Resources
Books -- Health and Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing
The Woman's Belly Book: Finding Your True Center for More Energy, Confidence, and Pleasure
by Lisa Sarasohn
This book focuses on that jiggly, rounded part of us that many shun, yet the author claims it is the source of our creativity and intuition. The book is a celebration of our bodies and our strength. Throughout are exercises to help us tap into this power.
Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness and meditation are proven support for decreasing stress levels and increasing immune system function. Did you know that they also help us change our thought patterns, supporting us when we make changes? This book is a wonderful buttress for that support!
The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and
Enjoying Guilt-Free Play 
by Neil Fiore
Truly a great gift choice- for yourself or someone else! How many women do you know who manage to enjoy enough "guilt-free play?
10 Poems to Set you Free
by Roger Housden
A group of poems, each of which is to set you free from something within yourself. Housden lets you read the poem first to let it speak to you, and then he writes about his personal perspective on it.
Bring Me the Rhinoceros
by John Tarrant
An unusual guide to happiness and a can opener for your thinking. This book deftly retells fourteen traditional koans, which are partly paradoxical questions dangerous to your beliefs and partly treasure boxes of ancient wisdom.
When you Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair
by Geneen Roth
A series of short essays perfect for dipping into for a little inspiration each day. Although this is supposedly all about our connection with food and our bodies, it’s really about our connection with our lives.
Writing from the Body
by John Lee
A look at how paying attention to our bodies improves our writing. This book is an easy read, and you’ll learn the grammar of the gut, the syntax of the sinews, the language of the legs.
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing
by Christiane
Northrop
Full of information, insights, and wisdom. I have lost count of how many times I have referenced and recommended this book.
by Jon
Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
Mindfulness explored. This never gets old for me -- ancient practices and modern stresses. An amazing book.
by Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
A description, appreciation and celebration of the development of women.
by Nieca Goldberg
Detailed guidance women need to recognize, treat and prevent heart disease.
by Andrew Weil
A great tool for improving your health. It covers a variety of health issues
with a plan that you can make work in your everyday life.
Organizing From the Inside Out
by Julie Morgenstern
A book full of step-by-step tips that break things down for your many organizing needs and styles, making it easier
to gain immediate improvement.
The Wisdom of No Escape
by Pema Chodron
This book exhorts us to wake up wholeheartedly to everything and to use the abundant, richly textured fabric of
everyday life as our primary spiritual teacher and guide.
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
by Byron Katie
Ask yourself these four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, can enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light.
Take Your Time
by Eknath Easwaran
Easwaran shares proven techniques for improving health, relationships, and productivity in the midst of a busy lifestyle. Drawing on his strengths as a meditation teacher, he combines timeless stories with step-by-step teachings to help readers slow down, stay calm, and get a sense of life's true purpose.
Organizing for Your Brain Type
by Lanna Nakone
An astute, fun guide to organizing that offers tailored and specific advice-that actually works-on how to get and stay organized, based on Nakone's experience as a professional organizer and the science
of brain function.
Everyday Greatness
by Steven Covey
This collection of inspiring stories are brought together with pertinent commentary from Dr. Stephen Covey to become an inspiring and life-changing resource for anyone who wants more from life.
