Book Lists
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LEVEL 1 PROGRAM CLASSES
S-T-R-E-T-C-H! Becoming the Incredible Coach You Truly Are
• Co-Active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success by Laura Whitworth
• Connecting Paradigms: A Trauma-Informed & Neurobiological Framework by Matthew Bennett
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
• Self as Coach, Self as Leader: Developing the Best in You to Develop the Best in Others by Pamela McLean
• War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
Skillful Means: The Coaching Skill Set
• Co-Active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success by Laura Whitworth
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
• Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth by Richard Boyatzis, Melvin Smith, and Ellen Van Oosten
Right Speech: Listening Deeply, Speaking Truth
• Co-Active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success by Laura Whitworth
• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshal Rosenberg, PhD.
• Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution. by Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW
The Art of Engaged Mindfulness: Settling the Mind for Intuition to Emerge
• Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body – by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson
• The Mind’s Own Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation – by Zara Houshmand, Richie Davidson, and John Kabat-Zinn
Business Alchemy: Create Abundance & Live Your Vision
• Twelve Months to Your Ideal Private Practice: A Workbook by Lynn Grodzk
Mentor Coaching
• Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World by Matthieu Ricard
• Self as Coach, Self as Leader: Developing the Best in You to Develop the Best in Others by Pamela McLean
• Connecting Paradigms: A Trauma-Informed & Neurobiological Framework by Matthew Bennett
• War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
SUPPLEMENTAL READING
The Dynamic Trio: EMDR, Positive Psychology & Somatic Coaching
• EMDR Solutions II: For Depression, Eating Disorders, Performance and More edited by Robin Shapiro
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
Body Electric
• The Awakening Body: Somatic Meditation for Discovering Our Deepest Life by Reginald A. Ray
• Co-Active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success by Laura Whitworth
•Diving Deep: Into One Life Awareness by Catherine Weser
Coaching Leaders for Today’s Challenges: Moral Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Diversity
• Moral Leadership: Integrity, Courage, Imagination by Robert Michael Franklin
• HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence by Harvard Business Review
Group Coaching: Unleashing the Transformative Potential of Community
• Emergent Strategy by adrienne marie brown.
• One of the following (the other becomes a “suggested text”):
• Effective Group Coaching: Tried and Tested Tools and Resources for Optimum Coaching Results by Jennifer J. Britton
• Group Coaching: A Comprehensive Blueprint by Ginger Cockerham
Mentor Coaching
• Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World by Matthieu Ricard
• Self as Coach, Self as Leader: Developing the Best in You to Develop the Best in Others by Pamela McLean
• Connecting Paradigms: A Trauma-Informed & Neurobiological Framework by Matthew Bennett
• War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
ONGOING EDUCATION
Navigating Trauma: Mindful Skills to Enhance Safety & Regulation
• Waking the Tiger – Healing Trauma by Peter Levine (1997) | North Atlantic Books.
• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing by David Trevlevan (2018) | W.W. Norton & Company
• Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory Sounds True by Deb Dana (2021)
Writing, Creativity & The Mindful Coach
• Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
Mindful Eating: Mindful Life
• Mindful Eating: Mindful Life, How to Change the Habits That Sabotage Your Life by Mary Ann Wallace (Iyer), MD
• Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chodron
• How To Eat by Thich Nhat Hanh (Recommended)
• Savor by Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung (Recommended)
Deeper than Words
• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life – Marshal Rosenberg, PhD.
If Harriet Tubman Were Your Coach: Mindfulness, Race, and Courageous Coaching
• The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness by Rhonda V. Magee
• Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams
• Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
• Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton
Leadership Qualities to Live By
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
If Georgia O’Keeffe Were Your Coach: Following in Her Footsteps
• Georgia O’Keeffe, A Life by Roxana Robinson
• Miss O’Keeffe by Christine Taylor Patten and Alvaro Cardona-Hine
• Portrait of an Artist, A Biography of Georgia O’Keeffe by Laurie Lisle
• O’Keeffe & Stieglitz, An American Romance by Benita Eisler
Where Mind Goes, Qi Goes: Somatic Coaching with Qigong
RECOMMENDED READING
• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
• You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience – by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown
• Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham
• StandOut 2.0: Assess Your Strengths. Find Your Edge. Win at Work by Marcus Buckingham
• Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• A Life Worth Living: Contributions to Positive Psychology edited by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Isabella Selega Csikzentmihalyi
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Handbook to Higher Consciousness by Ken Keyes, Jr.
• How to Relax by Thich Nhat Hanh
• A Primer in Positive Psychology by Christopher Peterson
• Pursuing the Good Life: 100 Reflections on Positive Psychology by Christopher Peterson
• Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification by Christopher Peterson and Martin E. P. Seligman
• The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz
• Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being by Martin E. P. Seligman
• Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Daniel Goleman & Richard J. Davidson
• The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal
• Diving Deep: Into One Life Awareness by Catherine Weser
• Writing as a Path to Awakening by Albert Flynn DeSilver
•The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk, M.D.
•Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body by Reginald A. Ray
• The HeartMath Solution: The Institute of HeartMath’s Revolutionary Program for Engaging the Power of the Heart’s Intelligence by Doc Lew Childre, Howard Martin, and Donna Beach (Recommended)
• Why Meditate? Working with Thoughts and Emotions by Mattieu Ricard
• Most Intimate: A Zen Approach to Life’s Challenges by Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, PhD.
• Why Meditate? by Matthieu Ricard
• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R Banaji
• Polyvagal Exercises for Safety & Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices by Deb Dana (2020) | Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology
• Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul – Jane Roberts