As we advance on our spiritual journey, it's helpul to progress holistically. So besides using many of the tools provided on this website to learn about your energetic, mental and emotional self, we suggest you undertake a reading plan to increase your knowledge. The books listed below are a short list of ones recommended by Bridget.

The Four Agreements: In this book Don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting agreements that rob people of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform anyone’s life to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.

Love is Letting Go of Fear: With over 1,000,000 copies, this is now the only edition in print of this important bestseller. Based on material from "A Course in Miracles," this book teaches us how to let go of fear and how to remember that our very essence is love. Included are daily exercises that give a direct and effective method to bringing about individual transformation.

Return to Love: Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace. Williamson reveals how we each can become a miracle worker by accepting God and by the expression of love in our daily lives. Whether psychic pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, she shows us how love is a potent force, the key to inner peace, and how by practicing love we can make our own lives more fulfilling while creating a more peaceful and loving world for our children.

The Power of Now: Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language.

Angel Therapy: This book can help you with troubling emotions such as depression, boredom, confusion, and anger; and issues associated with careers, relationships, and family.

Healing with the Angels: A how-to guide that reveals how to work with angels to improve your physical, mental and emotional health.

Love is in the Earth: This book is a wonderful resource for information about crystals. This is a 726 page A-Z encyclopedia where the author discusses various types of crystals (clusters, dendric, gateway, generator, manifestation, obelisk, etc). Then goes on to other sections (acquiring, dedication, cleansing, awakening, charging, programming, meditation, protection, making elixirs, etc). Astrological correspondences and numbers are also provided.

The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children: Doreen explores the psyche of these special kids and offers alternative solutions to Ritalin based on her extensive research and interviews with child-care experts, teachers, parents, and the Indigo Children themselves. Read the accounts of these remarkable children as they explain why they act-out, are aggressive or withdrawn; and what they want from the adults in their lives.

Heal your Body: This book offers positive new thought patterns to replace negative emotions. It includes an alphabetical chart of physical ailments, the probable causes, and healing affirmations to help you eliminate old patterns.

You can Heal your Life: Louise L. Hay, best selling author, is an internationally known leader, her key message is: "If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." The author has a great deal of experience and first hand information to share about healing, including how she cured herself after having been diagnosed as being terminally ill with cancer.

Woman's Worth: With a WOMAN'S WORTH, Marianne Williamson turns her charismatic voice--and the same empowering, spiritually enlightening wisdom that energized her landmark work, A RETURN TO LOVE-- to exploring the crucial role of women in the world today. Drawing deeply and candidly on her own experiences, the author illuminates her thought-provoking positions on such issues as beauty and age, relationships and sex, children and careers, and the reassurance and reassertion of the feminine in a patriarchal society.

Woman who run with the Wolves: Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, and stories, many from her own family, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine.

Opening to Channel: Opening to Channel is a book with a startling message for the millions of curious Americans who are eager to learn more about this fascinating experience. The authors, Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer demonstrate that anyone can become a channel, connect at will with the universal mind, higher self or a spirit guide. This book takes the reader step-by-step into the experience of channeling.

Psychic healing with Spirit Guides and Angels: A step by step guide to hands on and psychic healing. This comprehensive book presents a complete program for healing yourself, healing others and healing the earth. It includes healing concepts such as Soul retrieval, distance healing, kunalini and hara lines and healing karma and past lives.

Essential Reiki: Reiki is the ancient system of laying on of hands derived from Tibetan Buddhism. Transmitted by attunements from healer to healer, Reiki techniques have been demystified by Diane Stein, a Reiki master in practice since 1988. The author discusses the three degrees of Reiki and her experiences as a master teacher.

Mastery of Love: In a refreshingly honest investigation of the true nature of love, don Miguel Ruiz brings to light the commonly held fallacies and misplaced expectations about love that permeate most relationships. In the tradition of Carlos Castaneda, he uses inspirational stories to impart the wisdom of three fundamental Toltec masteries (Awareness, Transformation, and Love).

Cards & Decks

Bridget recommends the following Tarot decks, Angel Cards and Inspirational Cards for your growth.

Archangel Oracle Cards: Archangels are very powerful, wise, and loving guides who can motivate and heal you in miraculous ways. This deck of 45 oracle cards by Doreen Virtue will familiarize you with the 15 archangels, give you messages from them, help you to invoke them, and answer some of your important life questions. You’ll learn how to give an accurate archangel reading for yourself and others with the help of the enclosed guidebook.

Messages from your Angels: These beautiful large Angel cards from Doreen Virtue have a wonderful energy. The card meanings appear in alphabetical order according to the angel's name which appears at the top of each card. If you pull certain cards repeatedly, these may be the names of your angels (or angel).

Medicine Cards: Discover the tool that millions of people worldwide are using for guidance, inspiration, and help in finding answers to life's questions. now, revised and expanded to include eight additional cards, this unique and powerful divination system draws upon ancient wisdom and tradition to teach the healing medicine of animals.

Medicine Cards - Just for Today: Hardcover: 44 pages Publisher: Bear & Co (November 1, 1997) ISBN: 1879181460 Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 2.5 x 3.8 inches Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces. Amazon.com Sales Rank in Books

Power Thought Cards: A deck of 64 Affirmation cards from Louise Hay to help you find your inner strength.

Angelic Messenger Cards: Angels, rather than being merely a metaphor for the company of heaven, are actual energy beings, or beings of light that are ever present in our lives. They seek to remind us of our spiritual heritage and to act as teachers, masters and avatars. Whether we believe in Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mohammed or Krishna we are blessed with the presence of angels. These cards from Meredith L. Young will help you tap into their presence.

Healing with the Fairies Oracle Cards: Fairies are nature’s powerful guardian angels, and they can miraculously assist you with your self-esteem, relationships, health, and career. The fairies will help you find new inner strength and confidence, and guide you in treating yourself with greater love and respect. With the help of these 44 oracle cards, you can have a deeply personal relationship with the amazing fairy realm and with the help of the enclosed guidebook, you’ll learn how to give yourself and your loved ones accurate and helpful readings.