Recommended Coaching and Personal Development Resources

Books/Guides

Career

Off-Ramps and on-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success, by Sylvia Ann Hewlett. Harvard Business School Press, 2007.

Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career, by Herminia Ibarra. Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work, by Julie Jansen. Penguin Books, 2003.

When Work Doesn’t Work Anymore: Women, Work and Identity, by Elizabeth Perle McKenna. Delta, 1998.
Targeting a Great Career, by Kate Wendleton. CENGAGE Delmar Learning, 2005.

Children/Teens

The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived, by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober. Hay House, 1999.

Stressed-Out Girls: Helping Them Thrive in the Age of Pressure, by Roni Cohen-Sandler. Viking Penguin, 2005.

Coaching/Personal Development

Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live, by Martha Beck. Three Rivers Press, 2002.

You’re Addicted to You: Why It’s So Hard to Change, and What You Can Do About It, by Noah Blumenthal. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007.

Take Time For Your Life: A 7-step program for Creating the Life You Want, by Cheryl Richardson. Broadway Books, 1999.

Creativity

The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron. Tarcher, 2002.

Grieving/Death

On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Scribner, 1997.

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler. Scribner, 2007.

Healing

Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing, by Caroline Myss. Harmony, 1996.

You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise L. Hay. Hay House, 1984.

Humor

Not Skinny, Not Blonde: A Heartwrenching, Hilarious Memoir, by Monique Marvez. Hay House: 2008.

Life Experience

Defying Gravity: A Celebration of Late-Blooming Women, by Prill Boyle. Emmis Books, 2005.

Love/Intimacy/Marriage

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert, by John Gottman and Nan Silver. Three Rivers Press, 2000.

Getting the Love You Want, 20th Anniversary Edition: A Guide for Couples, by Harville Hendrix. Holt Paperbacks, 2007.

Love is Letting Go of Fear, by Gerald G. Jampolsky, Hugh Prather, and Jack O. Keeler. Ten Speed Press, 2004.

Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships, by David Schnarch. Holt Paperbacks, 1998.

Meaning and Purpose

Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl. Beacon Press, 2006.

Meditation

Creative Visualization Meditations (Audio CD), by Shakti Gawain. New World Library, Second Edition, 2002.

Creative Visualization, by Shakti Gawain. New World Library, Revised Edition, 1995.

The Meditative Mind, by Daniel Goleman. Tarcher, 1996.

Midlife

Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life, by Gail Sheehy. Bantam, 1977.

The Breaking Point: How Today’s Women Are Navigating Midlife Crisis, by Susan Shellenbarger. Henry Holt and Company, 2005.

Motherhood

Mommy Wars: Stay at Home and Career Moms Face off on Their Choices, Their Lives and Their Families, edited by Leslie Morgan Steiner. Random House, 2007.

Parenting

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Collins, 1999.

1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12, by Thomas Phelan. Parentmagic, Inc., 2004.

101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body, by Brenda Lane Richardson and Elane Rehr. Harper Paperbacks, 2001.

Prosperity/Finances

Smart Women Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Achieving Financial Security and Funding Your Dreams, by David Bach. Broadway, 2002.

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth, by T. Harv Eker. Collins, 2005.

The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment, by Maria Nemeth. Ballantine Publishing Group, 1997

Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny, by Suze Orman. Spiegel & Grau, 2007.

The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity, by Catherine Ponder. Bnpublishing.com, 2007.

The Total Money Makeover Workbook: A Proven Plan for Financial Success, by Dave Ramsey. Thomas Nelson, 2007.

Psychology

Toward A Psychology of Being, by Abraham Maslow. Wiley, 3rd edition, 1998.

A Way of Being, by Carl Rogers. Mariner Books, 1995.

Self-Image/Self-Esteem

Film: I Am My Mother’s Daughter

Spirituality

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Pocketbook Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams, by Deepak Chopra. Amber-Allen Publishing, 2007.

Your Heart’s Desire: Instructions for Creating the Life You Really Want, by Sonia Choquette. Three Rivers Press, 2007.

Three Deep Breaths, by Thomas Crum. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006.

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, by HH Dalai Lama and H.C. Cutler. Penguin Putnam Inc., 1998.

Manifest Your Destiny: The Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want, by Wayne Dyer. Harper Collins,1997.

Developing Intuition: Practical Guidance for Daily Life, by Shakti Gawain. New World Library, 2001.

Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires, by Jerry Hicks and Esther Hicks. Hay House, 2005.

Angelspeake, A Guide: How to Talk with Your Angels, by Barbara Mark and Trudy Griswold. Simon and Schuster, 1995.

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book, by Don Miguel Ruiz. Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997.

Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1, by Neale Donald Walsch. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1995

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles,” by Marianne Williamson. Harper Paperbacks, 1996.

The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life, by Bruce Wilkinson. Multnomah Pub, 2000.

Transitions

Transitions. Making Sense of Life’s Changes (2nd ed), by William Bridges. Da Capo Press, 2004.

Websites

Breakdown, Breakthrough, www.bkconnection.com/breakdownbreakthrough

Blog, www.breakdownbreakthrough.blogspot.com

Career

    Business Plans:

Bplans.com, www.bplans.com

    Job Search:

Craigslist.com, www.craigslist.com

Hire Aspirations, www.hireaspirationsusa.com

HotJobs.com, www.hotjobs.com

Monster.com, www.monster.com

MyJobSearch.com, www.myjobsearch.com

Women @ Work Network, www.womenatwork.com

    Planning Your Career:

CareerJournal, The Wall Street Journal, www.careerjournal.com

CareerPerfect.com, www.careerperfect.com

CareerPlanner.com, www.careerplanner.com

Fast Company Magazine, www.fastcompany.com

Franchise.com, www.franchise.com

U.S. Small Business Administration, www.sba.gov

    Funding/Support:

Ladies Who Launch, www.ladieswholaunch.com

Make Mine a Million Dollar Business, www.makeamillion.org

Coaching

International Coach Federation, www.coachfederation.org

Life Purpose Institute, www.lifepurposeinstitute.com

Institute for Life Coach Training, www.lifecoachtraining.com

Domestic Violence Prevention

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Domestic Violence Prevention, www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, www.ncadv.org

Empowering Women

Esteemed Woman Foundation, www.esteemedwoman.com

Midlife

American Association of Retired Persons, www.aarp.com

Gen Plus+, www.genplususa.com

More Magazine, www.moremagazine.com

National Association of Baby Boomer Women, www.nabbw.com

Motherhood

The Momference, www.momference.com

Non-Profits

American Red Cross, www.redcross.org

The Blessing Basket Project, www.blessingbasket.org

Habitat for Humanity, www.habitat.org

Psychotherapy

American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. www.aamft.org

Spirituality

Angelspeake, www.angelspeake.com

Astrology Zone by Susan Miller, www.astrologyzone.com

Abraham-Hicks, www.abraham-hicks.com

Neal Donald Walsch, www.cwg.org/main.php

The International Center for Reiki Training, www.reiki.org

Shakti Gawain, www.shaktigawain.com

Working Women

Women@Work Network, www.womenatwork.com

Catalyst, www.catalyst.org

Working Mother Magazine, www.workingmother.com

Workplace Issues

Center for Work- Life Policy, www.worklifepolicy.org

Families and Work Institute, www.familiesandwork.org

U.S. Department of Labor, Family and Medical Leave Act, www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla

The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, www.eeoc.gov

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