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Welcome
to the Inner-healing Web Site
hosted by F. Michael
Montgomery, LCSW, LMFT
LCS 6184, MFC 15488
Therapy for
the heart, mind, body and spirit in a safe and healing setting
This
Inner-healing web site is a resource center for the support and promotion of
personal growth and healing.
My desire is to support people in their own
healing through the compassionate and courageous work of their hearts.
Books
Please enjoy browsing the following areas. These are books that I
have found to be insightful, supportive or educational.
If there are any books that you would recommend for me to evaluate,
please E-mail me. I would also like to
hear why you like the book and a brief description of it.
I would encourage everyone to support our local independent
bookstores such as:
Copperfield's Books in Sonoma County, California.
Many are also able to provide ordering online:
http://www.copperfields.net
These are books that address how to
be present in a healing way in our lives. Enjoy!
 | The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher,
Healer and Visionary |
Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
Angeles Arrien has examined and explored indigenous cultures throughout
the world and describes the paths to healing and wholeness available to us all. This
is a warm and inspiring book.
(Also see Quotes: Being Present:
The Four-Fold Way)
(See also Healing Quotes)
| Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal |
Rachel Naomi Remen
Ms. Remen shares the stories of people she has worked with in a manner
filled with warmth and wisdom. As someone who has struggled with chronic illness
herself, she is able to deeply describe how our struggles can transform us.
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These
books describe ways in which we can address the anxiety and depression we experience
in our lives. Please also check out the books under "Healing" and
"Loss & Grief" as these, too, address many aspects of these issues.
| The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook: A Step-by-step Program for
curing Yourself of Extreme Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Phobias |
Edmund J. Bourne, Ph. D.
This book is a practical and complete guide describing anxiety,
panic attacks and phobias with a step by step approach to working with them.
| The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook |
Martha Davis, Ph.D., Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, M.S.W., and
Matthew McKay, Ph.D.
This, too, is another practical yet clear book describing stress in our
lives and the many approaches and exercises to help us effectively deal with it.
| The Feeling Good Handbook |
David D. Burns, M.D.
This is a book filled with charts and examples of how our moods affect
us and how we can work with them to build our self-esteem and build our confidence.
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These books help explore
the many different types of loss and grief that we experience in our daily lives.
| A Grief Observed |
C. S. Lewis
A small yet incredible book of a man struggling with the death of his
beloved wife, the painful feelings that arise from this and his own struggle with his
faith.
| A Year To Live: How To Live This Year As If It Were Your Last |
Stephen Levine
Stephen and his wife Ondrea decided to live one full year as if it were
their last year to be alive. In this way they were able to address their denial of
death so as to better live their lives. "This is a book of
renewal. It is not simply about dying but about the restoration of the heart."
(See also Quotes: Healing:
Touching with mercy)
| Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and
Spiritual Care of the Dying |
Christine Longaker
This book, written by a woman who cared for her dying husband and who
committed herself afterwards to her own healing, describes the healing and transformation
of suffering that can take place when we care from a deeply compassionate place.
While Longaker writes from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, this is an inspiration for
people of all faiths.
Stephen Levine
This book explores how even in the midst of our living or dying we can
find our healing rooted in our compassion. The book includes meditations on
forgiveness, healing, letting go and others.
| The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying |
Sogyal Rinpoche
Sogyal Rinpoche is a revered Tibetan Buddhist teacher known for his
wisdom, warmth and humor. In this book, he addresses how to bring spiritual support
and care to the dying from a compassionate and heartfelt place.
(See also Grief Quotes)
(See also What Is Grief
Article)
(See also Grief
Obstacles Article)
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These books help us explore the
deepening of relationships and how we can learn and grow through them.
| Embracing the Beloved: Relationship As A Path of Awakening |
Stephen and Ondrea Levine
Stephen and Ondrea explore how living our relationships in a deeply
mindful and compassionate way can be a path to our healing. This book also includes
meditations that support our becoming more aware of who we are and support the healing
that "we were born for."
| Journey of the Heart: Intimate Relationship and the Path of
Love |
John Welwood
Welwood invites us to more deeply live in our relationships and the
possibilities that a relationship offers. He asks us to be willing to "dance on
the razor's edge" to have the intimacy we yearn for that supports both the individual
and the couple.
| Love Is the Answer: Creating Positive Relationships |
Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. and Diane V. Cirincione
This book is based on A Course in Miracles and describes seven
"stepping stones" for moving beyond the fear and blaming of relationships and
into the more loving and satisfying nature of relationships.
(See also Relationship
Quotes)
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This book describes how to bring the
power and support of ritual into our everyday lives.
| Rites of Passage: Celebrating Life's Changes |
Kathleen Wall, PH.D. and Gary Ferguson
This book describes "the five steps of ritual" and is full of
warmly told stories of many types of ritual that can support and help transform our
lives. There are rituals for relationships and families, rituals for youth and for
work, rituals for divorce and for midlife passage to name a few.
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Spirituality addresses the
connection with the Divine we each have whether or not we are part of a particular
church. These books are ones that I have found to support and awaken the passion of
our spirituality.
| Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the
Earth |
Matthew Fox
Fox describes his four paths of a creation-centered spirituality.
In this perspective, he asks us to open to the roles of mysticism, awe, compassion,
community, justice and sacrifice. His is a spirituality for the
"Americas."
| Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings |
Stephen Levine
Stephen offers dozens of meditations that address the pain, fear, grief
and every other emotion in a deep and compassionate way. "Sometimes it breaks
my heart / to watch my mind. / And sometimes it stays broken / long enough to touch
/ even this pain / with love."
| Manifest Your Destiny: The Nine Spiritual Principles for
Getting Everything You Want |
Wayne W. Dyer
Dyer addresses issues of awareness, trust- worthiness and our connection
with the universal Divine which is present to us all in supporting us in living our
lives fully.
| Meditations with Meister Eckhart |
Matthew Fox
This book is a series of short meditations and writings of Meister
Eckhart whom Fox describes as a "mystic, prophet, feminist and...poet."
| Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the
Gospel |
Thomas Keating
In a simple yet clear and concise way, Keating describes "Centering
Prayer" as a way to profoundly move our lives through prayerful, non-judgmental
meditation.
If there are any books that you would recommend for me to evaluate,
please
E-mail me. I would also like to
hear why you like the book and a brief description of it.
Please E-mail me with any suggestions, comments,
or feedback you may have. I would really like to hear from you!
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