Loving What Is Byron Katie. This is Katie’s first book. She tells us her story, explains how to use her Judge Your Neighbor process, and gives examples of people going through their work. I loved this book and raved about it but it took me years to really be with the title. I would say things to myself like this is great stuff but she should have named the book something different: Accepting What Is or Dealing with What Is. Ha! What a day it was when I really felt that she meant it. And that I could get there too.
I’d Rather Teach Peace Colman McCarthy. Colman had me from his opening story about asking kids to go outside and count cars. Nobody questioned it. Didn’t matter if it was raining or snowing - whatever the kids just blindly did what the teacher asked. We are not taught to value thinking and acting for ourselves. This book inspired me to learn more about peaceful activists [heros] like Colman, Dorothy Day, Thich Nhat Hanh, Dalai Lama, Cesar Chavez. You can view a page of Peace Heroes on Waging Peace’s Website
Speaking Peace Marshall Rosenberg. Learning about giraffe and jackal language.
Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) Thomas Gordon
When Love Meets Fear David Richo
Teach Only Love Gerald Jampolsky