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*BOOKS / ARTICLES PRINTED IN RED ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*

THIS LIST WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY AS NEW AND AMAZING BOOKS BECOME KNOWN TO ME - I READ A LOT.

BOOKS RELATING TO ADOLESCENCE & AMAZING Lyfe RESOURCES

Assagioli, R. (1973) The Act of Will. New York, London, Auckland, Ontario, Victoria: Penguin
Assagioli, R.(1991) Transpersonal Development: The Dimension Beyond Psychosynthesis. London: Harper Collins.
Covey, S. (1998) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. New York: Fireside – Simon & Schuster Inc.
Csikszentmihalyi, M., Rathunde, K., & Whalen, K. (1993) Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Diener, E., (2005) Guidelines for National Indicators of Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being. University of Illinois, funded by Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Engler, J. (1984) Therapeutic Aims in Psychotherapy and Meditation: Developmental stages in the Representation of self. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. Vol 16. No.1.
Erikson, E.H. (1959) Identity and the Life Cycle New York; London: WH Norton & Company
Ferrucci, P. (1990) What we May Be – The Vision and Techniques of Psychosynthesis. London: Harper Collins
Fontana, D. & Slack, I. (1997) Teaching Meditation to Children – A practical guide to the use and benefits of meditation techniques. Shaftesbury; Rockport; Victoria: Element Books
Frankl, V.E. (2004) Man’s Search for Meaning. London: Rider.
Larson, R.W. (2000) Toward a Psychology of Positive Youth Development. American Psychologist
Vol. 55 No. 1 p170-183
Lyubomirsky, S., King, L., & Diener, E. (2005) The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success? Psychological Bulletin. Vol. 131No. 6, p803-855
Murcock, M. H,. (1978) Meditation with young Children Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
Vol. 10 No. 1
Petersen, A.C. & Hamburg, B.A. (1986) Adolescence: A developmental approach to problems and psychopathology. Behavior Therapy. Vol. 17, Issue 5, November 1986, Pages 480-499
Petrides, K. V., Fredrickson, N., Furnham, A. (2002). The Role of trait emotional intelligence in academic performance and deviant behaviour in school. Personality and Individual Differences 36(2004) p277-293
Rice, K.G., Herman, M.A., & Petersen, A.C. Coping with challenge in adolescence: a conceptual model and psycho-educational intervention. Journal of Adolescence, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 1993, Pages 235-251
Rosenberg, M. (1965) Self-Esteem scale. Society and the Adolescent Self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Smith, P.K., Cowie, H., Blades, M. (2003) Understanding Children’s Development: Fourth Edition Malden; Oxford; Victoria: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
SEAL resource (2003) – Appendix 1: The Knowledge, skills and understanding developed by the SEAL resource. teachers’ resource for social and emotional learning, downloaded from the world wide web at, GO
Walsh, R. N (1979). Meditation Research: An introduction and Review. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology Vol 11 No. 2
Washburn, M. (2003) Embodied Spirituality in a Sacred World. New York: State University of New York Press Albany
Welwood, J. (1977) Meditation and the Unconscious: A new perspective. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. Vol. 9 No. 1. downloaded from the world wide web June 2007 at http://www.atpweb.org/jtparchive/trps-09-77-01-001.pdf
Welwood, J. (2000) Towards a Psychology of Awakening – Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the path of personal and spiritual transformation Massachusetts:Shambhala
Whitmore, D. (1986) Psychosynthesis in Education – A guide to the joy of learning. Northamptonshire: Turnstone p156-164
Zukav, G., Francis, L. (2001) The Heart of the Soul – Emotional Awareness. New York: Simon & Schuster.

GREAT BOOKS / ARTICLES ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS (AND OTHER HARD TO GRAPS BRAIN TEASERS) FOR THE (BRAVE OR) SCIENTIFICALLY MINDED.

Harman, W.W. (1993) Towards an Adequate Epistemology for the Scientific Exploration of Consciousness. Journal of Scientific Exploration. 7, 2. p133-143
Lancaster, B. L. (2004) Approaches to Consciousness: The Marriage of Science and Mysticism. Basingstoke, Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Singer, M. (2001) Unbounded Consciousness: Qualia , Mind and Self. London: Free Association Books p98-125
Sheldrake, R., McKenna, T., Abraham, R. (1992) Chaos, Creativity and Cosmic Consciousness. Vermont: Park Street Press
Tart, C. (2000) States of Consciousness Lincoln: iUniverse.com,inc
Tolle, Eckhart. (2005) 'A New Earth: Awakening to your life's purpose' Published by Penguin Books
Zukav,G. (1979) The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An overview of the New Physics. UK Rider & Co. London, Sydney, Auckland, Parktown, Random House p212, 256, 274

BOOKS / ARTICLES RELATING TO TRANSPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & PSYCHOLOGY

Assagioli, R. (1973) The Act of Will. New York, London, Auckland, Ontario, Victoria: Penguin
Assagioli, R.(1991) Transpersonal Development: The Dimension Beyond Psychosynthesis. London: Harper Collins
Braud, W. (2001) Experiencing Tears of Wonder-Joy: Seeing with the Heart’s eye.
The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 2001, Vol.33 No. 2 P99-111 This is a fantastic journal
Clarke, C. (Ed) 2005 Ways of Knowing: Science and Mysticism today. Exeter: Imprint Academic
Daniels, M. (2005). Shadow, Self, Spirit: Essays in Transpersonal Psychology.
Exeter: Imprint Academic.
Ferrer, J.N. Ramon V. Albareda, and Marina T. Romero (n.d.)
Embodied Participation in the Mystery: Implications for the Individual, Interpersonal Relationships, and Society Retrieved 27 November 2006 on the world wide web: www.estel.es/EmbodiedParticipationInTheMystery,%201espace.doc
Ferrer, J.N (2003) Integral transformative practice: A Participatory perspective. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 35(1): 21-42
Retrieved on the world wide web 28 November 2006: www.integralworld.net/ferrer.html
Ferrer, J.N. (2002) Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality. New York: State University of New York Press. P29
Ferrer, J.N (2000)The Perennial Philosophy Revisited. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 2000 Vol. 32, No.1 p7-30
Ferrucci, P. (1990) What we May Be – The Vision and Techniques of Psychosynthesis. London: Harper Collins
Fontana, D. (2006) Lecture at LJMU 29/11/06 on Meditation.
Forman, R. (2004) Grassroots Spirituality: What it is, Why it is here, Where it is going. Exeter, Charlottesville: Imprint Academic
Rothberg, D. (1986) Philosophical Foundations of Transpersonal Psychology: An Introduction to some basic issues. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology Vol 18. No1 1986 p1-25.
Walsh, R. and Vaughan, F ((1993) Paths Beyond Ego: the Transpersonal Vision. New York: Putnam. p171
Zukav, G. (1990) The Seat of the Soul. London: Rider & Co Random House
Zukav, G. (2001) The Heart of the Soul. New York: Simon & Schuster
Zukav, G. (2003) The Mind of the Soul. New York: Simon & Schuster

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