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Reading Suggestions and Books for Women
   
There are many excellent books to help enrich and support your journey. This resource list was compiled from the personal library of Karen Ely, A Woman's Way founder. They are all books that have touched her in deep and meaningful ways. They've been grouped into categories but many of them belong in all five. Enjoy!
 

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TO INSPIRE YOU
A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman by Joan Anderson
Becoming Fully Human by Joan Chittister
Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser
Daring to Dream: Reflections on the Year I Found Myself by Karen Ely
(or go to www.daringtodream.us)
Deep Water Passage by Ann Linnea
Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Floor Sample by Julia Cameron
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton
Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell
Long, Quiet Highway by Natalie Goldberg
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
My Grandfather's Blessings by Rachel Naomi Remen
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams
Spot of Grace: Remarkable Stores of How You Do Make a Difference by Dawna Markova
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
The Woman at Otowi Crossing by Frank Waters
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Your Truest Self: Embracing the Woman You Are Meant to Be by Janice Lynne Lundy
TO AWAKEN YOU
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
A Woman's Journey to God: Finding the Feminine Path by Joan Borysenko
Be Here Now by Ram Dass
Breathing Space: Mini-retreats For the Heart and Soul by Karen Ely
(or go to www.breathingspace.biz)
Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Dark Nights of the Soul by Thomas Moore
Don't Just Do Something, Sit There by Sylvia Boorstein
Enduring Lives: Portraits of Women and Faith in Action by Carol Lee Flinders
Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth and Everyday Magic by Martha Beck
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience by Sharon Salzberg
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion by Diane Osbon
Slow Love by Dominque Browning
The Buddhist Path to Simplicity by Christina Feldman
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd
The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure by Elizabeth Lesser
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra
The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tsu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age by John Heider
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
FOR PERSONAL GROWTH
127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
Attitudes of Gratitude by M. J. Ryan
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
Everyday Sacred by Sue Bender
I am a Woman Finding My Voice by Janet Quinn
Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood by Suzanne Braun Levine
Jubilee Time by Maria Harris
Plain and Simple by Sue Bender
Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach
The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Heroine's Journey by Maureen Murdock
The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck
The Second Half of Life by Angeles Arrien
Time Shifting by Stephan Rechtschaffen
Trusting Yourself by M.J. Ryan
 
TO TAKE ON RETREAT
A Weekend to Change Your Life by Joan Anderson
Circle of Stones by Judith Duerk
I Sit Listening to the Wind by Judith Duerk
The Woman's Retreat Book by Jennifer Louden
 
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