• Ann Albers
• Brené Brown
• Pema Chodron
• Sonia Choquette
• John Edward
• Allyn Giddens
• Louise Hay
• John Holland
• Sunny Dawn Johnston
• Elizabeth Lesser
• Robert Moss

• Penney Peirce
• Cheryl Richardson
• Don Miguel Ruiz
• Sharon Salzberg
• Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D.
• Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
• Eckhart Tolle
• James Van Praagh
• Doreen Virtue Ph.D.
• Neale Donald Walsch
• Brian Weiss, M.D.

• Love is the River: Learning to Live in the Flow of Divine Grace

This isn’t a long book, but it is one you can pick up again and again for gentle reminders of learning to flow with life.

• The Gifts of Imperfection

Sociologist and researcher, Brené Brown, shares her insights about living a “wholehearted” life. With great insight, humor, and personal stories, she discusses the life skills we need to cultivate in order to live life fully, as well as the things that might get in the way of accomplishing this. Be sure to also check out the videos with Brown on Ted.com.

• When Things Fall Apart
• Comfortable With Uncertainty

These are just two of the many books by Pema Chodron, an American Buddhist nun.  Reading her books brings a calmness to your heart.

Sonia’s books have guided me for many years, and I highly recommend them.  She clearly mentors you along the pathway to becoming a six-sensory person learning to listen to your intuition, guides, and spirit.

• One Last Time

Edward describes his life as a psychic medium.

• Thank you, Baby

This is a memoir chronicling the three years after my husband passed away and the beginning of my journey of discovery. 

• The Power is Within

Louise Hay is a metaphysical teacher, speaker, author, and publisher.  Her books all emphasize that we all have everything we need within us.  I recommend any of her books.

• Born Knowing-A Medium’s Journey

Holland, a psychic medium, shares how he learned to accept his spiritual gifts.

• Power of the Soul

Holland provides some of the tools to tap into your own soul and the intuitive world.

• Invoking the Archangels- A Nine-Step Process to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Soul

Using her own life experiences, Sunny guides you through the nine-step process of healing.  Along the way she introduces you to each of the archangels and how they helped her.  This is a process you can use over and over in all aspects of your life.  She also includes stories from some of her clients and workshop participants including one from me.

• Broken Open-How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

Through her own life stories and personal stories of others, Elizabeth Lesser shares insights that help us learn to grow through our challenges.

• The Three “Only” Things-Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence, and Imagination

We often say “only a dream” or “only my imagination.”  We say, “It was only a coincidence.” Robert Moss, a leading authority on dreamwork and healing, explains about the power of our dreams, the rules of coincidences, and the uses of imagination. 

• Frequency – The Power of Personal Vibration

This is an interesting read. Peirce weaves us through clear information about our world of frequencies and how that affects us. She then teaches us about how to find our own highest vibration so that we can operate from a place connected to our Soul. I especially loved the guided meditations and exercises after each chapter.

• The Unmistakable Touch of Grace

Cheryl is one of my favorite authors and speakers.  This book came to me in 2008 when I’d been asking myself, “What exactly is grace?”  This book gave me the clarification I needed.  Each chapter also includes a great resource section.   Cheryl has several books, and I encourage you to check them out and choose the one that is right for you and where you are in your journey. 

• The Four Agreements

Ruiz, a nagual or shaman, shares ancient Toltec wisdom with us.  Great nuggets of wisdom in this book. 

• Faith-Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

This is a thoughtful book that helps us to gain clarity about our own inner truths.

• The Afterlife Experiments

Swartz, a professor at the University of Arizona, created a series of scientific experiments working with mediums to prove or disprove the existence of an afterlife.   What he discovers surprises even him.  It includes a great bibliography for further reading.  (This is the book that started my search for answers about life and death, one of my all-time favorites.)

• My Stroke of Insight

Taylor writes about her personal journey through a stroke.  As a brain scientist, she has a unique insight into what is happening to her.  Taylor first explains how the brain works and then shares her experience as she loses and regains the use of her left brain and in the process learns what is truly important in life.

• The Power of Now

This is an important book to read.  His ideas make you pause and think about how you approach life and what you might do to gain more inner peace and more connection with spirit.

• Talking To Heaven
• Healing Grief
• Heaven and Earth
• Unfinished Business

Van Praagh is a well-known medium, author, and speaker.  His experiences and insights give a view into life after death.  He also encourages and helps others to make their own connections with those who have passed on.  In addition, he has a book Meditations which is a collection of meditations and affirmations to help you learn to hear your own inner voice.

• The Lightworker’s Way –Awakening Your Spiritual Power to Know and Heal
• Divine Guidance
• Angel Therapy Handbook – Guide for working with the angels.
• Archangels 101 – Archangels’ descriptions and guide to connecting with them

Doreen Virtue is a clairvoyant doctor of psychology.  Her goal is to teach others how to use their own spiritual gifts.

• When Everything Changes, Change Everything

I bought this book for a friend when she was about to go through a life-altering change.  I read it before giving it to her and loved it, so I bought another copy for myself.  This was several years after my husband passed away, so I could recognize the truth and importance of the process that Walsch describes in his book.  I keep an extra copy, so that I can loan one out whenever I feel it can help someone.  Walsch is the author of the series Conversations With God which I highly recommend.

• Many Lives, Many Masters

Dr. Weiss was a traditional psychotherapist when he began to realize that one of his patients was not just recalling childhood traumas but past life traumas.  This book chronicles Dr. Weiss’s journey from skeptic to believer.  He now conducts seminars and training programs around the world.