The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron
This is
not a new book, but it as excellent book to help you find yourself, get to know
what is really on your mind, and open up new ways of looking at the world. It
comes out of Julia Cameron's work with "blocked creatives."
A Time of Our Own: In Celebration of Women over Sixty - Elinor
Miller Greenberg and Fay Wadsworth Whitney
I like
reading books about this time of my life by women like myself. Here is an
excellent, readable book that has plenty of stories AND a dose of statistics to
back up what they heard.
Thinkertoys - Michael Michalko
A
terrific book for myriad creative ways of looking at a problem - work or
personal. Not to be read straight through, but to be read first to find what
ideas speak to you. It is a handbook or encyclopedia of creative thinking
Strengths Finder 2.0 - Tom Rath
This
book comes with a unique code to take an online assessment of 177 multiple
choice questions to find your personal strengths. This is very useful
information as you are exploring the next phase of your life. I found the
assessment and the explanations to be accurate.
For My Next Act - Karen Barr
An interesting exploration of life's changes and choices for Women of a
Certain Age. The impetus for the book was Karen's divorce, but it is not a
traditional "post divorce" book. The stories of 36 women weave through
the text and remind us of the possibilities that await if we but take the first
step.
