A Kick-Ass Fairy: A Memoir (37 page)

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ere I have included some of the books that I found the most helpful in my journey. This list contains the editions I have on my bookshelf. In many cases, more recent editions are available, including other formats—print, audio, and/or ebook. A few titles may be out of print, but they can still usually be found through online booksellers.

Alternative Healing

8 Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body’s Natural Healing Power
, by Andrew Weil (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997).

Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
, by Caroline Myss (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1996).

Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer
, by Michael Lerner (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994).

Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns and Encountering Naked Reality
, by Pema Chödrön (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2005), audiobook.

Heal Your Body
, by Louise L. Hay (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 1982).

Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
, by Peter A. Levine (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2005).

Meditations to Heal Your Life
, by Louise L. Hay (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2002).

Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength & Love
, by Judith Orloff (New York: Harmony Books, 2004).

The Power of Radical Forgiveness
, by Colin Tipping (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2009), audiobook.

Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover and Embrace Your Body’s Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself
, by Andrew Weil (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995).

Vital Energy: The 7 Keys to Invigorate Body, Mind & Soul
, by David Simon (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000).

You Can Heal Your Life
, by Louise L. Hay (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 1999).

Your Body Speaks Your Mind: Decoding the Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Messages That Underlie Illness
, by Deb Shapiro (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2006).

Eastern Medicine and Philosophy

Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine
, by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold (New York: Ballantine Books, 1991).

Feng Shui
, by Simon Brown (London: Ward Lock, 1997).

The Fundamentals of Feng Shui
, by Lillian Too. (Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK: Element Books, 1999).

The Tao of Inner Peace
, by Diane Dreher (New York: Plume, 1990).

The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine
, by Ted J. Kaptchuk (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000).

Memoirs and Other Literature

Alice in Wonderland
, by Lewis Carroll.

Autobiography of a Face
, by Lucy Grealy (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994).

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
, by William Styron (New York: Random House,1990).

Embraced by the Light
, by Betty J. Eadie (Placerville, CA: Gold Leaf Press, 1992).

Gone with the Wind
, by Margaret Mitchell (New York: MacMillan, 1936).

It’s Always Something, by Gilda Radner (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989).

The Metamorphosis
, by Franz Kafka, translated by Stanley Corngold (New York: W.W. Norton, 1972).

Night
, by Elie Wiesel, translated by Marion Wiesel (New York: Hill and Wang, 2006).

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
, by L. Frank Baum.

Mindfulness, Meditation, and Healing

Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
, by Thich Nhat Hanh (Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1996).

Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings
, by Stephen Levine (New York: Anchor Books, 1991).

A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times
, by Jack Kornfield (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2011).

Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
, by Jon Kabat-Zinn (New York: Hyperion, 1994).

Philosophy and Spirituality

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
, by Eckhart Tolle (New York: Penguin Group, 2005).

Answer to Job
, by C. G. Jung, translated by R. F. C. Hull. (Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969).

The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life
, by Deepak Chopra (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005).

Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning
, by Jean Shinoda Bolen (New York: Scribner, 1996).

The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams
, by Debbie Ford (New York: Riverhead Books, 1998).

Energetic Boundaries: Practical Protection and Renewal Skills for Healers, Therapists, and Sensitive People
, by Karla McLaren (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2003), audiobook.

Getting in the Gap: Making Conscious Contact with God through Meditation
, by Wayne Dyer (Hay House, Carlsbad, CA, 2003).

Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women over Fifty
, by Jean Shinoda Bolen (New York: HarperCollins, 2001).

The Hero with a Thousand Faces
, by Joseph Campbell (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2008).

Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling
, by Wayne Dyer (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2006).

Job: A Man of Heroic Endurance
, by Charles R. Swindoll (Nashville, TN: The W Publishing Group, 2004).

Life, Hope & Healing: Prescriptions from the Heart
, by Bernie S. Siegel (Chicago: Nightingale Conant), audiobook, cassette only.

Love, Medicine & Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon’s Experience with Exceptional Patients
, by Bernie S. Siegel (New York: Harper & Row, 1986).

Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning
, by Viktor E. Frankl (New York: Perseus, 2000).

Meditations for Healing Your Inner Child: Become Friends with the Creative, Playful Aspect of Your Self
, by Bernie S. Siegel (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 1990) audiobook, cassette only.

Peace, Love and Healing: Bodymind Communication & the Path to Self-Healing
, by Bernie S. Siegel (New York: Harper & Row, 1989).

The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way
, by Wayne Dyer (Hay House, Carlsbad, CA, 2004).

Realizing the Power of Now
, by Eckhart Tolle (Boulder, CO: Sounds True), audiobook.

Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential, by Caroline Myss (New York: Harmony Books, 2001).

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
, by Deepak Chopra (San Rafael and Novato, CA: New World Library/Amber-Allen Publishing, 1994).

The Way of The Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want
, by Deepak Chopra (New York: Harmony Books, 1995).

Women Who Run with Wolves
, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes (New York: Random House, 1996).

Psychology

Helping the Woman You Love Recover From Breast Cancer
, by Andy Murcia and Bob Stewart (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989).

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
, by Marshall B. Rosenberg (Encinitas, CA: PuddleDancer Press, 2003).

On Death and Dying
, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (New York: Scribner, 1969).

Western Science and Medicine

Boosting Immunity: Creating Wellness Naturally
, by Len Saputo and Nancy Faas, editors (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2002).

Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book
, by Susan M. Love (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1995).

Insomnia: 50 Essential Things to Do, by Theresa Foy DiGeronimo (New York: Plume, 1997).

Listening to Your Hormones: From PMS to Menopause, Every Woman’s Complete Guide, by Gillian Ford (Rocklin, CA: Prima, 1996).

The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, and Miracles
, by Bruce H. Lipton (Santa Rosa, CA: Mountain of Love/Elite Books, 2005).

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
, by Siddhartha Mukherjee (New York: Scribner, 2010).

The New Feminine Brain: Developing Your Intuitive Genius
, by Mona Lisa Schulz (New York: Free Press, 2005).

The Pause: Positive Approaches to Menopause
, by Lonnie Barbach (New York: Penguin Books, 1993).

The Wisdom of Your Cells: How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology, by Bruce H. Lipton (Boulder, CA: Sounds True, 2006), audiobook.

Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing
, by Christiane Northrup (New York: Bantam Books, 1994).