These are just a few of my most beloved authors. Their work has informed my grief, shaped my beliefs and enriched my life.
Just click on the name to browse their websites.
~ Carol
Matters of the Spirit
Gregg Braden
New York Times best selling author Gregg Braden is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science and spirituality. To date, his work has led to such paradigm-shattering books as The Isaiah Effect, The God Code, The Divine Matrix and his 2008 release, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits.
Gary Zukav
Gary Zukav's books are filled with common sense advice for spiritual seekers. His well known book, The Seat of the Soul, is well worth reading over and over again. He is the author of several books on leading your fullest life. Gary and his partner, Linda Francis, run workshops throughout the year.
Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle's books provide a directional map for advanced spiritual living. His popular books, The Power of Now, and A New Earth are "must reads". Eckhart’s profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their lives. At the core of the teachings lies the transformation of consciousness, a spiritual awakening that he sees as the next step in human evolution.
The Academics
Therese A. Rando, Ph.D., BCETS, BCBT
Dr. Therese Rando is one of north america's preeminent academics in the field of thanatology (the study of death and dying). She is the Clinical Director of The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Loss in Warwick Rhode Island, which provides mental health services through psychotherapy, training, supervision, and consultation. The institute specializes in: loss and grief; traumatic stress; and the psychosocial care of persons with chronic, life-threatening, or terminal illness, and their loved ones. She is the author of numerous books on a wide variety of loss issues.
Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt is the founder and director of the Center for Loss on Fort Collins Colorado. He has created a model of "companioning" versus "treating" people in grief and presents numerous workshops each year for hospices, hospitals, schools, universities, funeral homes, community groups and a variety of other organizations. He also teaches retreat-oriented learning experiences for bereavement caregivers.
MDs with a twist
Brian Weiss, MD
A graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School, Brian L. Weiss M.D. is Chairman Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. He is the author of several top selling books based on his experience as a psychiatrist and healer. His work on past-life regression and it's therapeutic effects is world renowned.
Bernie Siegel, MD
Dr. Siegel attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College. He broke new ground with his monumental book Love, Medicine, and Miracles, in which he explored the powerful role the mind can play in fighting illness. Sharing stories of seriously ill patients who survived against the odds and those who seemed to give in to their own deaths, the book inspired countless readers to consider the possibilities of thinking themselves well.
Melvin Morse, MD
Dr.Morse is a pediatrician and neuroscientist who has studied the near death experiences (NDEs) of children since 1980. He retired from his clinical practice in Seattle in order to start a think tank dedicated to spiritual science in 2006. To quote Dr. Morse, "I've learned that the final moments of life are not frightening or horrible. In my studies, I have learned the secret to finding happiness in our own lives as well as the mysteries of life after death."
Mindfulness (aka Meditation)
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
JON KABAT-ZINN, PH.D., is founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also the founding director of its renowned Stress Reduction Clinic and Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
His major research interests have focused on mind/body interactions for healing, clinical applications of mindfulness meditation training, the effects of MBSR on the brain, on the immune system, and on healthy emotional expression while under stress; on healing (skin clearing rates) in people with psoriasis; on patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation; with prison inmates and staff; in multicultural settings; and on stress in various corporate settings and work environments. 