The photo to the left reminds me of my youth when I would sit in that very same spot of my favorite tree and either read or journal and what I loved about it was how it was really my own special (now I would call it sacred) place.  To this day these activities remain a regular part of my life and I like to share both my ideas (writing, blogging, speaking) and my favorite books.

I love getting ideas from other people about books. I especially love when they are inspired by those books, whether they are novels or cookbooks or biographies, spiritual…..it is so great when someone is excited and can’t wait for you to read them. Well, I thought I would periodically share books that have inspired me. To date, I keep finding books that feed my soul and I get it that they aren’t for everyone. The other thing I have noticed is that sometimes I will hear about a book three or four times in a very short period of time and that usually signals to me that maybe I’m being spoken to!!!! Whatever the case, here are a few of my favorites of late:

15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, Jim Dethmer, et. al
Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal
Rising Strong, Brene Brown

Playing Big, Tara Mohr
Braving the Wilderness, Brene Brown
Dare to Lead, Brene Brown

Daring Greatly, The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown
The Places that Scare You, Pema Chodron
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover, Robert Moore, Doglas Gillette

Conscious Loving, Gay and Katherine Hendricks
Synchronicity, Joseph Jaworski
Smile at Fear, Chogyam Trungpa

The Law of Divine Compensation, Marianne Williamson

A Return to Love, Marianne Williamson
The Shadow Effect, Chopra, Ford, Williamson
The Power of Awareness, Neville Goddard

Infinite Possibilities, Mike Dooley
Non-Violent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg
Soul of Money, Lynne Twist

You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay
Entering the Castle, Caroline Myss
Untethered Soul, Michael Singer

Presence, Peter Senge, C.Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers
Anatomy of the Spirit, Caroline Myss
Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav

The Invitiaton, Oriah Mountain Dreamer (poem and book)
Broken Open, Elizabeth Lesser
Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life, Gregg Levoy

Wishes Fulfilled, Wayne Dyer
Steering by Starlight, Martha Beck
A New Earth, Ekhart Tolle

The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
What We Ache For, Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, Tara Brach
Broken Open, Elizabeth Lesser

There is Nothing Wrong with You, Cheri Huber
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Debbie Ford
Invocations: Calling Forth the Light that Heals, Jacob Glass

Entering the Castle, Carolyn Myss
Anatomy of Peace, Arbinger Institute
Loving What Is: Byron Katie

The Wisdom of the Tao, Wayne Dyer
A Course in Miracles, Foundation for Inner Peace
When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron.

The Power of Collective Wisdom and the Trap of Collective Folly, Alan Briskin, et. al

It’s important to have a stack of yummy books waiting for your next round of bandwidth!!! Love it!! What books have inspired you? Are? Might?