My work as a Life Coach has been informed by many sources. I've included references to links and books by people who have influenced my work and my life. I hope you find them interesting and useful.

Here are some helpful links:

• Authentic Happiness

  This is the web site for the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center, where Dr. Martin Seligman is the director. Although the center offers a number of happiness-related questionnaires that you can take online, I particularly recommend the VIA Signature Strengths survey.

• Joan Borysenko of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

  This web page provides more information and resources about working the mind-body connection for greater mental and physical health.

• Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine

  The institute runs excellent introductory training about mind-body approaches for clinicians, training for people wishing to create programs similar to the Benson-Henry Institute, and groups for people struggling with conditions that can be greatly helped with mind-body approaches—infertility, menopause, life-threatening illness, and more.

• How to Stay Stressed

  A funny, somewhat biting, and informative web page about how staying stressed just might be kinda paying off for most of us.

• Social Workers: Help Starts Here

  For some people, Life Coaching is not the best or most practical service. Use this link to search for providers of medical-based, insurance-accepting mental-health counseling.

  Note: I am not aware of any insurance-accepting, medical-model counselors that have an approach that is close to mine. If you want to seek that out, you can use this web site to begin your search. I wish you the very best with your search!

This section lists books that I generally recommend, and some of the books, CDs, and DVDs that I have discussed in my blog.

The first four books are excellent resources for anyone looking to maintain strong emotional health. They provide a basic foundation for managing and transforming emotions—negative to positive. The remaining items are very good, are often more narrow in focus, and are presented in no particular order. Click the linked numbers (1, 2 >) at the bottom-center of the section to see all of my recommended items.