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The book list below is in alphabetical order and the descriptions are written by various editors and reviewers. Brenda's specific comments are in single quotes, usually at the beginning, and followed by her initials. To purchase, just click on any cover.

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Anatomy of the Spirit presents Carolyn Myss's breakthrough model of the body's seven centers of spiritual and physical power, in which she synthesizes the ancient wisdom of three spiritual traditions-the Hindu chakras, the Christian sacraments, and the Kabbalah's Tree of Life-to demonstrate the seven stages through which everyone must pass in the search for higher consciousness and spiritual maturity. With this model, Dr. Myss shows how you can develop your own latent powers of intuition as you simultaneously cultivate your personal power and spiritual growth. By teaching you to see your body and spirit in a new way, Anatomy of the Spirit provides you with the tools for spiritual maturity and physical wholeness that will change your life.

Ask and It Is Given, by Esther and Jerry Hicks, which presents the teachings of the nonphysical entity Abraham, will help you learn how to manifest your desires so that you're living the joyous and fulfilling life you deserve. As you read, you'll come to understand how your relationships, health issues, finances, career concerns, and more are influenced by the Universal laws that govern your time/space reality-and you'll discover powerful processes that will help you go with the positive flow of life. It's your birthright to live a life filled with everything that is good-and this book will show you how to make it so in every way!

"A great way to stay on track with attracting whatever you want to be, do, have." -BM
Daily Planning Calendar, The Science of Deliberate Creation: Abraham-Hicks Planning Calendar and Study Guide Workbook: The material in this calendar/workbook has been specifically intended as an experiential guide to comfortably change your balance of habits of thought to that which will enrich every aspect of your experience. The pages are the size of two $100 bills, side-by-side. Tear out a page a day. They are portable. Fold them into your wallet or checkbook, or simply carry them in a pocket. On one side you will find life enriching reminders of some things you may have forgotten and on the other side you can write intentions, ideas, names, numbers. Post them on your mirror, refrigerator, the sun visor of your car. Carry a seven day segment or a vacation segment with you when you are away from home and them file them for future reference.

In Eastern Body Western Mind, chakra authority Anodea Judith brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system, adapting it to the Western framework of Jungian psychology, somatic therapy, childhood developmental theory, and metaphysics. This groundbreaking work in transpersonal psychology has been revised and redesigned for a more accessible presentation. Arranged schematically, the book uses the inherent structure of the chakra system as a map upon which to chart our Western understanding of individual development. Each chapter focuses on a single chakra, starting with a description of its characteristics, then exploring its particular childhood developmental patterns, traumas and abuses, and how to heal and maintain balance. Illuminated with personal anecdotes and case studies, Eastern Body Western Mind seamlessly merges the East and West, science and philosophy, and psychology and spirituality into a compelling interpretation of the chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today.

"A powerful self-help book of exercises about deliberately creating what you want to be, do, have." -BM
Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting: the Astonishing Power of Feelings, gives us the rather startling new information that every moment of our lives is governed by our EMOTIONS, not by luck, or hard work, or circumstance, or good thoughts, or visualization. The law of attraction puts whatever you think about into your life, so you have to be careful what you put in your mind and how you feel about it. The distinction between negative wants (I don't want to be poor) and positive wants (I want enough money to do what I want in life) is difficult for most people, but the author makes it abundantly clear with great personal examples and a lot of enthusiasm. We can choose how we frame things and thus control the vibrations we send out to the world. What we feel is what we get!

"Get a friend or several of them to do this with you as a team effort." -BM
Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting Playbook includes exercises that lead you through the self-questioning process that exposes the root of your limiting belief systems. Once you really see how you're hurting yourself with that belief, you can't wait to pull it out! Each weed-pulling is immediately followed by a "flower-planting" — that is, an exercise that helps you feel positive, supported, and hopeful. Because Grabhorn combines left-brain (analytical) and right-brain (emotion, imagination) activities so effectively, it's amazing how quickly the internal changes happen.

"Here's a book written in the '80's that is still on my book-shelf." -BM
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway offers readers a clear-cut plan for action that, when followed, should help them unlearn their misconceptions about of fear and replace them with attitudes of strength and conviction. By mixing positive thinking with situational exercises that examine basic fear responses, psychologist Jeffers shows that fear is what you make of it and that in most cases it is unfounded. She also illustrates key points through examining case studies, which show that when we are fearful, faulty thinking is most often the real culprit; when such thinking is corrected, the fear is gone

Get Clients Now: A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals and Consultants, by business coach C.J. Hayden, lays out a very precise marketing and sales system actually designed to be completely customized for optimal effectiveness by anyone in the service industry. Employing a "cookbook model" to help readers create this individualized action plan, it first shows how to determine which ingredients are missing from current marketing and sales activities and then suggests the specific tools and tactics that will immediately get a successful effort underway. The truly unique part of this book, however, begins in chapter 6, which breaks down Hayden's explicit four-week system into 28 separate sections that are meant to be read and acted upon one day at a time.

Heal Your Body A-Z: A fresh and easy step-by-step guide, set up in an A-Z format. Just look up your specific health challenge and you will find the probable cause for this health issue, as well as the information you need to overcome it by creating a new thought pattern.

"This is a must for anyone interested in healing one's self." -BM
MAP is a comprehensive medical program for humans that addresses our general health; any specific illness, disease or condition; injuries (serious or small); our mental health; our emotional health; and our overall well-being. It is a program that is designed and set up to connect you with the medical unit of the White Brotherhood where we are each "assigned" a team of physicians whose expertise best meets our individual needs. The only things that are required to do this program are the book and your willingness to learn the program. As a program, it couldn't be more simple. With MAP you have high quality medical assistance any time day or night-and it's at no charge.

"I heard Christiane Northrup speak on public radio and was compelled to buy copies of this book for me and my three daughters. I wish this book had been around when I was raising my girls. Nevertheless, it is never too late to read the book and learn. There's information to heal ourselves and teach our children – daughters and sons, as well." –BM
It's a rare book that delivers so completely on such a broad promise. Mother-Daughter Wisdom is written to connect the dots between a number of separate parts: logical and emotional morality, physical and mental health, friends and family, and in an overarching sense, the relationship between being a woman's daughter and raising a daughter of your own. Because of the scope of information presented, it can be tricky to pick up the book and look for quick guidance on a particular topic such as adolescent weight issues or childhood asthma; more use, and more pleasure, will be found if you add it to your permanent reference shelf to look through in stages. Author Dr. Christiane Northrup seamlessly blends personal stories with clear research in a way that creates a compelling read from start to finish, even if the specific topic isn't necessarily one that concerns you. Information is a welcome mix of old school medical advice and new school nutrition and stress relief. In Northup's world, whole foods and loving communication can play just as important roles as antibiotics.

Some reviewers complain that Tolle has nothing "new" to say, which may be true. What is remarkable is Tolle's ability to communicate the "incomprehensible" — to enable us to fathom spiritual insights that can change our lives. He demystifies many so-called spiritual mysteries. He makes "living in the now" not merely an abstract concept but a vivid reality that almost anyone can grasp.

In A New Earth, Tolle expands on the powerful ideas from The Power of Now to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.

The Power of Now was a question-and-answer handbook. A New Earth has been written as a traditional narrative, offering anecdotes and philosophies in a way that is accessible to all. Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, A New Earth is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life — and for building a better world.

Whether you are Christian, Buddhist, Jewish or any other faith, this book will increase your depth of understanding the basic principals of all faiths.

"The dialogues in this book will seem awkward at first simply because we're not used to speaking this way. Stay with this, though. In time you'll create your own style. The important thing is the intention behind your conversations. Following the guidance given here can turn your life around!" -BM
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life is an enlightening look at how peaceful communication can create compassionate connections with family, friends, and other acquaintances. The book uses stories, examples, and sample dialogues to provide solutions to communication problems both at home and in the workplace. Guidance is provided on identifying and articulating feelings and needs, expressing anger fully, and exploring the power of empathy in order to speak honestly without creating hostility, break patterns of thinking that lead to anger and depression, and communicate compassionately. These non-violent communication skills are fully explained and can be applied to personal, professional, and political differences. Included in this new edition is information on how to compassionately connect with oneself.

"The following book was written for parents to deal with their kids. However, it taught me to communicate from an accountable place with adults, as well." -BM
P.E.T., or Parent Effectiveness Training, began almost forty years ago as the first national parent-training program to teach parents how to communicate more effectively with kids and offer step-by-step advice to resolving family conflicts so everybody wins. This beloved classic is the most studied, highly praised, and proven parenting program in the world -- and it will work for you. Now revised for the first time since its initial publication, this groundbreaking guide will show you: 1. How to avoid being a permissive parent. 2. How to listen so kids will talk to you and talk so kids will listen to you. 3. How to teach your children to "own" their problems and to solve them. 4. How to use the "No-Lose" method to resolve conflicts. Whether you have a toddler striking out for independence or a teenager who has already started rebelling, you'll find P.E.T. a compassionate, effective way to instill responsibility and create a nurturing family environment in which your child will thrive.

Radical Forgiveness: Making Room for the Miracle: This is NOT just another book on forgiveness; this one provides the necessary tools to help you forgive profoundly, more or less instantaneously and with ease. This book will more than likely change your life. It will transform how you view your past and what is occurring for you in the present, especially where relationships are concerned. Unlike other forms of forgiveness, radical forgiveness is easily achieved and virtually immediate, enabling you to let go of being a victim, open your heart and raise your vibration. The simple, easy-to-use tools provided help you let go of the emotional baggage of the past and to feel the joy of living in total surrender to the process of life as it unfolds, however it unfolds. The result is vastly increased happiness, personal power and freedom.

Reflections of an Elder Brother: Awakening from the Dream: This positive message has lasted long after other, more transitory, teachings have fallen out of favor; and Mary-Margaret Moore is certainly to be congratulated for taking personal responsibility for every word uttered by Bartholomew.

Caroline Myss has found that when people don't understand their purpose in life the result can be depression, anxiety, fatigue, and eventually physical illness - in short, a spiritual malaise of epidemic proportions. In Sacred Contracts Myss examines the lives of the spiritual masters and prophets - Abraham, Jesus, Buddha, and Muhammad - whose archetypal journeys illustrate the four stages of a Sacred Contract and provide clues for discovering your own. Myss explains how you can identify your particular spiritual energies, or archetypes - the gatekeepers of your higher purpose - and use them to help you find out what you are here on earth to learn and whom you are meant to meet. Exploring your Sacred Contract will shine a light on the purpose and meaning of your life. You are meant to do certain tasks, you are meant to have certain relationships. In coming to know your archetypal companions, you also begin to see how to live your life in ways that make the best use of your personal power and lead you to fulfill your greatest - in fact, your divine - potential.

The Artist's Way: With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity. This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practicing the exercises it contains.

"All Gallwey's books have a similar message. Choose from amongst them: If you're into tennis, choose Inner Game of Tennis. Golf? Then Inner Game of Golf is for you." -BM
The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure, and Mobility in the Workplaceteaches you the difference between a rote performance and a rewarding one. It teaches you how to stop working in the conformity mode and startworking in the mobility mode. It shows how having a great coach can make as much difference in the boardroom as on the basketball court - and Timothy Gallwey teaches you how to find that coach and, equally important, how to become one. The Inner Game of Work challenges you to re-examine your fundamental motivations for going to work in the morning and your definitions of work once you're there. It will ask you to reassess the way you make changes and teach you to look at work in a radically new way.

The Instant Millionaire: A Tale of Wisdom and Wealth. This delightful allegory by self-made millionaire Mark Fisher imparts the principles of wealth as Fisher learned them. A dissatisfied young man meets an old millionaire who reveals to him the secrets of acquiring not just material abundance, but also true wealth.

"Here's a book that's easy to read and helps to explain and deal with the things we just are not able to accept about ourselves." -BM
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams: We know the shadow by many names: alter ego, lower self, the dark twin, repressed self, id. Carl Jung once said that the shadow "is the person you would rather not be." But even if you choose to hide your dark side, it will still cast a shadow, according to author Debbie Ford. Rather than reject the seemingly undesirable parts of ourselves, Ford offers advice on how to confront our shadows. Only by owning every aspect of yourself can you achieve harmony and "let your own light shine," she explains. "The purpose of doing shadow work, is to become whole. To end our suffering. To stop hiding ourselves from ourselves. Once we do this we can stop hiding ourselves from the rest of the world."

The Little Soul and the Sun: A Children's Parable Adapted from Conversations With God. Neale Donald Walsch's Conversations with God series has enjoyed boundless success, making his dialogue with God accessible to a worldwide audience of adults. The Little Soul and the Sun distills the essential message of the Conversations with God books and sews it into a story that even children can identify with.

"Here's a really quick way to write a business plan!" - BM
The One Page Business Plan Book 3rd Edition now includes the Entrepreneurs Toolkit CD-ROM with Interactive Templates, Budget Worksheets, Sales Calculators, Sales Budgeting Tool, Scorecards, and additional Bonus Tools.

"This book contributed to one of my major life breakthroughs. I read its parts over and over." -BM
Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. In The Power of Now, the author describes his transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th birthday. Tolle took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Buddhism, relaxation techniques, and meditation theory but is also eminently practical. In The Power of Now he shows readers how to recognize themselves as the creators of their own pain, and how to have a pain-free existence by living fully in the present. Accessing the deepest self, the true self, can be learned, he says, by freeing ourselves from the conflicting, unreasonable demands of the mind and living "present, fully and intensely, in the Now."

"This will work for you, if you're diligent about it!" -BM
Even well-versed Biblical scholars might be perplexed if asked about Jabez, a little-known man listed in 1 Chronicles, chapter 4. Yet his simple petition is the cornerstone of The Prayer of Jabez and has become a call to live a more "blessed life" for countless readers. The prayer is a simple one: "And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain.' So God granted him what he requested." Readers who commit to offering the same prayer on a regular basis will find themselves extravagantly blessed by God, and agents of His miraculous power, in everyday life.

"An awesome book. I've been re-reading different chapters of The Prophet for the past 25 years. The more I read it, the more Gibran's messages resonate with me." -BM
This is the poet and philosopher, Kahlil Gibran's philosophy on love, marriage, joy and sorrow, time, friendship and much more. Originally published in 1923 - translated into more than 20 languages. In a distant, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands. At the moment of his departure, he wishes to offer the people gifts but possesses nothing. The people gather round, each asks a question of the heart, and the man's wisdom is his gift. It is Gibran's gift to us, as well, for Gibran's prophet is rivaled in his wisdom only by the founders of the world's great religions. On the most basic topics--marriage, children, friendship, work, pleasure — his words have a power and lucidity that in another era would surely have provoked the description "divinely inspired." Free of dogma, free of power structures and metaphysics, consider these poetic, moving aphorisms a 20th-century supplement to all sacred traditions--as millions of other readers already have.

Deepak Chopra's best-selling guide to creating abundance and prosperity, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams. Based on seven natural laws that govern all creation, this book shatters the myth that success results only from hard work, exacting plans, and driving ambition. Deepak Chopra offers a life-altering perspective on attaining success: Once we understand our true nature and learn to live in harmony with these natural laws, well-being, good health, fulfilling relationships, energy and enthusiasm for life, and material abundance can be achieved. Simple yet profound, the book's timeless wisdom and practical steps can be applied with surprisingly quick results.

"When I first started practicing meditation I did not want it to have a religious orientation, I did not want classes or a teacher, I could not quiet my mind, and I thought there was a way to do it right. Turning the Mind into an Ally was recommended to me. It has proven so valuable that I want to share it with you. Though the flavor of the book is Buddhist, the words are generic, easy to understand, and helpful tools on the path to enlightenment." –BM
The author, Sakyong Mipham, is director of Shambhala International, an umbrella organization representing over 100 meditation and study centers that was founded by his father, the renowned spiritual leader Chogyam Trungpa. His first book offers basic guidelines to meditation or peaceful abiding for those interested in learning more about Buddhist meditation. His instruction and discussion of the virtues of peaceful abiding are followed by suggestions for thematic contemplative meditations on topics such as birth, old age, and death. Having grown up in the United States but with traditional Tibetan training, Mipham is able to connect the traditional practice with the Western mind-set. He also brings a youthful spirit to his writing, with frequent use of outdoor sports (e.g., horseback riding, archery, golf, and hiking) to embellish his teachings metaphorically.

Wheels of Life presents the Chakra System as a Formula for Wholeness and a Template for Transformation - actually a Map for the Journey through Life.

This book is a system about a system - journeying the reader through the seven major chakras with theory, example, practical application and experiential exercises to accomplish the great work of personal transformation. Each consciousness is a unit in the evolutionary process moving us from what we are to what we can become, and through that process we realize ourselves as magicians, healers and visionaries.

The journey is taken step-by-step, with each step bringing practical advantages in the development of inherent skills and abilities to meet the increasingly critical challenges of life in our times. Your life is filled with meaning and purpose. Its destiny is Enlightenment. Now, you must take the first step.

"Barbara Sher was an inspiration to me. A powerful woman with some powerful messages. Great for career change and other life changes, as well." -BM
Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want by Barbara Sher, Annie Gottlieb. The impossible dream is no longer impossible with this innovative source book to career changing and life enhancement. Exercises and games show the reader how to brainstorm to turn ideas into action, use daydreams to define goals, diagram paths to achievements and more. "What makes Sher's philosophy strikingly different from other authors is her compelling belief that 'There is no strategic problem that cannot be solved'...Comprehensive and inviting...Eminently practical."

"This is one of the first and best self-help books I've ever read - and it's still on my bookshelf within easy reach." -BM
You Can Have It All is a powerful, thought-provoking book. Arnold M. Patent explains how we can have love, joy, inner peace, and unlimited abundance. He clearly speaks with the authority of one who has actually had to make these laws work in his own life. Unlike other new age authors, Patent encourages us to experimentally verify his assertions rather than accept them "just because".

You Can Heal Your Life. This is "an excellent book for restructuring one's life and finding self-esteem and self-love." This New York Times bestseller has sold over 1.5 million copies. Its key message: If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed. For all who are looking for a source of inspiration on the path to self-discovery.