What qualifies a book to make my “Favorite Books List?”
Books that caused a shift in my perception. Books that offered me a whole new level of understanding. Books that literally offered me access to transformation.
For me, every book I recommend will either 1) impact the quality of your life for the better, 2) stretch your thoughts, ideas and perceptions 3) ask you to grow, and/or 4), challenge you in some way.
I LOVE books, because I LOVE new learning and every book I share with you has impacted the quality of my life for the better, on some level. And because I believe that we are our very best, and that our lives are greatly enriched from all sorts of new learning, I will offer you books mostly from my 3 favorite genres, nutrition and healthy living, success development and spiritual.
My nutrition and healthy living book recommendations will spin off the plant-based nutrition diet. I wholly believe that plant-food is the key to healing for all of us, and the biggest missing link for many who suffer from all sorts of health matters.
My success development selections will spin entirely on recommendations that will challenge you and ask you to grow, as well as give you SOLID and tangible ideas to elevate your game of life.
My spiritual selections will spin thematically on all world-religions. Though I was raised Catholic, and identify myself as Catholic, I do not practice one faith tradition any longer. I’ve found my heart, my deepest breaths and Spirit within a broader, more inclusive, one-love philosophy, from the sweet reveries of my Catholic background, to deep inquiry into Buddhism and my now higher level commitment to A Course in Miracles, with a touch of everything in between.
My first recommendation is quite fitting, since I’ve read and listened to it more times than I can count, Marianne Williamson’s now classic, “A Return to Love.” In this mega-bestselling spiritual guide, Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on love and the search for inner peace.
For me, Williamson brought Faith to my life in very real, tangible and new ways in “A Return to Love,” by explaining how thoughts & perceptions literally alter our life, especially our thoughts and perceptions on forgiveness.
Simply put, I return over and over to this book, because of it’s larger themes on being of service, as a miracle worker, by accepting God and the expression of love and force of forgiveness in our daily lives. This book is a total game-changer.
I’ve read and listened to the “Success Principles,” by Jack Canfield, like “A Return to Love,” over and over, because it is a pure and utter game-changer! Read and reread this book every day and you WILL change your life. Begin with taking on 100% responsibility, and move through 64 time-tested success strategies and watch your life change. The Success Prinicples is a must read for everyone out to elevate their game of life!
Heal your gut, and eliminate the root cause of all disease. And because poor digestive health WAS the root of all my health problems earlier in life, I just love to share Dr. Alejandro Junger’s brilliant book, “Clean Gut.” In Clean Gut, Junger offers compelling evidence tracing poor gut health to the preponderance of ailments today, with a complete toolkit to reverse disease and sustain life-long health. Think complete and utter game changer when you purchase “Clean Gut.”
