Design Your Life Coaching - Areas of Focus

Some Favorite Books, DVDs, CDs...

Books

	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem.		A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink A delightful look at how the future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: designers, inventors, teachers, storytellers-creative and emphatic "right-brain thinkers" whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.
	Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership, and Change (Developmental Management) by Don Edward Beck and Christopher C. Cowan A fascinating theory on the hidden codes that shape human nature, create global diversities, and drive evolutionary change. Suggested reading from both Newfield Network and from Spirals over the Northwest. Fascinating read!! Based on Clare Graves research		Mastery: The Keys to success and long-term fulfillment by George Leonard This little book is an amazingly insightful read. The simple conversation of becoming a master can be applied to anything in anyone's life, regardless of personal or professional goals. Recommended by Newfield Network
	A Theory of Everything by Ken Wilbur "Wilbur's 'integral vision' offers readers the opportunity to make valuable connections among disparate disciplines and - just maybe-to prepare themselves for a brave new world. - Publishers Weekly Recommended by Newfield Network This book opened up to me the conversation of Spiral Dynamics and how we as humans operate in the world coming from distinct... vMemes. Which vMEMES are you primarily working from...?		The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding by Humberto R. Maturana, Ph.D. and Francisco J. Varela, Ph.D. "Knowing how we know" is the subject matter. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications, for, they assert, the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence. Recommended by Marty Zigman
	Ishmael by Daniel Quinn An almost seemingly believable story with an interesting lesson in human belief systems. Assigned to me in my pre-course certification work at Newfield Network. It's delightful... Recommended by Carol Courcy, Newfield Network		The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz A wonderful little reminder of how easy life is! Recommended by Jerry Beck, Turbocoach
	Boomeritis by Ken Wilbur An original work of fiction that combines scholarship with tongue-in-cheek storytelling to present the integral approach to human development that he expounded in more conventional terms in his recent A Theory of Everything (see). Yikes! DIFFICULT for me to read... his first and maybe not so much his best... and another cool learning opportunities... In my opinion, just skip the bolded paragraphs. Recommended by Newfield Network		The Portable Coach: 28 Surefire Strategies for Business and Personal Success Thomas J. Leonard, Byron Larson (Contributor) Written by the "coach's coach" who also founded Coach University. Wonderful to work through... a good guide for getting you on the track of transformation of a way of being that might not be working for you. Recommended by Joe DH Schneider, Orange County Register
	The Handbook of Coaching: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for Managers, Executives, Consultants, and HR by Frederic M. Hudson Professional coaching is a fundamental element to any winning game plan. in the world of business, a skilled coach can instill a sense of optimism and hope, giving adults the tools they need to evolve and to perform at higher levels -- and to become more competent on the job and fulfilled in their personal lives. Recommended by Vance Caesar		Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton "Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer." - Peter Drucker
	A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative by Roger Von Oech Ha! We all need one! An informative and humorous book to read.		Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard Fun yet thought provoking book. Easy read, good message! Recommended by Christy Miller
	Surviving Nursing by Emily Smythe E.M. Ms. Smythe introduces to nurses the concepts of self-awareness, balance, a problem-solving approach in their own lives so that they focus on the possible vs. unrealistic expectations. NOTE NURSES: Nurses may also earn 30 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) via Western Schools		The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman Suze has a delightful way of making a seemingly complicated subject very simple to understand. Recommended by Susan Giles
	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho This is an easy read with a powerful thought provoking story.		The Future of Money by Bernard Lietaer The conversation around what will happen to money and what we will be using instead is fascinating!
	The Gift by Lewis Hyde		Coaching to the Human Soul by Alan Sieler An ontological look of being human. Alan describes beautifully the theory of
			Second Innocence by John Izzo, PhD

DVDs

Must See DVD!
What the Bleep do We Know?

This movie is a MUST SEE! It's entertaining and thought provoking movie introducing a quantum physics view of who we think we are.
Buy it! You will not regret your investment into another way of learning who we 'be'as human 'be'ings.

The Secret (Extended Edition)

Interviews with leading authors, philosophers, scientists, with an in-depth discussion of the Law of Attraction. The audience is shown how they can learn and use "The Secret" in their everyday lives.

CDs

Must Listen to CDs!
Ken Wilbur Kosmic Consciousness (10 CD Package)

Ken Wilbur is amazingly difficult for me to read (sorry Ken...), however I love how he thinks!

The simplification of listening to his views on who human beings be in this CD series of 10, is powerful and understandable.
(Amazon has reduced the price by about 1/3rd as of this announcement so if you want to listen to something that will invite you to alter your perception of the 'way it is' buy this set of CDs)