These resources have informed the posts and programs created by Soul Nanny. Enjoy!
Mindfulness and Meditation
Chodron, Pema, This Moment is the Perfect Teacher
George, Bill and Doug Baker, True North Groups.
Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley
Kabat-Zinn, Jon, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Kaiser-Greenland, Susan, The Mindful Child, Free Press, New York, 2010.
Katie, Byron, Loving What Is, Four Questions that can Change Your Life, Harmony Books, New York , 2002.
Keltner, Dacher, Jason Marsh, and Jeremy Adam Smith The Compassionate Instinct
Hoff, Benjamin, and Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator), The Tao of Pooh
Lesowitz, Nina and Mary Beth Sammons, Living Life as a Thank You
Mingyur, Yongey, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Mingyur, Yongey, Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom
Neill, Michael, The Space [Within]
Thich Nhat Hanh and Arnold Kotler, Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Thich Nhat Hanh, You are Here
Tolle, Eckhart, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, Penguin Group, New York , 2005.
Tolle, Eckhart, The Power of Now.
Salzberg, Sharon. Loving Kindness.
Neuroscience
Davidson, Richard, The Emotional Life of your Brain
Doidge, Norman, MD, The Brain that Changes Itself
Goleman, Daniel, Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama
Hason, Rick, Ph.D. Buddha's Brain
Sacks, Oliver, MD, Musicophilia Tales of Music and the Brain.
Tippett, Krista, Einstein’s God
Integrative Medicine
Brennan, Barbara Ann Hands of Light
Culbert, Tomothy, MD and Karen Olness, MD, Integrative Pediatrics
Gawain, Shakti, The Four Levels of Healing, a guide to balancing the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical aspects of life
Kingsley, Kimberly, The Energy Cure
Murray, Michael, and Joseph Pizzorno, Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA, 1998.
Following is a list of children's books on the subjects of mindfulness, kindness, and gratitude. Happy reading!
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
Each Breath a Smile by Thich Nhat Hanh, Nguyen Thi Hop (Illustrations), Nguyen Dong (Illustrations), Thuc Nghiem (with) Sister Susan
How Kind by Mary Murphy
Mindful Monkey by Kerry Lee MacLean
Milton’s Secret by Eckhart Tolle
Moody Cow Meditates by Kerry Lee MacLean
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Namaste by Diana Cohn, Amy Cordova (Illustrator)
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Sea Otter Cove by Lori Lite, Max Stasuyk (Illustrator)
Thanks to the Animals by Allen J. Sockabasin, Rebekah Raye (Illustrator)
What Does Peace Feel Like? by Vladimir Radunsky
Zen Shorts by Jon Muth