here's an extensive and ever-growing list of further reading

Let me open this page by saying, PLEASE READ MY BLOG (and start at the beginning in August 2012, i.e. read from bottom to top)! It's the one location where all I've learned gets synthesized into coherent posts - for now anyway. I continue to work on my book, but even when I submit that to Balboa Press, they need up to 180 days to turn it around). Other than that, I feel inspired to say:

"Yes, I have read ALL the books I list here, and watched the movies I list below. I never recommend anything that I haven't tested myself. Granted, some books (movies) are better than others. No single one holds all the wisdom I've gathered over the years (which is why this list is long and growing, and why I'm writing a book myself!). So, as with anything:

1. read/watch with an open mind,
2. endure the ambivalence,
3. pick the gold nuggets for your personal practice,
4. discard the rest.

And be very disciplined with those four steps to keep your energetic space clear and your mind agile. Also, while some of this reading may have happened decades ago, and I may not be able to remember every word in every book if you were to quizz me today, I've done it. ALL these books are on my list for you for a reason! They were stepping stones on my way to who and where I am today, so kindly stop wasting time and energy and take the first step on YOUR journey to complete self-empowerment, health and happiness!"

I've started out by going through my kindle library that I keep close for referencing at all times, and then through all my Amazon (real book) orders since 1999 in reverse chronological order. There are some German language titles in there - please ignore if you don't speak the language. I'll eventually add the best titles from my extensive non-virtual library - but at the moment, it's all boxed up. So, this is what I currently have available for you virtually. It should keep you busy until I can add more. ;-)

Overall, you will find an eclectic range and mix of topics. This is wholly intentional and reflects my broad range of interests, and wide reaching reading even when I was (supposedly) up over my ears in the early days of my finance career. I ALWAYS made time for reading up on and starting to implement those things that I needed to make my life easier and more pleasurable. And I highly recommend reading books from different walks of life back to back, rather than compartmentalizing. When reading a spiritual book followed by a finance book followed by Gandhi's autobiography, you're much more likely to pick up on generally valid patterns than by sticking to one topic area until you've exhausted it. That's one of the reasons I did better when not wholly submerging myself in the CFA curriculum every single year I took one of those exams, but interspersed it with personal reading preferences, and kept myself healthy while studying for those bugger exams.

Look at it this way: 10 minutes a day on any topic that you know is of interest - that's doable. I managed to squeeze that time in as breakfast reading, so started my day out with the new info, and had a remarkably open mind for the remainder of the day that enabled me to think more creatively in my day job, as well. My suggestion for this list: print it out, close your eyes and point your finger to the first book to read. After that, follow your intuition for the next step. Trust that you are divinely guided on your very personal journey. And most of all: enjoy! Have fun with this life!

1. Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe (Robert Lanza, MD, with Bob Berman)
2. The Seat of the Soul (Gary Zukav)
3. The Global Heart Awakens (Anodea Judith)
4. Science and the Near-Death Experience (Chris Carter)
5. Proof of Heaven (Eben Alexander)
6. Home with God (Neale Donald Walsch)
7. Anam Cara (John O'Donohue)
8. Eternal Echoes (John O'Donohue)
9. The Big E - Everything is Energy (Dee Wallace, Jarrad Hewett)
10. Anatomy of the Spirit (Caroline Myss)
11. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying (Bronnie Ware)
12. Emotional Eating (Natalia Rose)
13. The Rose Cleanse (Natalia Rose)
14. Living a Life of Reiki (Shalandra Abbey)
15. 11 Minutes (Paolo Coelho)
16. The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells (Andrew Sean Greer)
17. The Light Beyond (Dr. Raymond Moody, Paul Perry)
18. The Indigo Children (Lee Carroll, Jan Tober)
19. Journey of Souls (Michael Newton)
20. Autobiography of a Yogi (Paramhansa Yogananda)
21. Energetic Boundaries (Cyndi Dale)
22. Kundalini: Divine Energy, Divine Life (Cyndi Dale)
23. Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting (Lynn Grabhorn)
24. The Five Languages of Love (Gary D Chapman)
25. Healing with Form, Energy, and Light (Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche)
26. The Jewel Tree of Tibet (Robert Thurman)
27. The Birth of Pleasure (Carol Gilligan)
28. Dalai Lama, My Son (Diki Tsering, Khedroob Thondup)
29. Moments of Grace (Neale Donald Walsch)
30. Conversations with God, Trilogy (Neale Donald Walsch)
31. Happier Than God (Neale Donald Walsch)
32. Questions and Anwers on Conversations with God (Neale Donald Walsch)
33. School As a Journey (Torin M. Finser)
34. The Healing Process (Rudolf Steiner, Richard Leviton)
35. The Assault on Reason (Al Gore)
36. Getting Real (Susan Campbell, PhD)
37. The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz)
38. Reiki And The Seven Chakras (Richard Ellis)
39. Building a Win-Win World (Hazel Henderson)
40. Conscious Evolution (Barbara Marx Hubbard)
41. Diet For A New America (John Robbins)
42. Healing Power of Gems and Stones (V. Rajsushila)
43. The Lightworker's Way (Doreen Virtue)
44. Eating in Light (Doreen Virtue)
45. Divine Magic (Doreen Virtue)
46. Angel Medicine (Doreen Virtue)
47. Earth Angels (Doreen Virtue)
48. You Can Heal Your Life (Louise L. Hay)
49. The Prophet's Way (Thom Hartmann)
50. Empowering Women (Louise L. Hay)
51. Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Byron Katie)
52. Loving What Is (Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell)
53. Sai Baba: The Ultimate Experience (Phyllis Krystal)
54. Cutting the Ties That Bind (Phyllis Krystal)
55. Leben oder gelebt werden (Walter Kohl)
56. Rock What You've Got (Katherine Schwarzenegger)
57. Skillful Grace: Tara Practice for Our Times (Tulku Rinpoche Urgyen, Trulshik Rinpoche Adeu)
58. Raw Family: A True Story of Awakening (Victoria Boutenko)
59. Raw Fusion (Dr. LindaJoy Rose)
60. Enjoying the Journey (Peace Pilgrim)
61. Raw Food Controversies (Frederic Patenaude)
62. The China Study (T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell II)
63. Spiritual Nutrition (Gabriel Cousens, MD)
64. Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine (Gabriel Cousens, MD)
65. Heal Yourself with Sunlight (Andreas Moritz)
66. The Healing Power of Sunlight & Vitamin D (Dr. Michael Holick, Mike Adams)
67. The Vitam D Solution (Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD)
68. The Most Important Thing (Howard Marks)
69. Peoplequake (Fred Pearce)
70. The Omega Diet (Artemis P. Simopoulos, Jo Robinson)
71. The Crazy Makers (Carol Simontacchi)
72. Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself (Joe Dispenza)
73. Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills (Russell L. Blaylock)
74. Master Reiki Beyond the Training (Denice Davis)
75. The Making of a Reiki Master (Kevin Domanski)
76. Reiki Energy Medicine (Libby Barnett, Maggie Babb)
77. Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide (Pamela Miles)
78. Messages from Water and the Universe (Masaru Emoto)
79. Creating Healthy Children (Karen Ranzi)
80. Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality (Linda E. Savage)
81. Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership: Where Grace Meets Power (Kathe Shaaf, Kay Lindahl, Kathleen S. Hurty, Reveredn Guo Cheen)
82. The Subtle Body (Cyndi Dale)
83. Medicine for the Earth (Sandra Ingerman)
84. Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
85. The Intuition Guidebook (Cyndi Dale)
86. The Law of Divine Compensation (Marianne Williamson)
87. Vibrational Medicine (Richard Gerber, MD)
88. The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus (Florian Ebeling)
89. The 8th Chakra (Jude Currivan)
90. Creating on Purpose (Anodea Judith, PhD, Lion Goodman)
91. Mucusless Diet Healing System (Arnold Ehret)
92. Madly in Love with ME (Christine Arylo)
93. Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts (Regena Thomashauer)
94. Crystal Grids (Hibiscus Moon)
95. The War of Art (Steven Pressfield)
96. Turning Pro (Steven Pressfield)
97. Einstein: His Life and Universe (Walter Isaacson)
98. Matter and Consciousness (Paul M. Churchland)
99. Dreams Come True... All They Need is You (Mike Dooley)
100. Resurrecting Venus (Cynthia Occelli)
101. Everyday Clairvoyant (Cyndi Dale)
102. Advanced Yoga Practices (Yogani)
103. The Healing Power of Water (Masaru Emoto)
104. The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
105. Losing Your Pounds of Pain (Doreen Virtue)
106. Optimal Healing: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine (Patricia Tsang, MD)
107. The Way of the Fertile Soul (Randine Lewis)
108. How to See Yourself As You Really Are (The Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD)
109. Becoming Enlightened (The Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD)
110. The Witch of Portobello (Paolo Coelho)
111. Heal Your Face (Markus Rothkranz)
112. Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People (Jennifer Cornbleet)
113. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari (Robin Sharma)
114. Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
115. Heal Yourself 101 (Markus Rothkranz)
116. Quantum (Manjit Kumar)
117. The Raw Food Detox Diet (Natalia Rose)
118. The Kingdom of God is Within You (Leo Tolstoy)
119. The Master And Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
120. Instructions for a New Life (Markus Rothkranz)
121. Cure Tooth Decay (Ramiel Nagel)
122. Inside Poop (Scott W. Webb)
123. I Promise Myself (Patricia Lynn Reillu)
124. Reconnecting the Love Energy (Phyllis Krystal)
125. The Complete Book of Chakra Healing (Cyndi Dale)
126. Zero Limits (Joe Vitale, Ihaleakala Hew Len)
127. Whole Body Dentistry (Mark A. Breiner)
128. The Live Food Factor (Susan Schenk, Victoria BidWell)
129. The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight (Thom Hartmann)
130. Committed (Elizabeth Gilbert)
131. When Everything Changes, Change Everything (Neale Donald Walsch)
132. To Bless the Space Between Us (John O'Donohue)
133. Am I Bipolar Or Waking Up? (Sean Blackwell)
134. Top Ten Healing Stones of All Time (Shelley Kaehr)
135. Angel Numbers 101 (Doreen Virtue)
136. Naked Singularity (DreamingBear Baraka Kanaan)
137. Ishmael: An Adventre of the Mind and Spirit (Daniel Quinn)
138. Invoking Lakshmi (Constantina Rhodes)
139. Enlightened Indigo Child (Idelle Brand, Diandra Brand)
140. The Subject Tonight is Love (Hafiz)
141. Green For Life (Victoria Boutenko)
142. Still Surprised (Warren Bennis)
143. On Becoming A Leader (Warren Bennis)
144. The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership (Steven B. Sample)
145. 12 Steps to Raw Foods (Victoria Boutenko)
146. Living Foods for Optimum Health (Theresa Foy Digeronimo, Brian R. Clement)
147. The Natural & Hygienic Care of Children (John L. Fielder)
148. Superfoods (David Wolfe)
149. The New Market Wizards (Jack D. Schwager)
150. Concerning Christian Liberty (Martin Luther)
151. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
152. An Autobiography (Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mahadev Desai)
153. Inside the House of Money (Steven Drobny)
154. Trading Strategies for Capital Markets (Joseph Benning)
155. The Streetsmart Guide to Shortselling (Tom Taulli)
156. No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller (Harry Markopolos, the Madoff Whistleblower)
157. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Edwin Lefèvre, Jon D. Markman)
158. Jimmy Stewart is Dead: Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking (Laurence J. Kotlikoff)
159. Food, Inc. (Peter Pringle)
160. Obama's Wars (Bob Woodward)
161. Pythagoras: His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational Universe (Kitty Ferguson)
162. All About Dividend Investing, 2nd Edition (Don Schreiber)
163. God's Undertaker (John Lennox)
164. Einstein - Einblicke in seine Gedankenwelt (Alexander Moszkowski)
165. Food Crash (Felix zu Löwenstein)
166. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Simon Sinek)
167. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Sheryl Sandberg)
168. Born to Run (Christopher McDougall)
169. No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs (Dan S. Kennedy)
170. Vertiefe & erweitere Dein Bewusstsein... (Alexander Gottwald)
171. King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackrock (David Carey, John E. Morris)
172. The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham)
173. The Health Seekers' Yearbook (Victoria BidWell, Vivian V. Vetrano)
174. Brown Bag Well & Stay Well (Victoria BidWell)
175. Gorbachev (Mikhail Gorbachev, George Shriver)
176. Tearing The Silence: Being German in America (Hegi, Ursula)
177. From Sabotage To Success: How to Overcome Self-Defeating Behavior and Reach Your True Potential (Sheri O. Zampelli)
178. Daughters of Another Path: Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam (Carol Anway)
179. In Search of Islamic Feminism (Elizabeth Warnock Fernea)
180. America's Boy: A Century of Colonialism in the Phillipines (James Hamilton-Paterson)
181. Receiving Prosperity (Louise L. Hay)
182. Self-Healing (Louise L. Hay)
183. Mind over Medicine (Lissa M. Rankin, MD)
184. Light Medicine of the Future: How We Can Use It To Heal Ourselves (Jacob Liberman)
185. The Magdalen Manuscript: The Alchemies of Horus and the Sex Magic of Isis
186. Entering The Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul's Purpose (Caroline Myss)
187. Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential (Caroline Myss)
188. The Science of Medical Intuition: Self-Diagnosis and Healing with Your Body's Energy Systems (Caroline Myss, Norman Shealy)
189. Attracting Your Perfect Body Through The Chakras (Cyndi Dale)
190. Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything (Geneen Roth)
191. Raw Food Life Force Energy: Enter a Totally New Stratosphere of Weight Loss, Beauty and Health (Natalia Rose)
192. Dividends and Dividend Policy (H. Kent Baker)
193. Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm (Nicole Daedone)
194. Detox For Women: An All New Approach for A Sleek Body and Radiant Beauty in 4 Weeks (Natalia Rose)
195. Wild Yam: Nature's Progesteron (Woodland Health)
196. The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Howard Marks)
197. Bad News: How America's Business Press Missed The Story of The Century (Anya Schiffrin)
198. Luna Yoga: Yoga mit den Mondphasen (Adelheid Ohlig)
199. Was es bedeutet, gesund zu sein: Philosophie der Medizin (Klaus Michael Mayer-Abich)
200. Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein (Paul Watzlawick)
201. Vom Unsinn des Sinns oder vom Sinn des Unsinns (Paul Watzlawick)
202. Die Gesellschaft 2015: Eine Anleitung zur Bildung einer neuen Gesellschaft in der 5. Dimension (Christoph Fasching)
203. Der Schein des Mondes auf dem Wasser: TCM für Frauen (Zhao Xiaolan)
204. Die vergessene Generation: Kriegskinder brechen ihr Schweigen (Sabine Bode)
205. Kriegsenkel: Die Erben der vergessenen Generation (Sabine Bode)
206. This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Follies (Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff)
207. Brief an mein Leben: Erfahrungen mit einem Burnout (Miriam Meckel)
208. Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free (Ellen Hodgson Brown)
209. Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness (Richard Thaler, Cass Sunstein)
210. Enough (John Naish)
211. What They Teach You at Harvard Business School (Philip Delves Broughton)
212. The Age of Turbulence, Adventures in a New World (Alan Greenspan)
213. Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls (Noel M. Tichy, Warren G. Bennis)
214. French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure (Mireille Guiliano)
215. The Economics of Inflation (Constantino Bresciani)
216. The Demise of the Dollar, and Why It's Great for Your Investments (Addison Wiggin)
217. Die etwas gelassenere Art, sich durchzusetzen (Barbara Berckhan)
218. Ich stehe nicht mehr zur Verfügung (Olaf Jacobsen)
219. Der entgrenzte Mensch: Warum ein Leben ohne Grenzen nicht frei sondern abhängig macht (Rainer Funk)
220. Mr. Tompkins in Paperback (George Gamov)
221. Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving (Charles Muir, Caroline Muir)
222. Das  Buch der Weiblichkeit (Joan Borysenko)

Movies & YouTube Clips to Watch

1. What Dreams May Come
2. Avatar
3. The Matrix (all of them, but especially the first)
4. The Thirteenth Floor
5. Dr. Zhivago
6. High Society
7. Mary Poppins
8. John of God
9. Good Will Hunting
10. A Beautiful Mind
11. All Indiana Jones movies
12. Gattaca
13. Email for You
14. Nell
15. The God Code
16. Biology of Belief
17. The Role of The Heart in The Law of Attraction
18. Bruce Almighty
19. Dead Poets' Society
20. The Neverending Story
21. Momo
22. Fantasia
23. Hamlet (Sir Laurence Olivier's version, and the one by and with Kenneth Branagh)
24. Kate & Leopold
25. The Princess and The Frog
26. Cinderella
27. The Sleeping Beauty
28. Imagine That
29. PBS Nova - Einstein's Big Idea
30. The Wizard Of OZ
31. Eye of The Dolphin
32. Wag The Dog
33. Hook
34. Happy Feet
35. Jumanji
36. Beings
37. The Host
38. Mrs. Doubtfire
39. Away From Her
40. You Can Heal Your Life - The Movie
41. Einstein's Dream (1-3)
42. Consciousness - The Final Frontier
43. Water
44. Marco Tempest: The Electric Rise And Fall of Nikola Tesla