I love reading. It's a special feeling to open a good book, sip a cup of tea, and spend quality, intimate time with a great mind. A good book teaches you about life, opens your mind and your heart, and inspires you to learn and grow...

Here are some of the great books I've read on health, healing, menstruation, and personal growth. I hope you'll find them helpful on your journey. And if you have a wonderful book to recommend, which is not on my list, please leave a comment and share it with the rest of us!

Dr. Christiane Northrup’s Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom powerfully demonstrates that when women change the basic conditions of their lives that lead to health problems, they heal faster, more completely, and with far fewer medical interventions. DETAILS...

In Her Blood is Gold, Laura Owen explores interesting ways women can get in touch with their menstrual cycles, and heal physically, emotionally and spiritually. DETAILS...

The Red Tent is the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and even illness. Like the conversations and mysteries held within this feminine tent, this sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider's look at the daily life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only daughter, Dinah. DETAILS...

Healing Love through the Tao reveals the traditional Taoist practices that enable women to cultivate and enhance their sexual energy by transforming it into creative power, healing power, and spiritual power. DETAILS...

In Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts, Regena Thomashauer teaches the lost "womanly arts" of identifying your desires, having fun no matter where you are, knowing sensual pleasure, befriending your inner bitch, flirting (in a way that makes your day, not just his), and more -- because making pleasure your priority can actually help you reach your goals. DETAILS...

In Luna Yoga, Adelheid Ohlig shares simple yoga poses that help increase fertility, induce menstruation, alleviate menstrual problems, and heal severe pelvic problems - in her own case, class 5 cervical cancer. DETAILS...

In The Psychology of Romantic Love, distinguished psychologist Dr. Nathaniel Branden offers us a new understanding of the meaning of romantic love--what love is and what it depends on for fulfillment. He reveals romantic love to be a pathway not only to extraordinary joy but also to profound self-discovery. DETAILS...

The Power of Full Engagement reveals that managing energy, not time, is the key to enduring high performance as well as to health, happiness, and life balance. Their Full Engagement Training System is grounded in twenty-five years of working with great athletes to help them perform more effectively under brutal competitive pressures. DETAILS...

In The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks reveals a simple yet comprehensive program for overcoming our one barrier to happiness and fulfillment, providing a clear path for achieving our true potential and attaining not only financial success but also success in love and life. DETAILS...

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) is the classic manual on the art of living. In 81 short, poetic chapters, the book looks at the basic predicament of being alive and teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao, or the basic principle of the universe. DETAILS...

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Moon Rites: Rituals, Myth and Magic for The Modern Moon Goddess reveals ancient rituals, rites, wisdom and myths surrounding womanhood and sisterhood revisited in a modern context, with space for your own moon journal entries. DETAILS...

In Red Moon, Miranda Gray presents a detailed exploration of the spiritual and emotional wisdom of the menstrual cycle, as originates from ancient cultures all over the world. This book is a must-read for any woman who is interested in discovering the deeper meaning of menstruation as it relates to all aspects of her self and her life. DETAILS...