Mobius Recommended Reading List

Action Science/Intervention

Articles

Argyris, Chris. “Empowerment: The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Harvard Business Review, May-June 1998, pp. 98-105.

Argyris, Chris. “Good Communication that Blocks Learning.” Harvard Business Review, July-August 1994, pp. 77-85.

Argyris, Chris. “Education for Leading-Learning.” Organizational Dynamics, Winter 1993, pp 5-17.

Argyris, Chris. “Teaching Smart People How To Learn.” Harvard Business Review, May-June 1991, pp. 99-109.

Edmondson, Amy. “Three faces of Eden: The Persistence of Competing Theories and Multiple Diagnoses in Organizational Intervention Research.” Human Relations, Vol, 49, No.4, 1996

Edmondson, Amy, and Diana McLain Smith. “Too Hot To Handle? How To Manage Relationship Conflict.” California Management Review, Vol. 49, No.1, Fall 2006, pp. 6-31.

Putnam, Robert. “Transforming Social Practice: An Action Science Perspective.” Management Learning 30(2), June 1999, pp. 177-187.

Putnam, Robert. “Unlocking Organizational Routines that Prevent Learning.” The Systems Thinker, August 1993, pp. 1-4. Download at www.actiondesign.com.

Putnam, Robert. "Recipes and Reflective Learning: What Would Prevent You From Saying It That Way?" In Donald Schön, ed., The Reflective Turn. New York: Teachers College Press, 1991. Download at www.actiondesign.com.

Smith, Diana M. "Keeping a Strategic Dialogue Moving." Action Design, 1996. Download at www.actiondesign.com.

Smith, Diana M., "Different Portraits of Medical Practice: Model Conflict in Training Physicians to Think Family." in Sawa, R.L., ed., Family Health Care. Newbury Park, CA.: Sage Publications, 1992.

Books

Argyris, Chris, Robert Putnam, Diana McLain Smith. Action Science.  Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1985

Argyris, Chris. Flawed Advice and the Management Trap: How Managers can know when they’re Getting Good Advice and when they’re not. New York: Oxford Press, 2000.

Argyris, Chris. Knowledge for Action: A Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.

Argyris, Chris. On Organizational Learning: Second Edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1999.

Argyris, Chris. Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990.

Argyris, Chris. Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990.

Argyris, Chris. Reasons and Rationalizations: The Limits to Organizational Knowledge. New York: Oxford Press, 2004.

Argyris, Chris, and Donald Schon. Theory and Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass classics, 1974.

Gill, Lucy. How to Work With Just About Anyone. New York: Fireside, 1999. An approach to improving relationships based on “the Palo Alto approach” developed at the Mental Research Institute.

Kofman, Fred. Conscious Business: How to Build Value through Values. Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2006.

Martin, Roger. The Responsibility Virus. New York: Basic Books, 2002.

Noonan, William R. Discussing The Undiscussable: A Guide to Overcoming Defensive Routines in the Workplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007.

Schein, Edgar. DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003. A study of the interaction of technology, organization, and culture in the growth and decline of a company, by one who consulted to the top group for twenty-five years.

Schön, Donald. Educating the Reflective Practitioner. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1987. Chapter 10 is perhaps the most readable account of the learning process that occurs in seminars for model II skill development.

Schön, Donald, and Martin Rein. Frame Reflection. New York: Basic Books, 1994. A perspective on policy controversy as a design conversation among parties with clashing frames.

Schön, Donald. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. New York: Basic Books, 1983.

Smith, Diana McLain. Divide or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength. New York: Portfolio Penguin Group, 2008. Relationships among senior leaders as a key point of leverage. Diana is a partner in Action Design.

Torbert, William. The Power of Balance: Transforming Self, Society, and Scientific Inquiry. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1991.

Coaching and Consulting

Adams, Marilee PhD. Change Your Questions Change Your Life. San Francisco: Berrett- Koehler, 2004.

Bacon, Terry R, Karen I. Spear.  Adaptive Coaching: The Art and Practice of a Client- Centered Approach to Performance Improvement. Mountain View: Davies-Black Publishing, 2003.

Block, Peter. Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used (2nd Edition). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1981.

Craddock, Maggie. The Authentic Career: Following the Path of Self-Discovery to Professional Fulfillment. Novato: New World Library, 2004.

Flaherty, James. Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.

Grabhorn, Lynn. Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting. Olympia: Beyond Books, 1999.

Hargrove, Robert. Masterful Coaching: Extraordinary Results by Impacting People in the Way They Think and Work Together. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Holman, Peggy, Tom Devane, Steven Cady. The Change Handbook: The Definitive Resource on Today's Best Methods for Engaging in Whole Systems (2nd Edition). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007.

Isaacs, William. Dialogue: The Art of Thinking Together. New York: Doubleday, 1999. 

Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. New York, Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Maister, David H, Charles H. Green, Robert M. Galford. The Trusted Advisor. New York: Free Press, 2000.

Russo, Edward J, Paul J.H. Schoemaker. Decision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Brilliant Decision-Making and how to Overcome Them. New York: Fireside, 1989.

Schein, Edgar H. Organizational Culture and Leadership (2nd Edition). San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, 1992.

Schein, Edgar H. Process Consultation: Volume I, Its Role in Organization Development (2nd edition). Reading: Addison- Wesley Publishing. 1988.

Schwarz, Roger, et al. The Skilled Facilitator Fieldbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

Schwarz, Roger. The Skilled Facilitator: Practical Wisdom for Developing Effective Groups. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994

Smith, Dan E. Your Life Builder. Boulder: Spiral Ranch, 2002.

Torbert, Bill. Action Inquiry: The Secret of Timely and Transforming Leadership. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2004.

Whitmore, John. Coaching for Performance: Growing People, Performance and Purpose (3rd Edition). London: Nicholas Brealey, 2004.

Whitworth, Laura, Henry Kimsey-House, Phil Sandahl. Co-Active Coaching. Palo Alto: Davies-Black Publishing, 1998.

Communication and Emotional Intelligence

Bennett-Goleman, Tara. Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can heal the Heart. New York: Harmony Books, 2001.

Bolton, Robert PhD. People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts. New York: Touchstone, 1979.

Brown, Juanita, David Issacs. The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

Budd, Matthew, Larry Rothstein. You are What You Say: The Proven Program that Uses the Power of Language to Combat Stress, Anger, and Depression. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000.

Chalmers Brothers. Language and the Pursuit of Happiness: A New Foundation for Designing Your Life, Your Relationships & Your Results. Naples: New Possibilities Press, 2005.

Covey, Stephen M. R. Living the 7 Habits: The Courage to Change. New York: Fireside, 1999.

Covey, Stephen M. R. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Power Lessons in Personal Change. New York: Fireside 1989.

Covey, Stephen M. R, Rebecca R Merrill. The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything. New York: Free Press, 2006.

Ekman, Paul, Richard J. Davidson. The Nature of Emotion: Fundamental Questions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Ekman, Paul. Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2003.

Fickett, Lloyd, Jason Fickett. The Collaborative Way: A Story About Engaging the Mind and Spirit of a Company. Bayfield: LF&A Publishing, 2006.

Flores, Fernando, Robert C. Solomon. Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Fritz, Robert. The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life. New York: Ballantine Books, 1984.

Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More than IQ. New York: Bantam Books, 1995.

Goleman, Daniel. Working With Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam Books, 1998.

Gottman, John. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1999.

Guilmartin, Nance. Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Gray, John PhD. Mars and Venus in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting Results at Work. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.

Kahane, Adam. Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2007.

Kantor, David, William Lehr. Inside the Family. Cambridge: Meredith Winter Press, 2003.

Kantor, David. My Lover, My Self: Self-discovery Through Relationship. New York: Riverhead Books, 1999.

Kegan, Robert, and Lisa Lahey. How the Way we Talk Can Change the Way we Work. San Francisco: Jossey-Boss, 2001.

Kegan, Robert. In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Kegan, Robert. The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.

Patterson, Kerry, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High. New York: McGraw Hill, 2002.

Rosenberg, Marshall. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion. Del Mar, CA: Puddle Dancer Press, 2000.

Scheibe, Karl E. Mirrors Masks Lies and Secrets: The Limits of Human Predictability. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1979.

Scheibe, Karl E. The Drama of Everyday Life. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.

Scott, Susan. Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life, One Conversation at a Time. New York: Viking, 2002.   

Seagal, Sandra, David Horne. Human Dynamics: A New Framework for Understanding People and Realizing the Potential in Our Organizations. Waltham: Pegasus Communications, 1997.

Silberman, Mel PhD, Freda Hansburg PhD. PeopleSmart: Developing Your Interpersonal Intelligence. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2000.

Spinosa, Charles, Fernando Flores, Hubert L. Dreyfus. Disclosing New Worlds: Entrepreneurship Democratic Action, and the Cultivation of Solidarity. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1997.

Stone, Douglas, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. New York: Viking, 1999.

Tannen, Deborah PhD. You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. New York: Ballantine Books, 1990.

Wile, Daniel. After the Fight: Using Your Disagreements to Build a Stronger Relationship. New York: The Guilford Press, 1993.

Wile, Daniel. Couples Therapy. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993.

Leadership

Arbinger Institute, The. Leadership & Self Deception: Getting out of the box. San Francisco: Berrett- Koehler, 2002.

Boyatzis, Richard, Anne McKee. Resonant Leadership. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

Buckingham, Marcus, and Curt Coffman. First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.

Block, Peter. The Answer to How is Yes: Acting on What Matters. San Francisco: Berrett- Koehler, 2002.

Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t. New York: HaperCollins, 2001.

Dotlich, David L, Peter C. Cairo, and Stephan H. Rhinesmith. Head, Heart and Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

Gallewey, Timothy. The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure, and Mobility in the Workplace. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2000.

George, Bill. Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Goldsmith, Marshall, Mark Reiter. What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. New York: Hyperion, 2007.

Goleman, Daniel, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee. Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Cambridge, MA, Harvard Business School Press, 2002.

Halpern, Belle Linda, and Kathy Lubar. Leadership Presence: Dramatic Techniques to Reach Out, Motivate, and Inspire. New York: Gotham Books, 2004.

Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review on Leadership. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1998.

Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review on Leadership in a Changed World. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004

Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review on Leading in Turbulent Times. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.

Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review on Leading Through Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006.

Heifetz, Ronald A. Leadership Without Easy Answers. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard Press, 1994.

Heifetz, Ronald A, Marty Linsky. Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.

Jaworski, Joseph. Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership. San Fransisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1998.

Koestenbaum, Peter, Peter Block. Freedom & Accountability: Applying Philosophic Insight to the Real World. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/ Pfeiffer, 2001.

Kotter, John, Holger Rathgeber. Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005.

Leonard, George. Mastery. New York: Plume, 1992.

Levinson, Steve, and Pete Greider. Following Through: A Revolutionary New Model for Finishing Whatever You Start. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp, 1998.

Malouf, David. An Imaginary Life. London: Vintage, 1999.

Montefiore, Simon. Speeches that Changed the World. London: Quirks, 2007.

Mourkogiannis, Nikos. Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Parks, Sharon Daloz. Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

Rath, Tom. Strengths Finder 2.0. New York: Gallup Press, 2007.

Ray, Michael. The Highest Goal: The Secret That Sustains You in Every Moment. San Francisco: Berrett- Koehler, 2004.

Schwartz, Evan I. Juice: The Creative Fuel that Drives World-Class Inventors. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

Senge, Peter, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, George Roth, and Bryan Smith. The Dance of Change. New York: Doubleday, 1999.

Senge, Peter, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard B. Ross, Bryan J. Smith. The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday, 1994.

Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday Publishing, 1990.

Senge, Peter, and Joseph Jaworski, C. Otto Sharmer, Betty Sue Flowers. Presence: Human Purpose in the Field of the Future. Cambridge, MA: Society for Organizational Learning, 2004.

Taylor, David. The Naked Leader. New York: Bantam Books Ltd, 2003.

Thayer, Lee. Leadership: Thinking, Being, Doing. Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2004.

Zander, Rosamund, Benjamin Zander. The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life. New York: The Penguin Group, 2002.

Mediation and Conflict Resolution

Arrow, Kenneth, Robert H. Mnookin, Lee Ross, Amos Tversky, Robert Wilson. Barriers to Conflict Resolution. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995

Bush, Robert A Baruch, Joesph P. Folger. The Promise of Mediation: Responding to Conflict Through Empowerment and Recognition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.

Bowling, Daniel, and David Hoffman. Bringing Peace into the Room: How the Personal Qualities of the Mediator Impact the Process of Conflict Resolution. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Cloke, Kenneth. Mediating Dangerously: The Frontiers of Conflict Resolution. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Cloke, Kenneth, and Joan Goldsmith. Resolving Personal and Organizational Conflict: Stories of Transformation and Forgiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Cloke, Kenneth, and Joan Goldsmith. Resolving Conflicts at Work: The Complete Guide for Everyone on the Job. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Fox, Erica Ariel, and Marc Gafni. “Seeing with New Eyes: Toward the Field of the Future.” AC Resolution Magazine. Fall 2005, pp. 22–25.

Fox, Erica Ariel, and Marc Gafni. “Negotiating Wisely: The Third Eye of Decision Making.” Dispute Resolution Magazine, spring 2004, pp. 18–21.

Fox, Erica Ariel. “Alone in the Hallway: Challenges to Effective Self-Representation in Negotiation.” Harvard Negotiation Law Review, spring 1996, pp. 85–111.

Fox, Erica Ariel. “Bringing Peace into the Room: A Review Essay.” Negotiation Journal, July 2004, pp. 461–469.

Furlong, Gary T. The Conflict Resolution Toolbox: Models & Maps for Analyzing, Diagnosing and Resolving Conflict. Mississauga: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd, 2005.

Gafni, M. (2001). Soul Prints: Your Path to Fulfillment. New York, NY: Fireside.

Gage, David. The Partnership Charter: How to Start Out Right with Your New Business Partner. New York: Basic Books, 2004.

Gopin, Marc. Healing the Heart of Conflict: 8 Crucial Steps to Making Peace with Yourself and Others. New York: Rodale, 2004.

Rosenberg, Marshall B. PhD. Speak Peace in a World of Conflict: What You Say Next Will Change Your World. Encinitas: PuddlerDancer Press, 2005.

Negotiation

Babcock, Linda, and Sara Laschever. Ask for It: How Women can Use the Power of Negotiation to get What They Really Want. New York: Bantam Books, 2008.

Babcock, Linda, and Sara Laschever. Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003.

Fisher, Roger, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton. Getting to YES: Negotiation Agreement Without Giving In. 2nd ed. New York: Penguin Books, 1991 (1st edition, 1981).

Fisher, Roger, and Scott Brown. Getting Together: Building Relationships as We Negotiate. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. (Paperback edition: New York: Penguin Books, 1988).

Fisher, Roger, and Danny Ertel. Getting Ready to Negotiate: The Getting to Yes™ Workbook. New York: Penguin Books, 1995.

Fisher, Roger, and Alan Sharp, with John Richardson. Getting It Done: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.

Fisher, Roger, and Daniel Shapiro. Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate. New York: Viking Press, 2005.

Harvard Business Essentials. Negotiation. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.

Harvard Business School. Harvard Business Review on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.

Harvard Business School. The Essentials of Negotiation. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

Kolb, Deborah, and Judith Williams. Everyday Negotiation: Navigating the Hidden Agendas in Bargaining. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Kolb, Deborah M. “Her Place at the Table: A Consideration of Gender Issues in Negotiation.” Negotiation Theory and Practice. Breslin, William J., and Jeffrey Z. Rubin (editors). Cambridge, MA: Program on Negotiation Books, 1991. pp. 261–277.

Lax, David A, and James K. Sebenius. 3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals. Boston, Harvard Business School Press, 2006.

Lax, David A., and James K. Sebenius. The Manager as Negotiator: Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain. New York: Free Press, 1986.

Luce, Duncan R, Howard Raiffa. Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey. New York: Dover Publications, 1985.

Mnookin, Robert, Scott Peppet, and Andrew Tulumello. Beyond Winning: Negotiating to Create Value in Deals and Disputes. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Harvard Press, 2000.

Moffitt, Michael L, and Robert C. Bordone. The Handbook of Dispute Resolution. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, 2005.

Raiffa, Howard, John Richardson, David Metcalfe. Negotiation Analysis: The Science and Art of Collaborative Decision Making. Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2002.

Raiffa, Howard. The Art and Science of Negotiation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982.

Stone, Douglas, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. New York: Viking, 1999.

Ury, William L. Getting Past No: Negotiating With Difficult People. New York: Bantam Books, 1991.

Ury, William. The Power of Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes. New York: Bantam Books, 2007.

Ury, William. The Third Side: why we Fight and how we can Stop. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.

Various Authors. Dealing With Difficult People. Boston, Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

Somatics and Neuroscience

Begley, Sharon. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves. New York: Ballantine Books, 2007.

Damasio, Antonio. The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. Orlando: Harvest Books, 2000.

Eckberg, Maryanna. Victims of Cruelty: Somatic Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2000.

Heckler, Richard Strozzi. Holding the Center: Sanctuary in a Time of Confusion. Berkeley: Frog Books, 1997.

Heckler, Richard Strozzi. The Anatomy of Change. Berkley: North Atlantic Books, 1993.

Heckler, Richard Strozzi. Being Human at Work: Bringing Somatic Intelligence Into Your Personal Life. Berkley: North Atlantic Books, 2003.  (Note:  Jennifer Cohen, Director of Mobius Coaching Education has chapter in this book)

Heckler, Richard Strozzi.  The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader... Berkley: Frog Books, 2007

Johnson, Don Hanlon. Bone, Breath, & Gesture: Practices of Embodiment. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1995.

Maitland, Jeffrey. Spacious Body: Explorations in Somatic Ontology. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1995.

Mindell, Arnold PhD. The Leader as Martial Artist: An Introduction to Deep Democracy. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1993.

Mindell, Arnold. Sitting in the Fire: Large Group Transformation Using Conflict and Diversity. Portland: Lao Tse Press, 1995.

Pert, Candace. The Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind- Body Medicine. New York: Touchstone, 1997.

Wise, Anna. The High-Performance Mind: Mastering Brainwaves for Insight, Healing and Creativity. New York: Tarcher/ Penguin, 2004.  

Spirituality

Abdulla, Raficq. Words of Paradise: Selected Poems of Rumi. New York: Penguin Putnam, 2000.

Ardagh, Arjuna. Awakening Into Oneness. Boulder: Sounds True, 2007.

Ardagh, Arjuna Nick. How About Now? Satsang with Arjuna. Nevada City: Self Press, 2000.

Ardagh, Arjuna. Leap Before You Look. Boulder: Sounds True, 2008

Ardagh, Arjuna. The Last Laugh. Nevada City: Self X Press, 2003.

Ardagh, Arjuna. The Translucent Revolution: How People Just Like You Are Waking Up and Changing the World. Novato: New World Library, 2005.

Barks, Coleman. Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi Rumi. Athens: Maypop Books, 1990.

Barks, Coleman. Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion: Poetry and Teaching Stories of Rumi. Putney: Threshold Books, 1991.

Barks, Coleman. Gourd Seed. Athens: Maypop Books, 1993.

Barks, Coleman. Lalla: Naked Song. Athens: Maypop Books, 1992.

Barks, Coleman. Night and Sleep Rumi. Cambridge, Yellow Moon Press, 1981.

Barks, Coleman. Rumi: Like This. Athens: Maypop, 1990.

Barks, Coleman. Rumi: the Book of Love. San Fransisco: HarperSanFransisco, 2003.

Barks, Coleman. Rumi We are Three: New Rumi Translations. Athens: Maypop Books, 1987.

Barks, Coleman and John Moyne.  The Drowned Book: Ecstatic and Earthy Reflections of Bahauddin the Father of Rumi. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.

Barks, Coleman. The Essential Rumi. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.

Barks, Coleman and Michael Green. The Illuminated Prayer: The Five-Times Prayer of the Sufis. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 2000.

Barks, Coleman and John Moyne. The Longing: Poetry, Teaching Stories, and Letters of Rumi. Putney: Threshold Books, 1988.

Barks, Coleman. The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems. San Francisco: HarperSanFransisco, 2001.

Barrows, Anita, and Joanna Macy. Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996.

Bell, Gertrude. Hafiz: The Mystic Poets. Woodstock: Skylight Paths Publishing, 2004.

Bly, Robert. The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir. Boston: Beacon Press, 1977.

Campbell, Joseph. A Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1972.

Capra, Frijof. The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living. New York: Anchor, 2004.

Carroll, Michael. Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work’s Chaos. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2004.

Chappell, Tom. The Soul of a Business: Managing for Profit and the Common Good. New York: Bantam Books, 1993.

Chopra, Deepack and Fereydoun Kia. The Love Poems of Rumi. New York: Harmony Books, 1998.

Cloke, Kenneth, and Joan Goldsmith. The Art of Waking People Up: Cultivating Awareness and Authenticity at Work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Cushnir, Raphael. Setting Your Heart on Fire: Seven Invitations to Liberate Your Life. New York: Broadway Books, 2003.

Cushnir, Raphael. Unconditional Bliss: Finding Happiness in the Face of Hardship. Wheaton: Quest Books, 2000.

Das, Lama Surya. Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.

De Mello, Anthony. Awareness. New York: Doubleday, 1990.

Dunn, Philip, Manuela Buss Mascetti, R.A. Nicholason. The Illustrated Rumi: A Treasury of Wisdom from the Poet of the Soul. San Francisco: HarperSanFransisco, 2000.

Ergin, Nevit O. Crazy as we are. Prescott: Hohm Press, 1992.

Ergin, Nevit O. Mevlânâ Celâleddîn Rumi. Lake Isabella: Echo Publications, 1996.

Falk, Marcia. The Song of Songs: A New Translation. San Francisco: HaperSanFransisco, 1993.

Feldman, Christina, Jack Kornfield. Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart: Parables of the Spiritual Path from Around the World. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1991.

Gallagher, Nora. Practicing Resurrection: A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace. New York: Knopf, 2003.

Goldstein, Joseph. Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom. Boston: Shambhala, 1993.

Goleman, Daniel. The Meditative Mind: The Varieties of Meditative Experience. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1988.

Hardy, Charles. The Elephant and the Flea. London: Random House Group, 2001.

Hardy, Charles. The Empty Raincoat. London: Random House Business, 1995.

Harvey, Andrew. Light Upon Light: Inspirations from Rumi. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1996.

Harvey, Andrew. Love's Fire: Re-creations of Rumi. Rancho Santa Fe: Meeramma Publications, 1988.

Harvey, Andrew. Love's Glory: Re-creations of Rumi. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1996.

Harvey, Andrew. Son of Man: Mystical Path to Christ. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1998.

Harvey, Andrew. Speaking Flame: Rumi. Ithaca: Meeramma, 1989.

Harvey, Andrew, and Anne Baring. The Mystic Vision: Daily Encounters with the Divine. San Francisco: HarperSanFransisco, 1995.

Helminski, Kabir. Love is a Stranger. Putney: Threshold Books, 1993.

Helminski, Kabir. The Rumi Collection. Boston: Shambhala, 2000.

Hooks, Bell. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge, 1994.

Kornfield, Jack. A Path With Heart: A Guide Through The Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life. New York: Bantam Books, 1993.

Kornfield, Jack. After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path. New York: Bantam Books, 2000.

Kornfield, Jack. Living Dharma: Teaching of Twelve Buddhist Masters. Boston: Shambhala, 1996.

Kornfield, Jack, Christina Feldman. Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart. San Francisco: HarperSanFransisco, 1996.

Kornfield, Jack. The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace. New York: Bantam Books, 2002.

Kula, Irwin and Linda Lowenthal. Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life. New York: Hyperion, 2006.

Ladinsky, Daniel. Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. New York: Penguin Compass, 2002.

Ladinsky, Daniel. The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master. New York: Penguin Compass, 1999.

Lewis, Thomas, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon. A General Theory of Love. New York: Random House Inc, 2000.

Mabey, Juliet. Rumi: A Spiritual Treasury. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2000.

Mafi, Maryam, and Azima Melita Kolin. Rumi Hidden Music. London: Element, 2001.

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SAVI® Communication Resources

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Wellness Resources

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