Women Who Run With The Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

Author: Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D.
Released: 1989
About the book: In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Estes uses multicultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories chosen from over twenty years of research that help women reconnect with the healthy, instinctual, visionary attributes of the Wild Woman archetype. Dr. Estes collects the bones of many stories, looking for the archetypal motifs that set a woman’s inner life into motion.
Isabel read it on… Unknown
Isabel’s opinion: “From my top 10 favorite list. Goldmine.” & “I’ve treasured it for over a decade. Has anyone else fallen in love with it too? I was recently reminded by the glorious Clarissa Pinkola Estes, ‘One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.'”
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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

Author: Elaine N. Aron
Released: January 1, 1996
About the book: Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Are you “too shy” or “too sensitive” according to others? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? If your answers are yes, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Drawing on many years of research and hundreds on interviews, The Highly Sensitive Person will change the way you see yourself—and the world around you
Isabel read it in… 2014
Isabel’s opinion: “Curled up and cosy, feeing thankful for the vital insights I’m reading in this book.” She further quoted Philip G. Zimbardo’s words: “Elaine Aron’s perceptive analysis of this fundamental dimension of human nature is must reading. Her balanced presentation suggests new paths for making sensitivity a blessing, not a handicap.”
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

Author: Eckhart Tolle
Released: October 6, 2005
Plot: With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived “in the now.” In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.
Isabel read it on… Unknown
Isabel’s opinion: “Friends, do yourself a favor and pop into a second hand book store or just nick it from a forgiving friend – find yourself a copy of this brilliant book. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. I should’ve been asleep hours ago but it’s the bees-knees, I’m reading it for the second time.”
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Released: April 18, 2017
Plot: The book describes solutions arranged in order by broad categories: energy, food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, materials, and “coming attractions”. The book provides a list of 100 potential solutions and ranks them by the potential amount of greenhouse gases each could cut, with cost estimates and short descriptions.[
Isabel read it on… Unknown
Isabel’s opinion: On September 19, 2018, Isabel recommended several things one can do to in order to help tackle the issues we are currently facing with climate change. One of her tips was to “buy Paul Hawken’s book “Drawdown” it outlines the top ways of reducing carbon pollution and regenerating the Earth”. You can read all her recommendations here.
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