Recommended Books

Below is a list of my recommended books. If you choose to click on the Amazon link, I get a little (teeny, tiny) kickback from Amazon.

	THE TAPPING SOLUTION By Nick Ortner In this book, Nick Ortner gives readers everything they need to successfully start using the powerful practice of tapping—or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). With chapters covering everything from the alleviation of pain, to the encouragement of weight loss, to fostering better relationships, Ortner opens readers’ eyes to just how powerful this practice can be. View in Amazon
	THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF By Bruce H. Lipton, PhD This book is a groundbreaking work in the field of new biology and Epigenetics. It will forever change how you think about thinking. View in Amazon
	MATRIX REIMPRINTING USING EFT By Karl Dawson and Sasha Allenby Matrix Reimprinting is a completely new personal development technique that dramatically improves health and well-being by allowing you to access and transform painful memories that may be holding you trapped in the past. View in Amazon
	INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS MODEL By Richard C. Schwartz, PhD It is one of the fastest-growing approaches to psychotherapy. It has developed over the past twenty years into a way of understanding and treating human problems that is empowering, effective, and nonpathologizing. View in Amazon
	JOHN TAPS AWAY THE BLUES By Gail Mae Ferguson-Maceda John is rehearsing for the school dance performance. He is really enjoying himself, when his friends make fun of him. John is embarrassed and starts to feel bad about himself. Luckily his Mom knows how to do EFT and helps John to feel better as he realizes that he doesn’t have to care what the other kids think of him. View in Amazon
	YOU ARE THE ONE YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR By Richard C. Schwartz, PhD Therapists and lay people alike will find this book to be an insightful exploration of how cultivating a relationship with the Self—the wise center of clarity, calmness, and compassion in each of us—creates the foundation for courageous love and resilient intimacy: the capacity to sustain and nourish a healthy intimate relationship. Self-leadership also allows us to embrace our partner’s feedback and use it to discover aspects of ourselves that seek healing. The book includes user-friendly exercises to facilitate learning. View in Amazon
	THE TAPPING SOLUTION FOR PARENTS, CHILDREN & TEENAGERS By Nick Ortner In the first section of this book, parents are guided on using the revolutionary technique known as EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Tapping to release parental overwhelm, quiet worry, manage conflict, and transform their experience of parenthood. In the second section, the author explores specific uses for Tapping with children, ranging from releasing negative emotions like anger, fear and phobias, sadness, grief, guilt, and shame, to overcoming specific challenges such as anxiety disorders, sleep, nightmares, performance anxiety, bullying, school jitters, divorce and much more. View in Amazon
	WHY DID I DO THAT? HOW YOU MAKE SENSE AND WHY THERE IS HOPE By Dorie Cameron, LICSW Using simple language and engaging illustrations, this book is encouraging and inviting. It offers one way to understand some fundamental aspects of the IFS (Internal Family Systems) model. Though it contains “big ideas”, this colorful book can be read in a matter of minutes. If you have ever wondered “Why did I do that?”, this book offers a hopeful perspective. View in Amazon
	EFT FOR CHRISTIANS ADVANCED By Sherrie Rice Smith R.N. This book teaches readers how Emotional Freedom Techniques can be used as a tool for healing and why Christians should use tapping as a tool to become more Christlike here on earth. With the Holy Spirit’s help, EFT can aid us in overcoming sin and bad habits that can impede our Christian journey. View in Amazon
	8 KEYS TO BRAIN-BODY BALANCE By Robert Scaer Understanding how our brains and bodies actually work is a powerful tool in mitigating the anxiety generated by unpleasant physical and emotional symptoms that we all may experience from time to time. Here, Robert Scaer unravels the complexities of the brain-body connection, equipping all those who are in distress with a plausible explanation for how they feel. View in Amazon
	TRANSFORM YOUR BELIEFS TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE By Karl Dawson with Kate Marillat As the audience for EFT and tapping grows, this book offers a wonderfully elegant way to harness tapping for deep work with beliefs. View in Amazon
	THE TRAUMA SPECTRUM: HIDDEN WOUNDS AND HUMAN RESILIENCY By Robert Scaer Our experiences of trauma sow the seeds of many persistent and misunderstood medical problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome and various maladies of the immune system. Because of our inadequate understanding of the relationship of mind and body in processing these traumas, many of us suffer needlessly from our exposure to life’s traumas. Robert Scaer offers hope to those who wish to transform trauma and better understand their lives. View in Amazon
	THE GRIEF RECOVERY HANDBOOK By John W. James and Russel Friedman Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on the capacity for happiness. Learn how it is possible to recover from grief and regain energy and spontaneity. Based on a proven program, The Grief Recovery Handbook offers grievers the specific actions needed to move beyond loss. New material in this edition includes guidance for dealing with: Loss of faith Loss of career and financial issues Loss of health Growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional home View in Amazon
	YOUR BODY’S TELLING YOU: LOVE YOURSELF! By Lise Bourbeau Cover to cover, the reader discovers a most powerful tool, the connection between their beliefs and the disease and pain in their body. The reference material, a comprehensive guide to the cause of over 500 illnesses and diseases, is a succinct and visionary work that is a labor of love. View in Amazon
	MOVING ON: DUMP YOUR RELATIONSHIP BAGGAGE AND MAKE ROOM FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE By Russell Friedman and John W. James In this groundbreaking book, authors Russell Friedman and John W. James show readers how to move on from their unsuccessful past relationships and finally find the love of their lives. View in Amazon
	THE GRIEF RECOVERY HANDBOOK FOR PET LOSS By Russell Friedman, Cole James, and John W. James If you’ve found yourself almost inconsolable after your pet died, please know that you’re normal. If you’ve found that your family and friends don’t seem to understand the level of your grief, please know that, too, is normal. If you relate to any or all of these sentences, this book is for you. View in Amazon
	WHEN CHILDREN GRIEVE By John W. James and Russell Friedman To watch a child grieve and not know what to do is a profoundly difficult experience for parents, teachers, and caregivers. Yet, there are guidelines for helping children develop a lifelong, healthy response to loss. View in Amazon
	EFT FOR CHRISTIANS – Tapping into God’s Peace and Joy By Sherrie Rice Smith R.N. and Charity Virkler Kayembe EFT is a God-created physiological technique that allows us to experience liberty and choice about our feelings and how we experience them. It involves tapping gently on acupressure points of the face and upper body. This tapping can release pent up emotional stress of daily and long-term events and memories. View in Amazon