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Success Strategies for the Crazy Busy
M.D. Edward Hallowell

Nightingale-Conant Corporation, 2007

Gain a Sense of Order, Peace, and Contentment in a Crazy Busy World! You may thrive in an atmosphere of high adrenaline, high energy, and high excitement. But if you find yourself going the next step further, when you become so busy that you're not enjoying much of anything and feeling chronically frustrated, you have what attention deficit disorder expert Edward Hallowell, M.D., calls ...
  
  











  



  
Creating True Prosperity (Gawain, Shakti)
Shakti Gawain

New World Library, Nataraj, 2000

Creating True Prosperity

+ An Illusion of Prosperity
+ Inspirational! Offering tools for prosperity and growth!

Shakti Gawain is well-known as an expert in personal growth and consciousness. She's written numerous book and leads workshops internationally. Her latest book, Creating True Prosperity, teaches that the way to happiness is not necessarily the accumulation of wealth. Gawain defines prosperity as ...
  
  











  



  
You're Grounded!: How to Stop Fighting and Make the Teenage Years Easier
Vanessa Van Petten

iUniverse, Inc., 2007

Filled with important insight

+ I Recommend This Book to Every Parent and Teen
+ You're Grounded - Or Not
+ Highly Recommend!
+ Help for all family members
  
  











  



  
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2002

Must read book

+ Having been hugely happy with Blink!
+ Interesting stories, not that useful
+ A year later and I'm still marveling over this book!
  
  











  



  
Being Human At Work: Bringing Somatic Intelligence Into Your Professional Life

North Atlantic Books, 2003

Interesting Book!

An interesting anthology of writers exploring somatics in a variety of setting including work and educational settings. Dr. Strozzi Heckler has compiled a great team of writers. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in somatics, coaching, OD work and/or psychotherapy.
  
  











  



  
An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir (Back Bay Books)
Lillian Hellman

Back Bay Books, 1999

A crisp, dynamic, theatrical, literary memoir.

+ Illusions Can Be Real
+ Sheęs been damned, but itęs still a damn fine book
+ I loved this book!
  
  











  



  
She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club)
Wally Lamb

Pocket, 1998

A quick read despite the 465 pages

The painful story of Dolores Price, a coming-of-age odyssey. Dolores is cynical and sarcastic and imminently lovable. We cheer for her at the same time that we are embarassed by her. An extremely quick read despite the 465 pages.
  
  











  



  
Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life
Marc Freedman

PublicAffairs, 2008

Refreshing

+ An encore performance for us all
+ Best book since Good to Great
+ A discussion, with case histories, of how to begin a new service career in your 60s
+ Compelling Issues and Provocative Solutions
  
  











  



  
Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety
Judith Warner

Riverhead Trade, 2006

Relief!

+ Wish I would have read this after having my first child

This is such a great book! It took the weight off to know so many of the pressures we face are social pressures. You always think of who you are as a product of your own actions, and not ALSO as a product of the society that you're functioning in. This book suggests otherwise and highlights the ...
  
  











  



  
You're Grounded!: How to Stop Fighting and Make the Teenage Years Easier
Vanessa Van Petten

iUniverse, Inc., 2007

Filled with important insight

+ I Recommend This Book to Every Parent and Teen
+ You're Grounded - Or Not
+ Highly Recommend!
+ Help for all family members
  
  











  



  
Success Strategies for the Crazy Busy
M.D. Edward Hallowell

Nightingale-Conant Corporation, 2007

Gain a Sense of Order, Peace, and Contentment in a Crazy Busy World! You may thrive in an atmosphere of high adrenaline, high energy, and high excitement. But if you find yourself going the next step further, when you become so busy that you're not enjoying much of anything and feeling chronically frustrated, you have what attention deficit disorder expert Edward Hallowell, M.D., calls ...
  
  











  



  
An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir (Back Bay Books)
Lillian Hellman

Back Bay Books, 1999

A crisp, dynamic, theatrical, literary memoir.

+ Illusions Can Be Real
+ Sheęs been damned, but itęs still a damn fine book
+ I loved this book!
  
  











  



  
Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety
Judith Warner

Riverhead Trade, 2006

Relief!

+ Wish I would have read this after having my first child

This is such a great book! It took the weight off to know so many of the pressures we face are social pressures. You always think of who you are as a product of your own actions, and not ALSO as a product of the society that you're functioning in. This book suggests otherwise and highlights the ...
  
  











  



  
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2002

Must read book

+ Having been hugely happy with Blink!
+ Interesting stories, not that useful
+ A year later and I'm still marveling over this book!
  
  











  



  
Being Human At Work: Bringing Somatic Intelligence Into Your Professional Life

North Atlantic Books, 2003

Interesting Book!

An interesting anthology of writers exploring somatics in a variety of setting including work and educational settings. Dr. Strozzi Heckler has compiled a great team of writers. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in somatics, coaching, OD work and/or psychotherapy.
  
  











  



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