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These are books that I have found illuminating and that I recommend highly to readers of Trans4mind. Most of the following printed books are supplied by Amazon.com, the premier online bookshop. Just click on a book title to order and for more details, reviews and in many cases, sample chapters. The books are divided into the following categories...
Reading List for Personal Growth
Transpersonal & Spiritual
Psychology | Self-Improvement
Consciousness & the New Physics
Leadership | Parenting & Life Changes
Free Thinking & Social Transformation
Sexuality & Relationships | Health & Nutrition
In addition, we have selected the following books to support your work in overcoming a wide range of life challenges...
Healing Yourself:
- Heal and help yourself
- Daring to be Yourself by Peter Shepherd - like a "best of" Trans4mind - that you can read away from the computer! But much more than that, it's also an incredibly powerful program for personal growth. Remove the barriers to self-knowledge and reveal your full potential with this step-by-step approach.
- Unfold Your Wings by Wallace Huey - this beautiful and profound book empowers you to learn from setbacks and move forward, increase creativity, understand relationships, heal emotional pain and find your life's purpose.
- The Undefended Self by Susan Thesenga and Eva Pierrakos - an insightful guide to the psychological and spiritual search into the fundamental questions of life, read at schools of healing and transformation and in study groups around the world.
- The Essence of Self-Healing by Petrene Soames - it's about our emotional state of being, how we deal with stress, how fast we process and clear life experiences. Petrene gives many excellent tips for achieving this.
- The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama - talks about how to defeat depression, anxiety, anger and jealousy through meditation and how to find inner peace while facing these struggles.
- Find your healing path
- Overcoming anger and frustration
- >Boost your self-esteem
- The Psychology of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden - the book offers an in-depth exploration of the need for self-esteem, the nature of that need, the conditions of fulfillment, and how self-esteem (or lack of it) affects our values, responses, and goals.
- The Self-Esteem Workbook by Glenn R. Schiraldi - a course in self-esteem based on new research and sound principles.
- Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay - the first choice of therapists and savvy readers looking for a comprehensive, self-care approach to improving self-image, increasing personal power, and defining core values.
- Beyond fear and anxiety
- Beyond addictions
- Sexual inclinations
- A major loss in your life
- Conquering the Mysteries and Lies of Grief by Sherry Russell - clarifies how and why grief catapults us into a crisis, threatening our mental, physical and spiritual health. Though by understanding the domino effect of loss you can go on to live a life of graciousness and radiance.
- The Love Trauma Syndrome by Richard B. Rosse - free yourself from the pain of a broken heart.
- Overcoming loneliness
- Psychic experiences
- Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality by Dean Radin - many people believe that "psychic phenomena" are rare talents or divine gifts. Others don't believe they exist at all. But the latest scientific research shows that these phenomena are both real and widespread, and are an unavoidable consequence of the interconnected, entangled physical reality we live in.
- Out of Body Experiences: How to Have Them and What to Expect by Robert Peterson - could be summed up in Robert Peterson's own words: it's "what the books didn't tell me." Peterson assures readers that anyone can have an OBE, and relates the difficulties and discoveries in his personal quest for them.
- Intuition Magic: Redefining the Psychic Experience by Linda Keen - here you can learn the power and magic of your own intuition, discover how to read and adjust auras, protect yourself from "psychic noise," get grounded, maintain healthy chakras, and apply your new intuitive skills to everyday life.

Being Successful:
- Be a person of integrity
- Daring to be Yourself by Peter Shepherd - like a "best of" Trans4mind - that you can read away from the computer! But much more than that, it's also an incredibly powerful program for personal growth. Remove the barriers to self-knowledge and reveal your full potential with this step-by-step approach.
- Unfold Your Wings by Wallace Huey - this beautiful and profound book empowers you to learn from setbacks and move forward, increase creativity, understand relationships, heal emotional pain and find your life's purpose.
- The Simple Feeling of Being: Embracing Your True Nature by Ken Wilber - philosopher-psychologist-spiritual practitioner Wilber is made accessible in this single-volume anthology drawn from his 19 works.
- The Choice by Og Mandino - the book's lessons will stay with you for a lifetime. You do indeed have the power of choice!
- Achieve success
- Shortcuts to Success by John Crnokrak - designed to help any reader revitalize relationships, enhance health, and achieve a peak-performance life.
- How To Be First, Daring & Different: 33 Ways To Achieve Personal and Professional Success by John Crnokrak - how to set yourself apart from the crowd, to excel and achieve anything you set your mind to doing, having or being. These are life-long strategies that need to be revisited regularly.
- Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons and Practices from the World's Leading Coaching Program on Authentic Success by Robert Holden - xamines how to enjoy real, soulful success while living in a manic, busy, and hyped-up world. This landmark book is an invaluable guide to genuine success and happiness
- The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama - discusses relationships, health, family, work and spirituality and how to find inner peace while facing these struggles.
- Reach your goals
- Creative expression
- Find your life's purpose
- Daring to be Yourself by Peter Shepherd - includes important information about finding your life's purpose.
- Unfold Your Wings by Wallace Huey - particularly strong at pointing out ways you can become more aware of your inner voice, that speaks for your true self and its inherent wisdom.
- Discover Your Purpose in Life by Owen Waters - this great book will not only show you how to discover the purpose of your inner being and your own destiny, it will take you on a voyage of inner discovery.
- Find Your Purpose, Change Your Life by Carol Adrienne - a practical workbook that reveals how you can use synchronicity to find your purpose in life.
- A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle - awakening to your life's purpose.
- Zen and the Art of Making a Living by Laurence G. Boldt - how to identify what your strengths are, how to visualize your ideal job and how to go about bringing it into existence.
- The Power of Intention by Dr. Wayne Dyer - an inspiring book designed to awaken your ability to co-create your world your way.
- Learning to study
- Presenting yourself well
- Fulfillment at work
- Working well in a team
- Making Teams Work : 24 Lessons for Working Together Successfully by Michael Maginn - proven rules for encouraging teamwork, from forging a common goal and clarifying individual responsibilities to inviting positive conflict.
- Instant Team Building by Brad Sugars - walks you through the process of finding and assembling a team of motivated, compatible employees who will help you take your business to new heights of productivity, profitability, and fun.
- Master your finances
- Personal Finance For Dummies by Eric Tyson - points out the most common mistakes that we all make in our approach to money and prescribes ways to save and invest for a secure future.
- The Seven Laws of Money by Michael Phillips - people work hard to provide for their families, yet the process of working for more money so consumes our time and is considered so valid by our peers that we never stop to consider our values, our priorities.
- Money and the Meaning of Life by Jacob Needleman - this book will help you accept and come to terms with money in your own life.
- Becoming a life coach

Loving Relationships:
- Family relationships
- Friendly relationships
- Successful dating
- The Right Relationship Can Happen by Nancy Pina - offers a step-by-step guide that prepares you to attract the right partner into your life.
- The Mastery of Love by Miguel Ruiz - these simple truths have the potential to alter profoundly how you view loving relationships as well as your relationship with yourself.
- How to Give Her Absolute Pleasure by Lou Paget - totally explicit techniques every woman wants her man to know.
- How to Be a Great Lover by Lou Paget - girlfriend-to-girlfriend totally explicit techniques that will blow his mind.
- Romantic relationships
- Breaking up a relationship
- Partner with different values
- A loving marriage
- Sex and infidelity
- Relationship with ex-spouse
- Nurturing your children

The Big Questions:
- The purpose of life?
- Know one's core values
- Science and Human Values by Jacob Bronowski - seeks to reduce the dualistic view that somehow science and technology are antithetical to the human spirit.
- A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life by Parker J. Palmer - an examination of maintaining integrity, a life based on inner truth, in the face of a world of fragmentation. Palmer provides vivid portraits of integrity, describes the consequences of sublimating our true self, offers a map for creating "circles of trust" which would support our soul self, and explores how the principles and practices of the book can help the reader walk the path of nonviolence every day. This book is a lovely, spiritually nourishing and ultimately hopeful exploration.
- Letters to My Son by Kent Nerburn - a father's wisdom on manhood, life, and love.
- Walking Between the Worlds: The Science of Compassion by Gregg Braden - offers the opportunity to redefine hate, fear, separation and the role that they play in your life!
- The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Waking Up to Personal & Global Transformation by Thom Hartmann - guidelines to a new way of life with respect for this world we live in.
- What is love?
- Real Love by Greg Baer - this book is worth its price in gold because it is a gold mine for love and understanding.
- From Fear to Love - A Spiritual Journey by Tim Ong - a wonderful guide, both to understanding our situation and to transcending it, so that we can truly live our lives in the light of Love.
- Waking the Global Heart by Anodea Judith - humanity's rite of passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love.
- The Heartbeat of Intelligence by Elaine Matthews - shows that passion and joy, goodness and beauty, love and compassion, are the birthright of every human being.
- Understanding death
- Living consciously together on Earth

Special Solutions:
- Anxiety & Panic Attacks
- Stress & Overwhelm
- Stress Management for Dummies by Allen Elkin - whether it's love, work, family, or something else that's got your anxiety in the red zone, this book will help you identify the stress triggers in your life and cut them down to size quickly.
- The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis - the many self-assessment tools and calming techniques presented in this fifth edition can help overcome anxiety and promote physical and emotional well-being.
- Sexual Problems
- Poor Concentration
- Obsessive-Compulsive Problems
- Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions by Edna B. Foa and Reid Wilson - describes a host of obsessive/compulsive behaviors together with effective strategies to overcome them.
- Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Dr. Jonathan Grayson - a revolutionary program to help sufferers make sense of their own compulsions through frank, unflinching self-evaluation, providing the tools, instructions, and knowledge for changing their cycles of overwhelming fear and endless rituals, as well as the courage to do it.
- Chronic Fatigue
- Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia by Russell Howe - designed to educate patients suffering from CFS/FM about their illnesses and to teach them coping skills that will improve their quality of life.
- From Fatigued to Fantastic by Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum - incorporates the latest advances in science and technology to help alleviate the baffling, often dismissed symptoms associated with severe, almost unrelenting fatigue.
- Depression
- Over Eating
- Under-Eating
- It's Not About the Weight: Attacking Eating Disorders from the Inside Out by Susan J Mendelsohn - addresses the common themes of weight and body image preoccupations, the psychological place in which you may find yourself and, most importantly, how you can manage these obsessions through practical steps of self-healing—from the inside out.
- The Eating Disorders Sourcebook by Carolyn Costin - brings three decades of experience and the newest research in the field together, providing readers with the latest treatments, from medication and behavioral therapy to alternative remedies.
- Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder by James Lock - helps parents understand eating disorders by delving into the complexity of these disorders, the distorted thinking behind a teenager's behavior and what the research says about the best ways to treat anorexia and bulimia.
- Insomnia
- Alcohol Problems
- Smoking Addiction
- Drug & other Addictions
- Hair Pulling
- What's Wrong With Pulling Out My Hair? by Abby Leora Rohrer - offers a new healing model that will change how you see compulsive hair pulling. The author offers the hope and tools to relieve your problem for good.
- Why Won't My Child Stop Hair Pulling? by Abby Leora Rohrer - explains how children become stuck to hair pulling as a way of life, and provides practical tools to show any parent how to become a healing facilitator for their child.
- Nail Biting
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