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Books can open up a whole new world of opportunity for those interested in healing, optimum health, and wellness. The books listed on this page are meant to provide a variety of viewpoints and do not necessarily represent the views of Life Spring Healing Arts. This is not a complete list of self-help books, mostly ones that I have used, and some that are highly recommended by colleagues and friends.

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Here is how this list is categorized. Click the links to go to that part of the list.

Physical and Holistic Health	Mental and Emotional Health	3LS Wellness Program Related Materials
Alternative Modalities Massage and Bodywork Nutrition Specific Conditions Spiritual Health Stress Relief (Physical) Stretching Women's Health	Communication and Relationships Emotional Self-Healing Orthomolecular Nutrition Specific Conditions Stress Relief (Psychosocial) Trauma	Skilled Relaxation Whole Foods Diet Right Exercise Other
Materials for Therapists and Health Care Practitioners

Physical and Holistic Health Books

(Note: for Skilled Relaxation, Whole Foods Diet, and Exercise, see the 3LS Wellness Program Related Books below.)

• Alternative Modalities    ^ Index
  • The Herbs of Life:
    Health and Healing Using Western and Chinese Techniques
    by Leslie Tierra
  • Perfect Health: The Complete Mind/Body Guide by Deepak Chopra
  • Vibrational Medicine:
    The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies and A Practical Guide to Vibrational Medicine: Energy Healing and Spiritual Transformation and Vibrational Medicine
    by Richard Gerber MD
    

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• Holistic Healing (see also 3LS Wellness Program Related Books)    ^ Index
  • The Creation of Health:
    The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses that promote Health and Healing
    by C. Norman Shealy, MD and Caroline Myss
  • The Future of the Body:
    Explorations into the Further Evolution of Human Nature
    by Michael Murphy
  • Ninety Days to Self-Health by C. Norman Shealy, MD
  • Prescription for Nutritional Healing:
    A-Z Reference Using Vitamins, Minerals, Etc.
    by James and Phyllis Balch
  • Saving Yourself From the Disease Care Crisis
    by Walt Stoll, MD

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• Massage and Bodywork    ^ Index
  • Discovering the Body's Wisdom
    by Mirka Knaster
  • Feet First:
    A Guide to Foot Reflexology
    by Laura Norman
  • Pain Free
    by Pete Egoscue
  • Somatics:
    Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility and Health
    by Thomas Hanna
  • The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook:
    Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief
    by Clair Davies
  • The Way to Vibrant Health:
    A Manual of Bioenergetic Exercises
    by Alexander Lowen and Leslie Lowen

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• Nutrition (see also 3LS Wellness Program Related Books-Whole Foods Diet)    ^ Index
  • The Advancement of Nutrition by Roger Williams
  • Brain Allergies:
    The Psychonutrient and Magnetic Connections
    by William Philpott, MD
  • The Brain Chemistry Plan (also known as The Brain Chemistry Diet)
    by Michael Lesser, MD
  • Diet, Crime and Delinquency
    by Alexander Schauss
  • Feed Your Body Right
    by Lindon H. Smith, MD
  • The Food Mood Body Connection: Nutrition-Based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Well-Being by Gary Null
  • The Healing Power of Whole Foods
    by Beth Loiselle
  • Is This Your Child:
    Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies in Children and Adults
    by Doris Rapp, MD
  • Mental and Elemental Nutrients:
    A Physician's Guide to Nutrition and Health Care
    by Carl Curt Pfeiffer
  • Nourishing Traditions
    by Sally Fallon
  • Nutrigenetics:
    New Concepts for Relieving Hypoglycemia by R. O. Brennan
  • Nutrition and the Mind:
    Dietary Approaches to Mental Illness from Alcoholism to Migraines
    by Gary Null
  • Orthomolecular Nutriton: New Lifestyle for Super Good Health
    by Abram Hoffer, MD, Ph.D. and Morton Walker, DPM
  • The Second Brain:
    A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine
    by Michael Gershon

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• Specific Conditions    ^ Index
  • Backache: What Exercises Work
    (Breakthrough Relief for the Rest of Your Life Even After Everything Else Has Failed)
    by Dava Sobel and Arthur Klein
  • Break Through Pain:
    How to Relieve Pain using
    Powerful Meditation Techniques (audio)
    by Shinsen Young
  • Conquer Fatigue in 30 Days by Elizabeth Walker
  • Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Stress Injuries: A Self-Care Program
    By Sharon J. Butler
  • Desperately Seeking Snoozin':
    The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzzz
    by John Wiedman
  • For Yourself: The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality
    by Lonnie Barbach
  • A Headache in the Pelvis:
    A New Understanding and Treatment for
    Prostatitis and Chronic Pain Syndromes
    by David Wise, et al
  • The Highly Sensitive Person:
    How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
    by Elaine Aaron (She has also written several other books in this theme.)
  • The Relaxation Book: An Illustrated Self-Help Program
    (very simple, straightforward step-by-step instructions for learning to relax body and mind.)
    by Gerald Rosen
  • Sinus Survival:
    The Holistic Medical Treatment for Sinusitus, Allergies, and Colds
    by Robert S. Ivker, and Todd H. Nelson

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• Spiritual Health    ^ Index
  • Cosmic Consciousness
    by Richard Maurice Bucke, MD
  • Healing Words
    by Larry Dossey, MD
  • How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have:
    A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Personal Success
    by John Gray
  • Joy: The Surrender to the Body and to Life
    by Alexander Lowen
  • Joy's Way: A Map for the Transformational Journey
    by W. Brugh Joy, MD

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• Stress Relief - Physical (see also Stress Relief (Psychosocial))    ^ Index
  • Food Additives:
    A Shopper's Guide to What's Safe and What's Not
    by Christine H. Farlow
  • Home Safe Home:
    Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxics and Harmful Household Products in the Home
    by Bedra Dadd-Redalia and Debra Lynn Dadd
  • Toxics A to Z: A Guide to Everyday Pollution Hazards
    by John Harte, et al

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• Stretching    ^ Index
  • Specific Stretching for Everyone and Active Isolated Stretching.
    by Aaron Mattes
  • Stretching at Your Computer or Desk
    by Bob Anderson
  
  
• Women's Health    ^ Index
  • Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
    by Christiane Northrup, MD

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Mental/Emotional Health

• Communication/Relationships    ^ Index
  • Boundaries and Relationships:
    Knowing, Protecting, and Enjoying the Self
    by Charles Whitfield
  • Dance of Anger:
    A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
    by Harriet G. Lerner
  • Dance of Intimacy:
    A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships
    by Harrier G. Lerner
  • Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus:
    A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and
    Getting What You Want from Your Relationship
    by John Gray
    (He has also written a number of other titles on relationships that give different perspectives.)
  • Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life:
    Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values
    by Marshall B. Rosenberg, et al
  • People Skills:
    How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others and Resolve Conflicts
    by Robert Bolton
  • The Relationship Cure:
    A 5-Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships
    by John Gottman, Ph.D
  • The Unwritten Rules of Friendship
    by Natalie Madorsky Elman

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• Emotional Self-Healing    ^ Index
  • Break Through Difficult Emotions:
    How to Transform Painful Feelings (Audio)
    by Shinsen Young
  • Healing The Shame that Binds You
    by John Bradshaw
  • Homecoming:
    Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child
    By John Bradshaw
  • Pleasure:
    A Creative Approach to Life
    by Alexander Lowen
  • Rebuilding the Garden:
    Healing the Spiritual Wounds of Childhood Sexual Assault
    by Karla McLaren

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• Orthomolecular Nutrition (See also Nutrition)    ^ Index
  • The Brain Chemistry Plan
    (also known as The Brain Chemistry Diet)
    by Michael Lesser, MD
  • Natural Healing for Schizophrenia and other Mental Illnesses
    by Eva Engleman
  • Orthomolecular Nutriton: New Lifestyle for Super Good Health
    by Abram Hoffer, MD, Ph.D. and Morton Walker, DPM


• Specific Conditions    ^ Index
  • Crash Course: A Self-Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma and Recovery
    by Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D.
  • Natural Healing for Schizophrenia and other Mental Illnesses
    by Eva Engleman
  • Sacred Sorrows: Embracing and Transforming Depression
    by John E. Nelson and Andrea Nelson

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• Stress Relief - Psychosocial
  (see also Stress Relief (Physical) & Mental and Emotional Health    ^ Index
  • The Anatomy of Change:
    A Way to Move Through Life's Transitions
    by Richard Strozzi-Heckler
  • The Overload Syndrome:
    Learning to Live Within Your Limits
    by Richard Swenson
  • Seeking Your Healthy Balance
    by Donald A. Tubesing and Nancy Loving Tubesing
  • The Simple Living Guide
    by Janet Luhrs

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• Trauma    ^ Index
  • Legacy of the Heart:
    The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood
    by Wayne Muller
  • The Sexual Healing Journey:
    A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
    by Wendy Maltz
  • Trauma and Recovery
    by Judith Lewis Herman
  • Waking the Tiger: (Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overhwelming Experiences)
    by Peter A. Levine
    He also has a set of cassette tapes available from Sounds True and trains psychotherapists in his method of trauma resolution.

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3LS Wellness Program Related Books

• Skilled Relaxation    ^ Index
  • The Awakened Mind:
    Biofeedback and the Development of Higher States of Awareness
    by Maxwell Cade and Nona Coxhead
  • Awakening (Ways to Psycho-Spiritual Growth)
    by C. William Henderson
  • Meditation for Children
    by Deborah Rozman
  • Megabrain:
    New Tools and Techniques for Brain Growth and Mind Expansion
    by Michael Hutchinson
  • Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer
    by Kenneth R. Pelletier
  • The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook
    by Davis, Eschelman, and McKay
  • The Relaxation Response
    by Herbert Benson, MD
  • The Stress of Life
    by Hans Selye

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• Whole Foods Diet    ^ Index
  • Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking
    by Allen Carr
  • The Healing Power of Whole Foods
    by Beth Loiselle
  • Neanderthin:
    Eat Like a Caveman to Achieve a Lean, Strong, Healthy Body
    by Ray Audette
  • Optimal Digestion
    by Trent W. Michols. MD
  • The Yeast Connection:
    A Medical Breakthrough
    by William G. Crook, MD

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• Right Exercise    ^ Index
  • A New Foot Health Solution
    by Dennis Denlinger
  • The Aerobics Way by Kenneth Cooper, MD
  • Fitness for Dummies
    by Suzanna Schlosberg and Liz Neporent
  • The Health Fitness Handbook by Franks, Howley, and Iyriboz
  • Synergetics:
    Your Whole Life Fitness Plan
    by Taylor Hay and Joanna Hay
    (Book and video both available. If you're going to buy only one, buy the video.)
  • Vic Braden's Mental Tennis:
    How to Psyche Yourself to a Winning Game
    by Vic Braden
  • WalkAerobics (Walk Away the Pounds) videos
    by Leslie Sansone

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• Other    ^ Index
  • Saving Yourself From the Disease Care Crisis
    by Walt Stoll, MD

Other 3LS Wellness Program resources and materials mentioned in Recapture Your Health have been included in the Physical/Holistic Health and Mental/Emotional Health lists above.

Books for Therapists and Health Care Practitioners

• Becoming Naturally Therapeutic:
  A Return to the True Essence of Helping
  by Jacquelyn Small
• Bioenergetics by Alexander Lowen (He is the author of a number of good books.)
• Character Styles
  by Stephen M. Johnson
• Energetic Approaches to Emotional Healing:
  Expanding the Art of Counseling Beyond Words
  by Dorothea Hover-Kramer and Karilee Halo Shames
• The Ethics of Caring:
  Honoring the Web of Life in
  Our Professional Healing Relationships
  by Kylea Taylor
• Hands of Light:
  A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field
  by Barbara Ann Brennan
• Healers on Healing
  by Richard Carlson and Benjamin Shield (Ed.)
• Inner Bridges:
  A Guide to Energy Movement and Body Structure
  by Fritz Frederick Smith
• A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology by Ruth Werner and Ben E. Benjamin
• The Polarity Process:
  Energy as a Healing Art
  by Franklyn Sills
• Saving Yourself From the Disease Care Crisis
  by Walt Stoll, MD
• Sport and Remedial Therapy by Mel Cash
• Trail Guide to the Body:
  How to Locate Muscles, Bones and More
  by Andrew Biel

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