Inside-Out Change

Change takes place slowly inside each of us, and by the choices we think through in quiet, wakeful moments.

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SPIRITUAL BOOKS

Sacred Contracts
by Caroline Myss
Published by Harmony 2001 ISBN 0-517-70392-0
This is a unique book. It will help you find your authentic self and discover your life's purpose. It's a brilliant blend of psychology, healing guidance and spiritual insights. The highlight of the book are over 30 spiritual archetypes that build on the work of Carl Jung. You are shown how to use these archetypes to discover your soul purpose and that of those around you. You see your life as symbolic and meaningful.

The Power of Spirit
by Harrison Owen.
Published by Berrett-Koehler 2000 ISBN 1-57675-090-6
In this book Harrison explores how organisations can transform themselves from the bottom-up. He uses insights and models from Complexity Theory, including 'edge of chaos' and evolution. When the spirit is high wonderful things happen.

The Four Agreements
by Don Miguel Ruiz
Published by Amber-Allen 1997 ISBN 1-878424-31-9
In this book don Miguel reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer all of us a powerful code of conduct. They are: be impeccable with your word, don't take anything personally, Don't make assumptions and always do your best.

Anatomy of the Spirit
by Caroline Myss
Published by Bantam 1996 ISBN 0-553-50527-0
In this book Caroline takes the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit to a new level after extensive research into energy medicine. She synthesises the ancient wisdom of three spiritual traditions - the Hindu chakras, the Christian Sacraments and the Kabbalah's Tree of Life. This book will help you develop you latent powers of intuition, the spiritual causes of illness and how to correct an energy imbalance.

Meditation
by Michal Levin
Published by Dorking Kindersley 2002 ISBN 0-7894-8333-5
This beautifully illustrated book helps you start the journey of self-discovery. Meditation is a vehicle for realising the truth that is in the stillness of the moment.

The Invitation
by Oriah Moutain Dreamer
Published by Thorsons 1999 ISBN 0-7225-3821-9
This is a guidebook for living with integrity, commitment and passion. Oriah expands on the ideas behind her practical and inspiring poem called "The Invitation". It makes you believe that rteal change is possible and sometimes inevitable, but always unpredictable. This is powerful stuff. the first line goes "I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare dream of meeting your heart's longing."

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
by Deepak Chopra
Published by Bantam 1996 ISBN 0-593-04083-X
This is a really practical guide to the actions you need to take to fulfil your dreams. I cherish this book and return to its pages regularly for guidance on how to creat a productive and satisfying life.

The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
Published by HarperCollins 1999 ISBN 0-7225-3293-8
This is an international best seller, an intriging story of a shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of treasure. It reminds you of the importance of listening to your heart and your intuition, not ignoring life's omens and following your dreams. To rtell you more would ruin the story.

Spiritual Intelligence
by Michal Levin
Published by Hodder & Soughton 2000 ISBN 0-340-76846-0
This is a surprisingly practical and insighful look at how we can make sense of lives as spiritual being. Michal Levin believes the answer lies deep within ourselves. She guides you on your own spiritual journey so that you can experience it for yourself. To find a new way of being we have to find a new way of perceiving the wholeness that is life on earth so you can achieve balance in all areas of your life.

Pure Bliss
by Gill Edwards
Published by Paitkus 1999 ISBN 0-7499-2052-1
An invaluable guide to how to live in "soft time" where you live only in the present moment without any goal or purpose. In this state you have mystical awareness and a sense of awe and wonder and delight in the world around you. You are full of appreciation and gratitude for nature and enjoy the simple pleasures of life.

The Seat of the Soul
by Gary Zukav
Published by Rider 1990 ISBN 0-7126-4674-4
Gary probes deep into the human psyche to show you how you can transform your life. He shows you how to become a master of your own spiritual evolution.

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NLP - (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)

The NLP Coach
by Ian McDermott & Wendy Jago
Published by Piatkus 2001 ISBN 0-7499-2277-X
This is a comprehensive, practical and user-friendly guide to self-coaching using NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques. It contains tools to help you boost your self-esteem and create good relationships for a successful career and good health. It looks at how you can improve your potential, personal style and balance, your worlds and yourself. There is a good sections on maximising your brain power and becoming spiritually alive.

Leading with NLP
by Joseph O'Connor
Published by Thorsons 1998 ISBN 0-7225-3767-0
This book offers the reader a sound introduction to the journey that an authentic leader would need to take. It covers creating and sharing visions, leadership style, motivation, integrity and the dark side of change. There are guidelines for balancing task and relationships, beliefs and assumptions, systems thinking and dealing with a blame culture.

NLP at Work
by Sue Knight
Published by Nicholas Brearley 1999 ISBN 1-85788-070-6
A very practical book that covers the main elements of NLP. It explains, filters, patterns, questioning, metaphor, modeling, belief system, visioning, rapport, anchors, and an extensive toolkit.

The Principles of NLP
by Joseph O'Connor & Ian Mc Dermott
Published by Thorsons 1996 ISBN 0-7225-3195-8
In this book Joseph outlines the four pillars of wisdom. RAPPORT comes from a sense of belonging to a larger whole and being at peace with yourself and others. It involves quality relationships that are built on trust and responsiveness. The second is knowing your life's PURPOSE and the third SENSING the world around you. The fourth is about making CHOICES to get what you want.

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SELF DEVELOPMENT BOOKS

A Managers Guide to Self-Development
by Mike Pedler,John Burgoyne and Tom Boydell
Published by McGraw-Hill 2001 ISBN 0-07-709830-7
This is an invaluable guide to improving your management skills to deliver better performance and realise your full potential. It contains a library of skills and competencies from analysis to emotional resilience, with lots of ideas and references you can follow up on. They are listed as 54 activities from managing your time to relaxation and fitness.

How to Live for Change & Change for Life
by John Gray
Published by Vermilion 2000 ISBN 0-09-188226-5
An invaluable guide to love and relationship. It shows you how to commit to change and focus on what's really important. Some good tips for energising your life and maintaining a positive attitude to life.

Change is Everyone's Business
by Pat McLagan
Published by Berrett-Koehler 2002 ISBN 1-57675-190-2
This book is about personal empowerment from the inside-out. It focuses on personal power at work, but it is relevant to all aras of life. As Pat reminds us "choice is at the heart of empowerment. It's a gift we give ourselves, not something that others bestow." If I was to recommend a simple and short book on chnage - this would be it.

The Art of Living Consciously
by Nathaniel Branden
Published by Fireside 1999 ISBN 0-684-83849-4
This book takes the reader into new territory in understanding the actions of our minds in achieving high levels of self-esteem. It contains practical information to improve your life at work, in love, in the family and in pursuit of one's personal devlopment.

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MIND & WORK

The Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-73350-0
This brilliant book is guaranteed to transform your thinking. It encourages you to leave your analytical mind and ego behind. It is challenging, but the words are simple and clear. His premise is that we are not our minds and this enables us to escape our psychological pain. Authentic pain is found by surrendering to the now. The book offers a range of access points for getting us into now, the present moment.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen Covey
Published by Simon & Schuster
This classic book is still the best on the market on Personal Change. Stephen offers a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach for solving personal and professionalproblems. It is a step-by-step pathways for living with fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. These principles empower us to adapt and change and take full advantage of the opportunities that chnage creates.

How to Think
by Stephen Reid
Published by Prentice Hall 2002 ISBN 0-237-65484-5
This book contains practical tools to help you think clearly, quickly and creatively. It is an invaluable guide for problem-solving, adapting to change, improving relationship, processing complex information, making choices and mastering uncertainty and risk.

Activation
by Edmund Freedberg
Published by Harper-Collins 1997 ISBN 0-00-255748-7
This book is a practical guide to converting your potential into optimal performance. Getting yourself and others to act on your abilities is an underrated skill in itself. You are offered simple and practical tools for maximising your performance and getting the results you want. It's written for the self-manager who wants to get results.

Creative Visualisation
by Shakti Gawain
Published by Nataraj 2002 ISBN 1-57731-229-5
This book will help you develop you imagination so that you can use menatl imagery and affirmation to produce positive changes in your life. This classic guide is full of meditations, exercises and techniques to increase your personal mastery of life.

Crossing the Unknown Sea
by David Whyte
Published by Penguin 2001 ISBN 0-141-00593-9
In this book David explores issues of work and the shaping of identity is his own unique style. It's about self-help and leadership. He shows how people can be damaged by working in ways that fail to engage with our real selves, how work is a powerful force shaping our identity, and so should never be done unthinkingly.

Bringing your Soul to Work
by Cheryl Peppers & Alan Briskin
Published by Berrett-Koehler 2000 ISBN 1-57675-111-2
This is an engaging and honest exploration of issues faced in the workplace which deepens your insights. It contains practical exercises to help you reflect on your own experience and how to engage with and understand your shadow side. It helps you make difficult choices in everyday work situations.

The Spirtual Teachings of Seneca
by Mark Fostater & Victoria Radin
Published by Coronet 2001 ISBN 0--340-73322-5
An excellent guide for helping you find peace of mind. The observations ring so many bells and offer words of support and encouragement to a tortured soul. A right good read.