“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies,
can continue growing as long as we live.”

Mortimer Adler

L.V.A.C magazine article "You are What You Eat" (Unabridged)

L.V.A.C magazine article on 2010 Resolutions (Unabridged)

L.V.A.C magazine article on Spring Cleaning 2010 (Unabridged)

You Can Heal Your Life
Louise Hay

My Personal Life Saver. Louise’s key message in this powerful work is: “If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.” Louise explains how limiting beliefs and ideas are often the cause of illness, and how you can change your thinking…and improve the quality of your life! I have personally bought a copy of this book to each of my closest friends It's about self-love and self-acceptance. All of life is. Who knew? Not me!

The Invitation
Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Life Changing for me! I have never read more beautiful words. In a little over one page, Oriah manages to capture the roadmap to a meaningful life.

In a world of endless small talk, constant traffic jams, and overburdened schedules, "The Invitation" opens the door to a new way of life -- a way of intimacy, honesty, and peace with ourselves, others, and the world around us. Oriah invites us to embrace the varieties of human experience, from desire and commitment to sorrow and betrayal, and to open ourselves to all that is possible. The Invitation is an invaluable guide to overcoming the obstacles that stand in our way and to discovering the true beauty that life has to offer.

The Traveler's Gift
Andy Andrews

Andrews effectively combines self-help with fiction to catch readers' interest, sustaining momentum while simultaneously passing on instructions for positive thinking. With his can-do style, Andrews (Storms of Perfection; Tales from Sawyerton Springs) tells the allegorical tragedy of one David Ponder, whose woes begin when he loses his job, his confidence and essentially his drive for living. After a succession of losses, Ponder is rendered unconscious after a car accident, and is magically transported into seven key points in history. At each stopping point, he is met by historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Anne Frank, King Solomon, Harry Truman and Christopher Columbus, each of whom imparts one of the seven key decisions that Andrews asserts are essential for personal success. After his travel through time, Ponder regains consciousness in a hospital and discovers he is holding letters given to him by the various heroes. The letters offer familiar self-help counsel: accept that the buck stops with you, become a wisdom seeker and a person of action, determine to be happy, open the day with a forgiving spirit, and persist despite all odds.

You: On A Diet
Dr Mehmet Oz and Dr Michael Roizen

Learn the "Skinny" about Your Body. Well written, comprehensible information about how your body functions and reacts to what you put into it. You will never make the same food choices again without knowing their effects on your health, condition, mood and energy levels. A must read.

You: The Owner's Manual
Dr Mehmet Oz and Dr Michael Roizen

Anti-aging guru Dr Michael Roizen and celebrated heart surgeon Dr Mehmet Oz combine their popular approaches to patient-centered care in this assessment of how much, or more to the point, how little, readers know about their bodies. After taking the quizzes in the book, readers may feel shocked by their ignorance of basic anatomy and the processes required to maintain physical and mental functioning. Each chapter focuses on a body part or system (heart, brain, digestive, reproductive, etc.) and discusses diseases associated with it; genetic and lifestyle influences on its aging process; and foods, supplements and habits that can prevent or reverse related illnesses. The book has an entertaining feel: friendly elves guide readers through illustrations of the body and cartoons feature alien creatures that enter the body and cause illness.