Books

Essential Oils Desk Reference

Hands down, the very BEST book on Essential Oils.  It is an extraordinary, definitive work on the therapeutic value of essential oils.   This Desk Reference is to be used along-side the proprietary formulas from Young Living Essential Oils.  For the beginner or the expert, this guide has something valuable for everyone.  There is a complete section on which oil to use for whatever ails you, along with various healing modalities to use in conjunction with the oils.  A must have for anyone serious about using Therapeutic-Grade Essential Oils to benefit their health.

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Slow Death by Rubber Duck by Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie

A wonderful book that discusses all the dangers that we come across in our everyday lives.  A MUST READ for anyone that is on the path to wellness and concerned about their exposure to toxins in our lives.  The authors were concerned about their children and their exposure..they did alot of testing and came up with some very interesting information. 

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You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay 

A bestseller for many years, You Can Heal Your Life has been republished with bright, beautiful illustrations in full, living color and exquisite typography–each and every page is a work of art by artist Joan Perrin Falquet. The timeless message of the book is that we are each responsible for our own reality and “dis-ease.”   Also, more recently, Louise Hay has produced a movie “You Can Heal Your Life”….the banner on the right side of the page will take you to their website where you can view a clip of the film.  This is my #1 Recommended book for all my clients.

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Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing By Christiane Northrup

Quite possibly every female over the age of 12 will find this huge book enlightening, pain saving, and perhaps even lifesaving. Think of it as a much more empowering and holistic Our Bodies, Ourselves. Northrup is a gynecologist who acknowledges the power of natural therapies and herbs, but also maintains that allopathic treatments, including surgery, are sometimes best. In Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, she covers the treatment of many physical concerns–among them PMS, menstrual cramps, breast cancer, fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, depression, childbirth, abortion, cystitis, and menopause–explaining how many of these physical problems have roots in emotional upsets.

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The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change, 2nd Edition by Christiane Northrup Menopause doesn’t have to be a dreaded curse of aging during which we can look forward only to hot flashes and whacked-out hormonal mood swings. According to Christiane Northrup, M.D. (Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom), menopause often marks the beginning of a woman’s most sexually passionate, creatively inspired, and professionally productive phase of life.

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The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure, Energy, and Weight Loss by Marc David 

In The Slow Down Diet Marc David presents a new way to understand our relationship to food, focusing on quality and the possibilities of pleasure in eating to transform and improve metabolism. Citing cutting-edge research on body biochemistry as well as success stories from his own nutritional counseling practice, he shows that we are creatures of body, mind, and spirit and that when we attend to these levels simultaneously we can shed excess pounds, increase energy, and enhance digestion to feel rejuvenated and inspired.  

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Pain Free by Pete Egoscue  Starting today, you don’t have to live in pain.

Pete Egoscue learned a lot about pain when, as a Marine officer, he was wounded in Vietnam. He segued from patient to physical therapist, and now runs a famous clinic in San Diego, where he claims he’s helped 95 percent of his patients cure chronic pain–including Jack Nicklaus and Charles Barkley, whose athletic careers he helped prolong. At the heart of his program are stretches and motion exercises to restore proper function to muscles and joints. His methods are often surprising and counterintuitive. For example, for foot pain, he suggests a series of hip exercises. In fact, this is one of the most startling books you’ll read about the human organism. Egoscue has strong opinions about how modern life is changing the way our bodies function, reducing the tasks we must perform and thus reducing the functional range of motion of our muscles and joints. Fortunately, he offers movement exercises to restore what nature meant us to have.

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Pain Free for Women by Pete Egoscue  Women today not only deserve but should expect a pain-free, active lifestyle, no matter their age, no matter their previous experience.  This book, written by the same author as “Pain Free”, is specifically written for women and all the various stages their body goes through during life.  From puberty, to pregnancy and on into menopause, our bodies go through physical changes that sometimes can result in pain.  This book explains why that occurs and offers simple exercises to help correct the imbalance.

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A Consumer’s Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients: Complete Information About the Harmful and Desirable Ingredients Found in Cosmetics and Cosmeceuticals by Ruth Winter

You wouldn’t eat something without knowing what it was–don’t you want to take the same care with what you put on your face, hair, and body? Find out what’s in that shampoo, makeup, toothpaste, lotion, or perfume here, with more than 6,000 entries, organized alphabetically. Cosmetics are barely regulated these days, leaving it up to you to learn what those strange-sounding names mean and how they might affect you.  

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A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives: Descriptions in Plain English of More Than 12,000 Ingredients Both Harmful and Desirable Found in Foods by Ruth Winter

A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is back again, in an updated sixth edition. This valuable reference gives you all the facts about the relative safety and side effects of more than 12,000 ingredients that end up in your food as a result of processing and curing, such as preservatives, food-tainting pesticides, and animal drugs. For example, drugs used to tranquilize pigs may sedate diners!  There are hundreds of new entries to this edition, and topics covered include information about recently discovered resistant strains of bacteria credited to the antibiotics added to animal feed, as well as startling statistics on the amount of money spent on certain additives each year—$1.4 billion—on just flavorings and flavor enhancers.

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Healthy Healing: A Guide to Self-Healing for Everyone, 12th Edition by Linda Page ND   Clearly, Americans want to take more responsibility for their own health care.  The ultimate resource for improving your health naturally!!

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The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom.  Sit at the foot of a native elder and listen as great wisdom of days long past is passed down. In The Four Agreements shamanic teacher and healer Don Miguel Ruiz exposes self-limiting beliefs and presents a simple yet effective code of personal conduct learned from his Toltec ancestors. Full of grace and simple truth, this handsomely designed book makes a lovely gift for anyone making an elementary change in life, and it reads in a voice that you would expect from an indigenous shaman. The four agreements are these: Be impeccable with your word. Don’t take anything personally. Don’t make assumptions. Always do your best. It’s the how and why one should do these things that make The Four Agreements worth reading and remembering.

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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle 

According to Tolle, who assumes the role of narrator as well, humans are on the verge of creating a new world by a personal transformation that shifts our attention away from our ever-expanding egos. This idea is well realized through Tolle’s remarkably well-paced narration. Naturally, the author understands his material so thoroughly that he is able to convey it in an enjoyable manner, but Tolle’s gentle tone and dialect begs his audience’s attention simply through its straightforward approach. Something about this reading just seems profoundly important, whether one agrees with the material or not, and listeners’ attention is sure to be captured within seconds of listening to Tolle’s take on the universe in which we live.

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The Power of Intention:  Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer   After years of spiritual study and reflection, inspirational speaker and bestselling author Wayne Dyer has emerged a highly esteemed teacher. His current message about tapping into the power of intention may sound like good old positive thinking: just stay focused on what you want, rather than focusing on the lack of having what you want. But the teaching here goes deeper than just controlling thoughts (although he does acknowledge that thought control is a surprisingly challenging and significant endeavor). This book might help readers land a better job, but it’s more relevant for those who are ready to detach from an ego-driven life filled with quick fixes of happiness and step into a more authentic, joyful, and spiritually fulfilling life. His core teachings speak to tapping into a universal source of energy that can also be called the “power of intention.”

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