RESOURCES
Selected reading and resources that helped shaped our approach to life and our offerings.
PURPOSE – Your calling. What you were meant to do. Finding your path.
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Frankl, Victor E. Man's Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 2014
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Christensen, Clayton, M., James Allworth, and Karen Dillon. How Will You Measure Your Life? New York: Harper Collins, 2012.
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Kushner, Harold S. Living a Life that Matters. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
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Tolle, Eckhart, A New Earth – Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. New York: Penguin Group, 2005​
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Duckworth, Angela, Grit. New York: Scribner, 2016
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Pink, Daniel. Drive. New York: Penguin, 2009
Seligman, Martin, E. P. Flourish. New York: Atria Paperback, 2011. Chapter 1, pages 143-149, 173-176
Goins, Jeff. The Art of Work. Nashville. Nelson Books, 2015
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Covey, Stephen R. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Fireside, 1989
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Klein, Mark E. The Currency of Life. Potomac: Greenbriar Publishing, 2010
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Ware, Bonnie. "Regrets of the Dying"
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Chopra, Deepak. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. San RafaleAmber-Allen Publishing, 1994
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Singer, Michael A., The Surrender Experiment. New York: Harmony Books, 2015
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PRESENCE – Full engagement in the current moment, acting in full awareness and consciousness, living in the NOW
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Tolle, Eckhart, The Power of Now. Vancouver: Namaste Publishing, 1999​
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Spira, Rupert, You Are the Happiness You Seek. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2022
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Singer, Michael A., Living Untethered. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2022
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Hanson, Rick, Buddha's Brain. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2009
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Russel, Peter, from Science to God. Novato: New World Library, 2002
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Suzuki, Shunryu, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2020
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Mitchell, Stephen, Tao Te Ching. New York: Harper and Row, 1988
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Wright, Robert, Why Buddhism is True. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2017
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Parent, Joseph, Zen Golf. Ney York: Doubleday, 2002
Pollan, Michael, How to Change Your Mind. New York: Penguin Press, 2018
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Miller, Lisa, The Awakened Brain. New York: Random House, 2021
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Holiday, Ryan, The Obstacle is the Way. New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2014
Maharaj, Sri Nisargadatta. I Am That. Durham: Acorn Press, 1973
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Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, Flow. New York: Harper & Row, 2008
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Singer, Michael A., The Untethered Soul. Oakland: New Harbinger & Noetic Books, 2007
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Mumford, George, The Mindful Athlete. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2016
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Harris, Sam, Waking Up. New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2014
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Capra, Fritjof, The Tao of Physics. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2010
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Ruiz, Miguel, The Four Agreements. San Rafael: Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997
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Mitchell, Stephen, Bhagavad Gita. New York: Harmony Books, 2000
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Edelstein, Amy, Adventure in Zanskar. Philadelphia: Emergence Education Press, 2021
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RELATIONSHIPS – Their strength is a key determinant of health and happiness
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Dunbar, Robin. How Many Friends Does One Person Need?. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010
Dunbar, R.I.M. “The Anatomy of Friendship.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences, January 2018, Vol. 22, No 1.
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Konnikova, Maria. “The Limits of Friendship.” The New Yorker, 17 Oct 2014
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Dunbar, Robin, TEDxObserver, “Can the Internet Buy You More Friends?”
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“Study Reveals Number of Hours It Takes to Make a Friend.” Phys.org. 29 Mar 2018.
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Murthy, Vivek H, M.D. Together. New York: Harper Collins, 2020
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Christakis, Nicholas A., and James H. Fowler. Connected. New York: Little Brown and Company, 2009. Preface, Chapters 1,2,3,7,8,9
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Chapman, Gary. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts. Chicago: Northfield Publishing, 2015
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Covey, Stephen M.R., The Speed of Trust. New York: Free Press, 2006
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Junger, Sebastian. Tribe. New York: Hatchette Book Group, 2016
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Twenge, Jean M. “The Sad State of Happiness in the United States and the Role of Digital Media.” World Happiness Report. 20 March 2019
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Chopra, Deepak. The Ultimate Happiness Prescription. New York: Harmony Books, 2009
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Horwitz, Jeff, and Deepa Seetharaman, "Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive", The Wall Street Journal, 26 May 2020.
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Brodkin, Edward and Pallathra, Ashley. Missing Each Other. New York: Public Affairs, 2021
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RESILIENCE – Strength and agility of mind, body, and spirit, enabling sustained performance, health, and the ability to bounce back.
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Panda, Satchin. The Circadian Code. New York: Rodale Books, 2018
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Mineo, Liz. “Good Genes Are Nice, But Joy Is Better.” The Harvard Gazette, 11 Apr 2017
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Markovits, Daniel. "How Life Became an Endless, Terrible Competition.", The Atlantic, September 2019
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Blackburn, Elizabeth, and Elissa Epel, The Telomere Effect. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2017
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Fogg, BJ., Tiny Habits. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020
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Dweck, Carol S. PhD. Mindset. New York: Ballantine Books, 2016
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McKeown, Greg. Essentialism. New York: Crown Business, 2014
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Rath, Tom and Harter, Jim. Well Being. New York: Gallup Press, 2010
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Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim. Rest. New York: Basic Books, 2016
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Ketabi, Sahara Rose. Ayurveda. Indianapolis, 2017
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Loehr, Jim, and Schwartz, Tony. The Power of Full Engagement. New York: Free Press, 2003
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McGonigal, Kelly. The Joy of Movement. New York: Avery 2019​
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Loehr, James, E. Toughness Training for Life. New York: Penguin, 1993
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Michaels, Matthew. Bigger, Leaner, Stronger. Waterbury Publications. 2022
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Crowley, Chris, and Lodge, Harry. Younger Next Year, New York, Workman 2007
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LEADERSHIP – Inspiring your team to commit to a shared purpose, act in alignment with shared values, serve each other, and deliver outcomes that benefit your organization, your partners, and the greater community.
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Mackey, John, Conscious Leadership. New York: Portfolio, 2020
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McChrystal, Stanley, Team of Teams. New York: Portfolio, 2015
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Palmer, Russell, Ultimate Leadership. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2008
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Hougaard, Rasmus and Carter, Jacqueline. Compassionate Leadership. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2022
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Lencioni, Patrick, The Advantage. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012
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Collins, Jim, Good to Great. New York: Harper Collins, 2001
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Dalio, Ray, Principles. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017
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Huntsman, Jon, Winners Never Cheat. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2005
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Doerr, John, Measure What Matters. New York: Penguin, 2018
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Wooden, John, They Call Me Coach. Lincolnwood: Contemporary Books, 1988
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Jackson, Phil, Sacred Hoops. New York: Hyperion, 1995
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Duke, Annie, Thinking in Bets. New York: Penguin, 2018
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns, Team of Rivals. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005
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Washbush, John and Sherlock, Barbara, To Get the Job Done. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981
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LINKS – Academic Centers focused on Happiness
The University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center
The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
The Happiness Lab Podcast by Dr. Laurie Santos
