Here are some books that we encourage our coaches and clients to consider if they want to deepen their knowledge of the Integral Approach:

Integral and Spiral

A Theory of Everything. Ken Wilber, Shambala, 2000

Boomeritis. Ken Wilber, Shambala, 2002

Kosmic Consciousness. Ken Wilber, Sounds True, 2003 (10 CD set)

Spiral Dynamics. Don Beck & Chris Cowan, Blackwell Business, 1996

Emotions

A General Theory of Love. Thomas Lewis, M.D. et al, Vintage, 2000

Radical Honesty. Brad Blanton, Dell, 1996

Molecules of Emotion. Candance B. Pert, Ph.D., Scribner, 1997

Language

How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work. Kegan & Lahey, Jossey-Bass, 2002

Language and the Pursuit of Hapiness. Chalmers Brothers, New Possibilities Press, 2004

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. Douglas Stone et al, Penguin, 1999

Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success One Conversation at a Time. Susan Scott, Berkeley, 2002

Organization

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Patrick Lencioni, Jossey-Bass, 2002

Poetry

The Heart Aroused. David Whyte, Doubleday, 1994

Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work As a Pilgrimage of Identity. David Whyte, Riverhead Books, 2001

Good Poems. Garrison Kellior, Penguin, 2002

Ten Poems to Set You Free. Roger Housden, Harmony, 2003 (see also, Ten Poems to Change Your Life)

General Interest

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, 2005

The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence. Deepak Chopra, Harmony, 2003

The Curious Indcident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Mark Haddon, Vintage, 2004 (A rare example of a novel that is very absorbing, and is written entirely using assertions.)

The Spell of the Sensuous. David Abram, Vintage Books, 1997

Loving What Is. Byron Katie, Three Rivers Press, 2002

Radical Acceptance. Tara Brach, Ph.D., Bantam Books, 2003

Collapse: How Societies Chose to Fail or Succeed. Jared Diamond, Viking, 2004

Guns, Germs, and Steel. Jared Diamond, Norton, 1999

The Passion of the Western Mind. Richard Tarnas, Ballantine Books, 1991

The Anatomy of Change. Richard Strozzi Heckler, North Atlantic Books, 1991

Holding the Center: Sanctuary in a Time of Confusion. Richard Strozzi Heckler, Frog, Ltd., 1997

Artful Work: Awakening Joy, Meaning, and Committment in the Workplace. Dick Richards, Berkley Book, 1997

The Artist's Way: A Spirtitual Path to Higher Creativity. Julia Cameron, Tarcher/Putnam, 1992

Awakening the Giant Within. Anthony Robbins, Fireside/Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1991

The Call. David Spangler, Riverhead Books, 1996

Call to Connection: Bringing Sacred Tribal Values to Modern Life. Carol Kammen and Jodi Gold, Commune-A-Key Publishing, 1998

Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow. Marsh Sinetar, Dell Trade, 1987

The Consultant's Calling: Bringing Who You Are to What You Do. Geoffrey M. Bellman, Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1990

Crazy Wisdom: A Provocative Romp Through the Philosophies of East and West. Wes Nisker, Ten Speed Press, 1990

L'Ennéagramme. Eric Salmon and Lizbeth Robinson, Bernet-Danilo, 1996

The Eneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate Business Relationships. Helen Palmer, Harper, 1995

The Essential Rumi. Coleman Barks, Harper, 1995

The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. Peter M. Senge, Currency Doubleday, 1990

The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary. Angeles Arrien, Harper Collins, 1993

He: Understanding Masculine Psychology. Robert A. Johnson, Harper and Row, 1989

The Heart Aroused: Poetry and Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America. David Whyte, Currency Doubleday, 1994

How to Find the Work You Like. Laurence G. Boldt, Penguin/ Arkana, 1996

Job Shift: How to Prosper in a Workplace Without Jobs. William Bridges, Addison Wesley, 1994

Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood. Claude Whitmyer, Parallax Press, 1994

The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh, Beacon Press, 1976

Money and the Meaning of Life. Jacob Needleman, Currency Doubleday, 1993

P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote She Saved the Best for Last. H.Jackson Brown, Jr., Rutledge Hill Press, 1993

Reawakening the Spirit in Work. Jack Hawley, Fireside, 1993

The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time. Matthew Fox, Harper Collins, 1994

She: Understanding Feminine Psychology. Robert A. Johnson, Harper and Row, 1989

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Thomas S. Kuhn, The University of Chicago Press, 1970

What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Guide for Job Hunters and Career Changers. Richard Nelson Bolles, Ten Speed Press, 1998