Wellness Resources

Health & Wellness

• www.nationalwellness.org
• Principles of health education (1994). J.T. Butler.
• Structured exercises in wellness promotion:  A handbook for trainers, educators & group leaders (1994).  Nancy Loving Tubesing, EdD and Donald A Tubesing, MDiv, PhD (eds.).

Self Care

• B is for balance:  A nurse's guide for enjoying life at work and home (2009). Sharon M. Weinstein.
• Dimensions in being:  Looking at beliefs, behavior and benefits of mind/body/spirit integration (2000).  Sandy Queen.
• How you feel is up to you:  the power of emotional choice (2002, 2nd edition).  Gary McKay, PhD and Don Dinkmeyer, PhD.
• Mayo Clinic guide to self-care (2001). Philip T. Hagen, M.D., Editor in Chief.
• Positive thinking every day (1993). Norman Vincent Peale.
• Recapture your health:  A step-by-step program to reverse chronic symptoms and create lasting wellness (2009).  Jan DeCourtney and Walt Stoll, MD.
• Reflections on woman becoming (2000).  Sandy Queen.
• Thanks!  How the new science of gratitude can make you happier (2007).  Robert A. Emmons, PhD.
• The healer within:  Using traditional Chinese techniques to release your body's own medicine (1998).  Roger Jahnke.
• The touch of healing:  Energizing body, mind and spirit with the art of Jin Shin Jyutsu (1997).  Alice Burmeister with Tom Monte.
• Timeless healing: The power and biology of belief (1996). Herbert Benson, MD. 

Life Purpose

• Change your questions change your life:  10 powerful tools for live and work (2009, 2nd edition).  Marilee Adams, PhD.
• Every Monday matters:  52 ways to make a difference (2008).  Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza.
• Finding my marbles:  A story you can read and live (2009).  Clare Sente and Troy Adams.
• Self matters:  Creating your life from the inside out (2001). Phillip C. McGraw, PhD.
• The healing power of doing good:  The health and spiritual benefits of helping others (1991). Allan Luks with Peggy Payne.
• Turning to one another:  Simple conversations to restore hope to the future (2009, 2nd edition).  Margaret J. Wheatley

Environment

• ECOpreneuring:  Putting purpose and the planet before profits (2008).  John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist.
• Living a beautiful life:  500 ways to add elegance, order, beauty and joy to every day of your life (1986). Alexandra Stoddard.
• Prescriptions for a healthy house:  A practical guide for architects, builders & homeowners (2008).  Paula Baker-Laporte, Erica Elliott, and John Banta.
• The green book:  The everyday guide to saving the planet one simple step at a time (2007).  Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen.
• The practical encyclopedia of Feng Shui (2002).  Gill Hale
• 30 simple things you can do to save energy (2008).  The Earthworks Group.
• www.maryjanesfarm.org

Nutrition

• Diet for a new America:  How your food choices affect your health, happiness and the future of life on earch (1987). John Robbins.

Exercise

• www.ideafit.com

Health Care

• Chasing life:  New discoveries in the search for immortality to help you age less today (2007).  Sanjay Gupta, MD.
• Healthier at home:  The guide to self-care & wise health consumerism (2009, 7th edition).  Don R. Powell and the American Institute for Preventative Medicine.
• Take charge of your health (2001). Aileen Ludington, MD and Hans Diehl, DrHsC.
• Complementary, alternative and integrative medicine (CAIM) www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/topics
• Mosby's dictionary of complementary and alternative medicine (2005). W. Jonas (ed.).
• Prescription for natural cures:  A self-care guide for treating health problems with natural remedies including diet and nutrition, nutritional supplements, Bodywork and more (2004). James F. Balch, MD & Mark Stengler, ND.
• The future of healing:  Exploring the parallels of Eastern and Western medicine (2001). M.P. Milburn.
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov 

Breast Cancer

• American Cancer Society www.cancer.org
• Better breast health for life!  Significantly reduce your risk of breast cancer now! (2005). Provided by The Breast Health Education Group.
• Dr. Susan Love's breast book (2005). Susan M. Love, M.D.
• Return to wholeness:  Embracing mind, body and spirit in the face of cancer (1999). David Simon M.D.
• Surviving cancer:  One woman's story and her inspiring program for anyone facing a cancer diagnosis (2001). Margie Levine.
• The breast cancer prevention diet:  The powerful foods, supplements and drugs that combat breast cancer (1998). Dr. Bob Arnot.
• What to eat if you have cancer:  A guide to adding nutritional therapy to your treatment plan (1996). Maureen Keane, M.S., & Daniella Chace, M.S.
• What your doctor may not tell you about breast cancer:  How hormone balance can help save your life (2002). John R. Lee, M.D.

Work

• Creating your life collage:  Strategies for solving the work/life dilemma (2000). Kathy McDonald and Beth Sirull.
• The inner game of work (2000). W. Timothy Gallwey.

Play

• Improv wisdom:  Don't prepare, just show up (2005). Patricia Ryan Madson.

Finances

Spirituality

• Conversations with God:  An uncommon dialogue (1995). Neale Donald Walsch.
• Mother Teresa:  A simple path (1995). Compiled by Lucinda Vardey
• One day my soul just opened up:  40 days and 40 nights toward spiritual strength and personal growth (1998). Iyanla Vancant.
• Siddhartha (1951). Hermann Hesse.
• Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy (1995). Sarah Ban Breathnach.
• The five people you meet in heaven (2003). Mitch Albom.
• The four agreements (1997).  Don Miguel Ruiz. 
• The seven spiritual laws of success (1994). Deepak Chopra.
• When things fall apart:  Heart advice for difficult times (1997). Pema Chodron. 

Stress Mastery

• Stressed is desserts spelled backward:  Rising above life's challenges with humor, hope, and courage (2007). Brian Luke Seaward, PhD.
• The art of calm:  Relaxation through the five senses (1999).  Brian Luke Seaward, PhD.

Relationships

• Connection parenting:  parenting through connection instead of coercion, through love instead of fear (2007).  Pam Leo.
• In the Company of Women (1994). Brenda Hunter, PhD.
• The Four Agreements (2000). Don Miguel Ruiz

Self-esteem

• Change the way you see yourself: Through asset-based thinking (2008). Kathryn D. Cramer, PhD & Hank Wasiak.
• Letters from motherless daughters:  Words of courage, grief and healing (1995). Hope Edelman.
• Working with groups to explore food & body connections:  eating issues, body image, size acceptance, self-care (1996). Sandy Stewart Christian, MSW (Editor).