Recommended Reading

You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise L. Hay (Hay House, 1984, 2004)--the book, and the woman, who started it all.

10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, by Dr. Wayne Dyer (Hay House 2001). Also read his book, The Power of Intention.

The Journey Through Cancer: An Oncologist's Seven-Level Program for Healing and Transforming the Whole Person, by Jeremy Geffen, M.D. (Crown, 2000) He combines physical, psychological, and spiritual approaches to cancer.

Hormone Deception: How Everyday Foods and Products Are Disrupting Your Hormones--and How to Protect Yourself and Your Family, by D. Lindsey Berkson (Contemporary Books, 2000)

LovingKindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, by Sharon Salzberg (Shambala, 1995) A time-honored practice to open your heart. Also see her book, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience (Riverhead, 2002)

Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service, by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush (Bell Tower, 1982) A classic guide for those who realize that self-fulfillment is possible through service to others. Also see Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying by Ram Dass (Riverhead, 2000).

One Can Make a Difference: How Simple Actions Can Change the World by Ingrid E. Newkirk with Jane Ratcliffe (Adams Media, 2008) Great original stories by a wide range of activists and world-changers that show how one person can create change.

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. (Riverhead, 1994) The author is one of the earliest pioneers in the mind/body health field.

Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier (Anchor, 1999) Pulitzer Prize-winner Angier's exploration of how the biology of the female anatomy and physiology gives us a new vision of womanhood.

Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood, by Wayne Muller (Simon & Schuster, 1992)

The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne, 1993). A magical book, as is The Witch of Portabello (Harper Perennial, 2008).