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Resources...
Articles:
Musing From the ‘Other Side’, by Vivian Groman (click here to view article)
Recommended Books:
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
In the book The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle writes about his spiritual awakening on day from a desperate suicidal stupor. From this place of deep pain and suffering, Eckhart starts a new life as a new self and never looks back (except to tell his tale of awakening). A great book to teach and remind us that all we have is the present moment.
Holding the Center: Sanctuary in a Time of Confusion, by Richard Strozzi Heckler
This book is about practices that embody generative interpretations of the world and enhance our capacity to learn and grow. The book promotes practices that occur in our bodies, in language, with others, and in a place of learning. This book is an offer to soak in the mood of what it means to be human in times of confusion.
The Anatomy of Change: A Way to Move Through Life's Transition, by Richard Strozzi Heckler
This book is about the journey that returns us to the wisdom of our body. How we can learn from this wisdom to be self-educating and self-healing.
The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life, by Geshe Michael Roach
Not your typical business book. The source is an ancient book of Buddhist wisdom called The Diamond Cutter woven into the author’s own corporate life. The book explains how Buddhist wisdom helped build a successful $100 million company.
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute
This book explores how self-deception actually determines one’s experience in every aspect of life and how it is a central issue in leadership. Self-deception blinds us to the true cause of problems. Once blind we cannot see the real solutions. These concepts are illustrated through a story about a fictitious executive starting a new job at a company who strives to live out of the box, or free of self-deception.
The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America , by David Whyte
A business book written by a poet! The Heart Aroused attempts to keep what is tried and true, good and efficient, at the center of our present work life, while opening us to a mature appreciation of the hidden and often dangerous inner seas where our passions and our creativity lie waiting.
A Year to Live: How to Live This Year As If It Were Your Last, by Stephen Levine
This book is not simply about dying but about the restoration of the heart, which occurs when we confront our life and death with mercy and awareness. What would your life be like if you lived it as if it were your final year?
Your Lifebuilder: Ride the Vision of Your Life, by E. Dan Smith
This books takes you through the steps of creating a simple, powerful and personal tool that takes you beyond inspiration and exploration, and hurls you right into the manifestation of your best life. The author, influenced by advertising, asks; why not create your own best life advertisement and be influenced by your dreams.
Recommended Movies:
What the Bleep Do We Know? www.whatthebleep.com
If you thought you had everything figured out, see this film and find out what quantum physics and other sciences are learning about how we and the world really works.
Organizations:
New Ventures West, premier coaching school in San Francisco
www.newventureswest.com
Strozzi Institute, workshops and seminars that, through Somatics, enable our development as leaders of our life www.strozziinstitute.com
Institute for Women’s Leadership, a great resource for seminars that develops leadership for executive women www.womensleadership.com
Leadership and Horses, provocative leadership development programs through working with horses www.leadershipandhorses.com
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