The Road Less Traveled - Scott M Peck
The start of the journey for me into real self discovery.
Intimacy: The Essence of Male and Female - Shirley Gehrke Luthman
For me soul food. I loved the vision of an authentic and intimate relationship.
CD: Shame - Pia Mellody
Getting to understand my two marriages and many of the dynamics in them as well as seeing my issues more thoroughly
(Inner) FITness and The FIT Corporation - Ben Fletcher
A framework for living. 5 basic principals that serve me on an on going basis - Self-Responsibility, Awareness, Balancing, Fearlessness, Ethics - combined with FITIntegrity and Behavioural Flexibility.
Slow Sex - Nicole Daedone
A way to start opening up and getting to the heart of true desire.
Vagina - Naomi Wolfe
My biggest take away was the link between sexual awakening and unleashed creativity. I wish that for every woman on the planet.
The Healing Connection - Jean Baker Miller
Introduces the idea of connection as mutual empathy and empowerment. Essential.
The Complexity Of Connection: Writings from the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute
A collection of academic quality essays and conference papers on the subject of connection. Dense and well worth it.
CD: Getting In Sync With The Opposite Sex - Alison Armstrong
Brilliant introduction to some advanced man-woman interactions
Bad Science - Ben Goldacre
A great way to end addiction to New Age et al. Helped me become evidence based in my outlook.
Mindsight - Daniel Seigel
Currently reading:
Collection - A Continuation of "Intimacy" - Shirley Gehrke Luthman
The Power Of Mindful Learning - Ellen J Langer
Mindfulness - Ellen J Langer
CDs: Pia Mellody
Relational Cultural Theory
http://www.jbmti.org/
http://www.wcwonline.org/Videos-by-WCW-Scholars-and-Trainers/humans-are-hardwired-to-connect (especially 7min30s onwards)
Exploring:
www.core.eqi.org/invalid.htm
http://stevehein.com/
http://core.eqi.org/
http://www.experienceproject.com/explore/Sexless-Marriage
TRAININGS
Highly Recommended:
Non-Violent Communication
Inner FITness
Emotional exploration of some sort
- Sedona Method - http://www.sedona.com/,
- Focussing - Eugene T. Gendlin
Essential part of my journey - recommended:
Imago
Group TherapyLandmark (Forum, Advanced, Self Expression and Leadership Program, Graduate Seminar - Breakthroughs, Communication Curriculum, Introduction Leaders Program)
Nutritional Understanding - Tony Robbins Life Mastery, Juicing
Libby Adams' Transformational Meditation - http://www.academyofselfknowledge.com/adams.asp
ManKind Project
Tony Robbins (Senior Leader - not so senior really)
Essential part of my journey but not recommended
Van Tharp - SuperTrader
NLP Master Practitioner
Spiral Dynamics
Enneagram - http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/
Myers Briggs
Merely notably part of my journey
Transactional Analysis
A coaching weekend with IHD - http://www.ihd.co.uk/ - where my current journey really started
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Good:
30 Lies About Money
Fast Thinking Slow Thinking
The Never Ending Quest - Clare Graves
The theory of spiral dynamics by the originating theorist. What's great is the observation that as humans we are always pursuing the answer to one hard to solve question and with growth our questions change. It's been somewhat hijacked by Ken Wilbur which has moved it into New Age spirituality and away from it's key message. Academically dense.
