The Mastery of Self takes the Toltec philosophy of the Dream of the Planet and the personal dream and explains how a person can:

• Wake up
• Liberate themselves from illusory beliefs and stories
• Live with authenticity

Coaching... it's not about telling people what to do. It's not about fixing people. It's about supporting them in seeing what they need to do... for themselves. We could all use better coaching skills.

This is a mind-blowing book. So many of us are trying to figure out how to offer feedback in a way that others will actually hear it and not go into reaction. But what if we've got in backwards. What if the communication of feedback happens in the listening or receiving? Great book  that encourages us to listen for the nugget of truth in the feedback coming at us... no matter how poorly delivered it might be.

This is a book that picks up where The Four Agreements left off. Building on the principles found in his father’s bestselling book, Ruiz, Jr. explores the ways in which we attach ourselves inappropriately to beliefs and the world.

Ruiz explores the five levels of attachment that cause suffering in our lives. The levels are:

• Authentic Self
• Preference
• Identification
• Internalization
• Fanaticism

A great book on how to let go of the fear... and move forward in life.

This is the Dalai Lama at his most human, and most humane, offering rare insight and behind-the-scenes stories about his interactions with remarkable people from all walks of life. Don't miss the Dalai Lama's classic book, The Art of Happiness, or his newest, The Book of Joy, named one of Oprah's Favorite Things. 

With a series of simple steps, this New York Times bestseller teaches us how to harness the power of the Universe to achieve our highest goals.

If there was just one thing I could tell you about living the life of your dreams, knowing that if you understood it, it would be enough, I would ask you to realize that you already are living that life.

Change begins in our brains - it begins with our thoughts. This is a great book that dives deep into looking at how our rational and emotional brains are often at logger heads.

This is a great book for engaging in those conversations that really make a difference in our lives. How can we stay in the difficult conversations? How can we say what we need to say? How can we really listen?

The fifth agreement encourages us to see the truth, to recover our authenticity, and to change the message we deliver not only to ourselves, but to everyone around us.

Infinite Possibilities is the masterwork from teacher, author, and featured speaker Mike Dooley. As the next step beyond his immensely popular Notes from the Universe trilogy, and his follow up, Choose them Wisely, this book contains even more enriching wisdom for living an abundant, joyous life.

Living the life of your dreams isn’t just about dreaming: it’s also about living—following your impulses, turning over every stone, and stepping out into the world so the wind can catch your sails. All that stands between you and the fulfillment of your dreams is what you think and what you do. To those in the know, it’s as if your dreams paint the picture and the universe stands ready to bring it to life. 

We shy away from conversation so often, particularly in this era of social media and texting. But... email and texts are not a form of communication - they are simply broadcasting. Communication happens when we have a conversation, when there is a back and forth dialogue.

This book helps readers cecipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation:

• Start a conversation without defensiveness
• Listen for the meaning of what is not said
• Stay balanced in the face of attacks and accusation
• Move from emotion to productive problem solving

This book is a little gem. You might think it's a book about physical decluttering... and it is... but that's not all that it is. The third part of the book looks at emotional decluttering... and dovetails neatly with the work of Returning to Spirit.

• Chapter 11: Letting Go of Feeling Inadequate, Irrelevant, and Just
  Plain Not Good Enough
• Chapter 12: Letting Go of the Type of Person You Think You Are—
  or Aren’t
• Chapter 13: Letting Go of the Regrets and Mistakes of the Past
• Chapter 14: Letting Go of Being Right About How Wrong
  Everybody and Everything Is
• Chapter 15: Letting Go of the Need to Have Everyone Like You
• Chapter 16: Letting Go of Thinking the Worst
• Chapter 17: Letting Go of Waiting for the Right Moment
• Chapter 18: Letting Go of Needing to Feel Secure
• Chapter 19: Letting Go of Thinking You Have to Do Everything
  Yourself

It is well worth a read!

We say that communication happens in the listening. We think we are listening but the real question is... what or who are we listening to. This book takes a look at the lost art of listening and gives us some pointers on how real, authentic listening can improve our relationships.

This book challenges you to rethink your stories (life scripts) overcome everyday fears, and dream bigger.

If you can find a copy of this book, it is well worth a read, even if you aren't going to college! The author covers things like responsibility, choice, creator vs. victim, commitments, declarations, self-discipline, etc. There is a lot of cross-over with concepts that we present in the Returning to Spirit workshops. Each section has some great self-reflection questions as well and practical exercises. Highly recommended

Meditation is training for being in the present moment. So often, we are caught between the past and the future... this book encourages us to practice being here. Because wherever we go... there we are.

New York Times number-one bestselling author Debbie Ford presents revolutionary questions that, when answered with complete honesty, change the way we see ourselves and make decisions - ultimately moving us toward the life we desire.

Oprah had a lightbulb moment when she connected with Debbie Ford′s shadow work. Now, Debbie deepens our shadow work and shows how our shadow side holds the key to our happiness. Each of us has a shadow that whispers stories of our own self-defeating fears to us-for example: that we aren′t enough, that we are unworthy of being loved, that we will be deserted by those whom we care about. Debbie guides us to hear those stories and find the positive message within each of them. She shows how understanding our own shadow side can lead us to lives of tremendous fulfillment and peace. Full of case studies and exercises, this book complements her first book on shadow work, which has sold almost half a million copies.

This is a classic book and the authors present the 3 Principles of Instantaneous Transformation...

1) What you resist persists and grows stronger.

2) You can only be exactly as you are in each moment.

3) Anything you allow to be exactly as it is completes itself.

You'll need to read the book to get the full story!

This is a classic and offers us a simple recipe for living life authentically:

• Be impeccable with your word.
• Don't take anything personally.
• Don't make assumptions.
• Always do your best.

The Four Agreements dovetail remarkably well with the philosophy of Returning to Spirit.

Today's leaders are reinventing everything but themselves, and this is why so many attempts to revolutionize business fail. The last word on power is the key method in reinventing executives so they can take on "a mission impossible" based on a course designed and run exclusively for the past fifteen years by Tracy Goss. Do you want to do work that is worthy of your time and talent? Do you want to make your mark on your company, industry, community? Are you dissatisfied with the fact that reengineering, quality improvements, and other changes never make a lasting impact? Then you need to go beyond the techniques of improvement and learn the skills of being extraordinary. The power to be extraordinary is not one we are born with. It's not the power to fix what's wrong or improve what's right. It is a power one learns in a course that for the past fifteen years has been designed and run exclusively for top executives by consultant Tracy Goss. For the first time, Goss makes her coursework available to the general reader in The Last Word On Power. Goss's unique methodology shows how "you can put at risk the success you have achieved for the 'possibility' you can be." She positions executives to take on the future they dream about. She teaches how to behave differently so you can be free of constraints from the past. She shows how you can be at home in an environment in which you are constantly surrounded by threats, and how to transcend the ordinary so that you can make the impossible happen. Her work has resulted in important life changes and organizational reinventions throughout the world.

Another classic - one that encourages us to live in the now, rather than living in the past or the future.