
 

Success at Life (How to Catch and Live Your Dream), by Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold

Charming & inspiring entrepreneurial wisdom by the two “Zentrepreneurs” who run The Republic of Tea.

Dragon Spirit: How to Self-Market Your Dream, by Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold

Another delightful guide by the “Ministers” of The Republic of Tea. This one demystifies the fears of marketing a dream that captures the soul.

The War of Art (Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles),
by Steven Pressfield

Laugh-out-loud funny and inspirational. Good advice on how to identify and defeat the inner barriers to creativity & success.

The E-Myth Revisited (Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It),
by Michael E. Gerber

How to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Draws the vital distinction between working on your business and working in your business.