Resources - Books
Reading Lists for Renewing Life Sessions

Session 1

• Cancer as a Turning Point by Lawrence LeShan

• Getting Well Again by Stephanie Matthews Simonton O. Carl Simonton
  and James Creighton

• Imagery for Getting Well by Deirdre Davis Brigham

• It All Begins With Hope by P. Jevne

• Living in Love by Barry Ellsworth

• Love Medicine and Miracles by Bernie Siegel

• Love and Peace Through Affirmation by Carole Daxter

• Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

• Meaning and Medicine by Dr. Larry Dossey

• Words That Heal by Douglas Bloch

• You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought by Peter McWilliams
  and John Roger

• You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

Session 2

• Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain

• Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

• Head First the Biology of Hope by Norman Cousins

• How to Meditate by Dr. Lawrence LeShan

• Imagery for Getting Well by Deirdre Doris Brigham

• Meaning and Medicine by Larry Dossey

• Minding the Body Mending the Mind by Joan Borysenko

• Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

• Perfect Healthy by Deepak Chopra

• Superimmunity by Paul Pearsall

• The Mind by Richard Restak

• The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation by Michael Murphy and
  Steven Donovan

Session 3

• Healthy Pleasures by Robert Ornstein Ph.D. and David Sobel M.D.

• Hug Therapy by Kathleen Keating

• Man to Man: When the Woman You Love Has Breast Cancer by Bob Stewart and
  Andy Murcia

• The Healing Web: Social Networks and Human Survival by Marc Pilisuk and
  Susan Hillier Parks

• The Listener by Taylor Caldwell

Session 4

• And I Thought I Knew How to Communicate by Josiah Dilley

• Don't Take My Grief Away by Doug Manning

• How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove Harold Bloomfield and
  Peter McWilliams

• Opening Up: The Healing Power of Confidence in Others by J. W. Pennebaker

• The Anger Workout Book by Dr. Weisinger

• The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner

Session 5

• Healing with Love by Leonard Laskow M.D.

• Living With Vision by Linda Marks

• Love is Letting Go of Fear by Gerald Jampolsky M.D.

• Teach Only Love by Gerald Jampolsky M.D.

• What You Feel You Can Heal by John Gray Ph.D.

Session 6

• Advice to Doctors and Other Big People from Kids by the Center for Attitudinal Healing

• A Gift of Hope by Robert L. Veninga

• All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum

• Cancer As a Turning Point by Lawrence LeShan Ph.D.

• Chicken Soup For The Soul by Jack Kornfield

• Healing Into Life and Death by Steven Levine

• Minding the Body Mending the Mind by Joan Borysenko

• Peace Love and Healing: Body Mind Communication and The Path to Self Healing: An Exploration by Bernie Siegel M.D.

• The Survivor Personality by A. Siebert

• When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough by Harold Kushner

• When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner

Session 7

• Healing Visualizations by Gerald Epstein

• Angel Letters by Sophy Burnham

• Healing by Francis MacNutt

• Healing Words by Larry Dossey M.D.

• Personal Power Through Awareness by Sanaya Roman

• Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell

• Secret World of Drawings by Gregg M. Furth

• The Unheard Cry for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

• Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman

• Your God is Too Small by J. B. Phillip

• Finding Joy by Charlotte Davis Kasl

• Mandalas : Luminous Symbols for Healing by Judith Cornell

Session 8

• A Gift of Hope by Robert Veninga

• Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler

• Cancer as a Turning Point by Lawrence LeShan

• Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus

• Love Judy: Letters of Hope and Healing for Women with Breast Cancer by Judy Hart

• The Wellness Workbook by R. Ryan and J. W. Travis

• Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil

• Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss

• The Artist Way by Julia Cameron

• Lessons from the Light by Kenneth Ring

• Small Miracles by Yitta Halberstam and Judity Leventhal

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Bauby