Personal Growth

Opening The Gift
The Exquisite Risk
by Mark Nepo
Before stories were recorded, what happened to the living was told and retold around fires, on cliffs, and in the shade of enormous trees. And it is said that somewhere on the edge of what was known and unknown, a man and a woman paused in their struggles

Mastering the First Pillar - Plans
Find More Time
by Laura Stack, MBA, CSP
Without a plan, life just sort of happens to you. But with a plan, you'll make sure your daily activities support what you want to create next week, next month, next year . . . until, at the end of your days, your activities will have contributed

Wake Up, Sister. It's Your Turn
A Weekend to Change Your Life
by Joan Anderson
Recognize That You Are Lost. A full life requires cultivation. The minute we take our hands off the plow, fail to reseed, forget to fertilize, we've lost our crop.

Part One
Letters on Life
by Rainer Maria Rilke
There is only a single, urgent task: to attach oneself someplace to nature, to that which is strong, striving and bright with unreserved readiness, and then to move forward in one's efforts without any calculation or guile, even when engaged in the most

Scarlett rule 1: Pretty Is As Pretty Does
Scarlett Rules
by Lisa Bertagnoli
Truly charming people make anyone feel that he or she is the only person in the world. They know how to deliver a compliment and how to accept one. They know how to make people feel good about themselves and about life, no matter what the circumstances.

Filling In Your Life Audit - Who Are You?
The Life Audit
by Caroline Righton
Now you are ready to begin filling in your own Audit. My belief is that each of us holds the answers to our own life's dilemmas and decisions if we can learn how to read our innermost feelings and be absolutely honest about ourselves.

The Future of Human Nature
Radical Evolution
by Joel Garreau
'Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.' -Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn. This book can't begin with the tale of the telekinetic monkey. That certainly comes as a surprise.

Don't Take My Advice
George Foreman's Guide to Life: How to Get Up Off the Canvas When Life Knocks You Down
by George Foreman
There's hardly a single lesson I've learned in life that didn't come the hard way. So I know that life can sometimes seem like a big hole, and that you have to be pulled up out of it from time to time. But I also know you can pull yourself out.

Foreword
The Right Words at the Right Time Volume 2
by Marlo Thomas
I never saw the woman's face. I only heard her voice. It was spring of 2002, and I was in the middle of a radio interview, talking about my new book, The Right Words at the Right Time, in which I had asked 108 famous people - people I admired

Saying the Four Things
The Four Things That Matter Most : A Book About Living
by Ira Byock, M.D.
Please forgive me, I forgive you, Thank you, I love you. These four simple statements are powerful tools for improving your relationships and your life. As a doctor caring for seriously ill patients for nearly 15 years of emergency medicine practice

Keep a Journal
Choosing Truth
by Harriette Cole
It's important for you to understand something right away: the process of choosing Truth in your life can be simple, but that certainly does not mean that it will be easy - at least not all the time.

Introduction
Choosing Truth
by Harriette Cole
Choosing Truth is a book devoted to supporting the search for the deepest understanding of Truth that we can find: The answer to the age-old question, Who am I? It is a subject that I have held close to my heart for my entire life, even when I wasn't sure

Why Ask Why?
Change Your Life and Everyone In It
by Michele Weiner Davis
By virtue of the fact that you picked up this book, I know something about you. You're ready for a change in your life. You may want to change something about yourself - you might want to lose weight, free yourself from depression

Cathy Runyan: Got Her Marbles
The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer
by Susan Sheehan, Howard Means
Cathy Runyan lives with her second husband, Larry Svacina, and a million marbles in an underground house built into the side of a hill in Kansas City, Missouri. She built the house in 1982 while married to her first husband because she was unhappy

Doug Fishbone: Lots of Bananas
The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer
by Susan Sheehan, Howard Means
As a youngster in Queens, New York, Doug Fishbone assumed he would grow up to be a doctor 'because that was in the rhythm of the household and my father was a surgeon.' One night, back when M*A*S*H was a hit television show, he was awakened by a bad dream

Preface
The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer
by Susan Sheehan, Howard Means
This book began with a conviction and a premise. Our conviction was that there was a story waiting to be told about the way we Americans spend our leisure time. Our premise was that if we pursued our conviction, we would open up a world of enormous

Introduction
The Art of Living Consciously
by Nathaniel Branden, Ph.D.
It is true that living consciously obliges us at times to confront painful realities. It is also true that it demands an effort. As a way Of operating in the world, living consciously has its costs, and we will examine them.

How Do I Get Off This Merry-Go-Round?
It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys : The Seven-Step Path to Becoming Truly Organized
by Marilyn Paul, Ph.D.
Freeing up energy involves seven steps. These steps build on each other. For clarity's sake, I list them in order, and this order is a useful way to begin. Over time, you will find yourself working a few steps at a time, in your own way, in your own order

There Must Be a Desk in Here Somewhere
It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys : The Seven-Step Path to Becoming Truly Organized
by Marilyn Paul, Ph.D.
Overbooking? Running late? Feeling overwhelmed by clutter and to-dos? Management consultant Dr. Marilyn Paul guides you on a path to personal change that will bring true relief from the pain and stress of disorganization.

Introducing the Challenge
Tough Transitions : Navigating Your Way Through Difficult Times
by Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D.
Life is constantly handing us opportunities, challenges, and changes-a new baby, retirement, a new job, new stepchildren or in-laws, a move to a new community. Dr. Neeld teaches us how to take on challenges of all kinds... and offers a new path that leads