Books & Authors I Love
Many people have asked me which books and experts have been particularly informative or inspiring for me on my own mind-body journey. Here is a list of some of the ones that have stood out for me these past few years.
Psychological/Emotional Wellness
Radical Acceptance (Tara Brach, PhD)
The Courage to Create (Rollo May, PhD)
Hardwiring Happiness (Rick Hansen, PhD)
Grace Unfolding (Greg Johanson & Ron Kurtz)
Man’s Search For Meaning (Viktor Frankl, MD)
The Way of the Bull (Leo Buscaglia PhD)
Kitchen Table Wisdom (Rachel Naomi Remen, MD)
Mindsight (Daniel Siegel, MD)
The Biology of Belief (Bruce Lipton, PhD)
Mindfulness-Based Wellness
Coming to Our Senses (Jon Kabat Zinn, PhD)
Full Catastrophe Living (Jon Kabat-Zinn)
The Mindful Brain (Daniel J. Siegel, MD)
Brain Health
Images of Human Behavior (Daniel Amen, MD)
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain (Daniel Siegel, MD)
Grain Brain (David Perlmutter, MD)
Magnificent Mind at Any Age (Daniel Amen, MD)
Mindsight (Daniel Siegel, MD)
Hardwiring Happiness (Rick Hansen, PhD)
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain Transformation (Barbara Arrowsmith-Young)
The Brain That Changes Itself (Norman Doidge)
Relationship Health
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love (Sue Johnson, PhD)
Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships (Sue Johnson, PhD)
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last (John Gottman, PhD)
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert (John Gottman, PhD & Nan Silver)
Gut Health
Gluten Freedom (Alessio Fasano, MD)
Grain Brain (David Perlmutter, MD)
Wheat Belly (William Davis, MD)
Food As Medicine
The Hormone Diet (Natasha Turner, ND)
The Supercharged Hormone Diet (Natasha Turner, ND)
Anticancer (David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD)
Crazy Sexy Cancer (Kris Carr)
Crazy Sexy Kitchen (Kris Carr with Chad Sarno)
Eat to Live (Joel Fuhrman, MD)
Forks Over Knives (T. Colin Campbell, PhD & Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD)
The China Study (Thomas Campbell, M.D. & T. Colin Campbell, PhD)
The End of Heart Disease: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Joel Fuhrman)
Meals that Heal Inflammation (Julie Daniluk)
The Blood Sugar Solution (Mark Hyman, MD)
The Raw Food Revolution Diet (Cherie Soria)
Against All Grain (Danielle Walker)
The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy (Neal Barnard, MD)
Body Wellness & Anatomy
Life Is Your Best Medicine (Tieraona Low Dog, MD)
Atlas of Human Anatomy (Frank H. Netter, MD)
Silent Waves (Bruno Chickly, MD, DO (hon.)
Naturopathic Approach to Visceral Manipulation (Ron Mariotti, ND)
Wisdom in the Body (Michael Kern, DO, R.CST, M.I.Cr.A., ND)
The Biology of Belief (Bruce Lipton, PhD)
Environmental Health & Sustainability
Dodging the Toxic Bullet (David Boyd, PhD)
The Green Boat (Mary Pipher, PhD)
The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Toward a Greener Future (David Boyd, Ph.D.)
Parenting
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain (Daniel Siegel, MD)
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (Daniel Siegel, MD & Mary Hartzel, M.Ed)
Magnificent Mind at Any Age (Daniel Amen, MD)
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children (Ross Greene, PhD.)
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers (Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. & Gabor Mate)
Connected Parent, Empowered Child: Five Keys to Raising Happy, Confident, Responsible Kids (Leeza Steindorf)
The Autistic Author and Animator: A mother’s view of a daughter’s triumph (Janet Walmsley)
Culinary
Plenty (Yotam Ottolenghi)
The Flavor Bible (Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg)
The Book of Kale (Sharon Hanna)
The Book of Kale and Friends (Sharon Hanna & Carol Pope)
Gluten-Free on a Shoestring (Nicole Hunn)
Flying Apron’s Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book (Jennifer Katzinger)
It’s All Easy: Delicious Weekday Recipes for the Super-Busy Home Cook (Gwenyth Paltrow)
The Kind Diet (Alicia Silverstone)
Radio Show Guests’ Books
Paul Henczel, BBA
Miracle in a Mill: Crushed Alive!
Dr. David Boyd
The Optimistic Environmentalist
Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies
You Don’t Have to Cross the Ocean to Reach the World: The Power of Local Cross-Cultural Ministry
The Right to a Healthy Environment
Jules Shepard
Free for All Cooking: 150 Easy Gluten-Free, Allergy-Friendly Recipes the Whole Family Can Enjoy
The First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Dr. Alessio Fasano
Gluten Freedom by Alessio Fasano MD
Clinical Guide to Gluten-Related Disorders
Surprises from Celiac Disease: Scientific American
Fast Facts: Celiac disease (2nd Edition) by
Diabetes: 365 Tips for Living Well by
The Global Village of Coeliac Disease (Perspectives on Coeliac Disease, Volume II) by
Guía clínica para los trastornos asociados con el gluten (Spanish Edition)
Die ganze Wahrheit über Gluten: Alles über Zöliakie, Glutensensitivität und Weizenallergie. Mit einem Vorwort von Klaus-Dietrich Runow (German Edition)
Dieta Sem Gluten (Em Portugues do Brasil) (Portuguese Brazilian)
Wolni od glutenu (Polish Edition) by
Karen Mayo
Mindful Eating: 30 Days To A Whole New You
Kim Vopni
Prepare To Push: What your pelvic floor and abdomen want you to know about pregnancy and birth
Leeza Steindorf
Connected Parent, Empowered Child: Five Keys to Raising Happy, Confident, Responsible Kids (A CORE Success® Guide) (Volume 1)
Barbara Jaffe
When Will I Be Good Enough? A Replacement Child’s Journey to Healing
Janet Walmsley
The Autistic Author and Animator: A mother’s view of a daughter’s triumph
Jenny Story
Dysnomia: Outcasts On a Distant Moon
Dr. Lorne Brown
Missing The Point: Why Acupuncturists Fail… and what they need to know to succeed
Adam Hart
Shirley Plant
Finally… Paleo Food I Can Eat!
Cyndi O’Meara
Changing Habits Changing Lives
Abundant Health: How To Achieve Your Health Potential
Food Love is the Path to Health – by Sandy Rose & Cyndi O’Meara (The Body Image Revolution Book 4)
Dr. Barb Depree
Yes You Can: Dr. Barb’s Recipe for Lifelong Intimacy
Yvonne Heath
Love Your Life to Death: How to Plan & Prepare for End of Life so You Can Live Fully Now
Julia Shopick
Honest Medicine: Effective, Time-Tested, Inexpensive Treatments for Life-Threatening Diseases
Alan Bell
POISONED: How a Crime-Busting Prosecutor Turned His Medical Mystery into a Crusade for Environmental Victims
Dr. Susan Edelman
Ricki Heller
Deanna Won
Already Won (coming soon!)
Dr. Paul Epstein
Dr. Jennifer Fraser
Dusty Staub MSW
Courage in the Valley of Death
Irvin Yalom MD
BECOMING MYSELF: A Psychiatrist’s Memoir
Love’s Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Momma and the Meaning of Life: Tales of Psychotherapy
Every Day Gets a Little Closer: A Twice-Told Therapy
Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
When Nietzche Wept: A Novel of Obsession
The Yalom Reader: Selections from the Work of a Master Therapist and Storyteller
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
Ivy Tobin
Dr. Albert Ellis & Debbie Joffe Ellis
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Dr. Philip Zimbardo
Sharkie Zartman
Empowered Aging: Expert Advice on Staying Healthy, Vital and Active
#HeySportsParents! An Essential Guide for Any Parent with a Child in Sports
Youth Volleyball: The Guide for Coaches and Parents
Have Fun Getting Fit; Simple Ways to Rejuvenate Your Mind and Body
Take on Aging as a Sport: The Athletic Approach to Aging
Shark Sense: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Shark
So You Think You Can Coach Kids?
Rick Shapiro
Hope Never Dies: How 20 Late-Stage & Terminal Cancer Patients Beat the Odds
Nadine Grzeskowiak
Dough Nation: A Nurse’s Memoir of Celiac Disease from Missed Diagnosis to Food and Health Activism
Andrew (Andy) Lopez
How To Heal The Earth In Your Spare Time
Natural Pest Control, Alternatives to Chemicals for the Home and Garden
Dances with Ants – Natural and Organic Ant Control
Invisible Gardener’s Compost It!
How to Make Your Own Natural Misting System
Invisible Gardener’s Organic Growing Guide
Natural and Organic Flea and Tick Controls
Natural and Organic Fly Control
Natural and Organic Disease Control
The Bug-Free Bed: How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs, Naturally and Organically
Invisible Gardener’s Natural Cockroach Control
Kathryn Kellogg
Lynda Shrager, OTR, MSW, CAPS
Age In Place: A Guide to Modifying, Organizing, and Decluttering Mom and Dad’s Home
Dr. Phil Gregory
Baysian Logical Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
Maralee McLean
Prosecuted But Not Silenced: Courtroom Reform for Sexually Abused Children
Dr. Deborah Ross-Swain & Dr. Elaine Fogel Schneider
Confidence & Joy: Success Strategies for Kids with Learning Differences
7 Strategies for Raising Calm, Inspired, & Successful Children
Auditory Processing Disorders-Third Edition: Assessment, Treatment and Management
Aphasia Rehabilitation: An Auditory and Verbal Treatment Hierarchy
The Cognitive-Linguistic Improvement Program
The Geriatric Treatment Manual
Dr. Carla Fry & Dr. Lisa Ferrari
GRATITUDE & KINDNESS: A Modern Parents Guide to Raising Children in an Era of Entitlement
Dr. Udo Erasmus
The Book on Total Sexy Health: The 8 Key Steps Designed by Nature
Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill
Omega 3 Cuisine: Recipes for Health and Pleasure
Dr. Stephanie Seneff
Rattlesnake in the Corn Fields (in press)
Dr. Natasha Turner
The Hormone Diet: A 3-Step Program to Help You Lose Weight, Gain Strength, and Live Younger Longer
Dr. Tom O’Bryan
Dr. Roger Hall
Staying Happy Being Productive
Dr. Paul Anderson
Outside the Box Cancer Therapies
Cancer: From Diagnosis to Empowerment
Books Recommended by Radio Show Guests
Marshall Rosenberg, “Non-Violent Communication”
Rick Hansen, “Hardwiring Happiness”
Susan Kaiser Greenland, “The Mindful Child”
Richard Louv, “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder“
Richard Louv, “Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life“
Richard Louv, “The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age“
Norman Cousins, “Anatomy of an Illness“
Christine Hassler, “Expectation Hangover: Free Yourself from Your Past, Change Your Present and Get What You Really Want“
Kellert, Stephen R. and Edward O. Wilson, Editors, “The Biophilia Hypothesis.”
Robert Greenleaf, “Servant Leadership“
Jean Liedloff, “The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost“
Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning“
Brian Weiss, “Many Lives, Many Masters“
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, “On Death and Dying”
Hermann Hesse, “Siddhartha”
Don Miguel Ruiz, “The Four Agreements”
Paul Kalanithi, “When Breath Becomes Air”
Dani Shapiro, “Devotion: A Memoir”
Judy L. Mandel, “The Replacement Child“
Rita Battat Silverman & Abigail Brenner, MD., “Replacement Children: The Unconscious Script
Melody Beattie, “Codependent No More“
Julia Cameron, “The Artist’s Way“
THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS by Thich Nhat Hanh
SHE COMES FIRST: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman by Ian Kerner
PASSIONISTA: The Empowered Woman’s Guide To Pleasuring A Man by Ian Kerner
NAKED AT OUR AGE: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex by Joan Price
THE NEW INTERCOURSES: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook by Martha Hopkins & Randall Lockridge
PLACES FOR PASSION: THE 75 MOST ROMANTIC DESTINATIONS by Pepper Schwarts & Janet Lever
PERFECT BALANCE: Look Younger, Stay Sexy, and Feel Great by Robert Greene MD & Leah Feldon
CUPID’S POISON ARROW: From Habit to Harmony in Sexual Relationships by Marnia Robinson & Douglas Wile PhD
The Better Sex Video Series SEXPLORATIONS / Volumes 1,2,3 DVD/MUSIC CD SET by Mark Shoen
Why Being Happy Matters by Peter Jennings
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
Anxiety Warrior by Elke Scholz
What’s Making Our Children Sick: How Industrial Food Is Causing an Epidemic of Chronic Illness, and What Parents (and Doctors) Can Do About It – Michelle Perro, MD and Vincane Adamas, PhD
Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science – Carey Gillam
Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future – Caitlin Shetterly
Fighting (& Preventing) Cancer
General Health & Wellness
The Hallelujah Diet: Experience the Optimal Health You Were Meant to Have – George Malkmus, Peter Shockey, and Stowe Shockey
You Can Heal Your Life – Louise Hay
Healing Oils of the Bible – David Stewart
