Gloria Burgess, '75, MA'77
Dare to Wear Your Soul on the Outside, Jossey-Bass, 2008.
The book: In this book, the author uses the story of her father's relationship with William Faulkner as a starting point to explore a classic topic: how to bring forth the character qualities of love, wisdom, trust, faith, gratitude, creative action, vision and integrity. She declares the sacred promises of legacy living as part of a transformational process that helps us connect to our past by honoring those who came before us, living with intention in the present and freeing our talents so we can realize our potential. The book also includes exercises for fostering greater authenticity and purpose in our lives.
The author: Gloria J. Burgess is an international speaker, corporate consultant and executive coach. She is the founder and principal of Jazz, Inc., a professional consulting and coaching firm for corporations and individuals.
Mary Lore, '79
Managing Thought: How Do Your Thoughts Rule Your World?, Nelson Publishing & Marketing, 2008.
The book: The keys to success in work and in life are the same: self-awareness, self-mastery and being on purpose. Without these, you’ll experience the same things over and over, both personally and professionally. This book gives you the tools to banish habitual, counterproductive thinking to change your way of life and the way you conduct business so you can achieve what’s important to you. You'll learn to identify thoughts not consistent with the results you intend; identify thoughts that waste your time, energy and money; and shape your thoughts to achieve clarity of purpose and sharp focus and to overcome obstacles.
The author: Mary Lore is the founder and CEO of Managing Thought, a consultancy that works with CEOs and senior management. She is also an executive management consultant and mentor, and serves as a chair for TEC, an international organization for the personal and professional development of CEOs. She has appeared numerous times on television and radio and in magazines.
Web site: www.managingthought.com
Michelle J. Alpert, '87, MD'91, and Saul Wisnia
Spinal Cord Injury and the Family, Harvard University Press, 2008.
The book: The authors cover the causes of and prognosis for spinal cord injury through case studies, review common courses of rehabilitation and answer the "what now?" questions—from daily routines to larger issues concerning sex, education and employment, childbearing and parenting with spinal cord injury. Rich in clinical information and practical advice, the book shows how real patients and their families are living full lives after spinal cord injury.
The author: Michelle J. Alpert is director of rehabilitation medicine at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center and clinical instructor in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. She was the founder and first director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
Claire Michaels Wheeler, '99
10 Simple Solutions to Stress: How to Tame Tension and Start Enjoying Your Life, New Harbinger Publications, 2007.
The book: Stress. We know it can shorten our lives, age us prematurely and make us fat—yet we can't seem to escape it. We also know that, ultimately, we're the only ones who can stop stress from taking over our lives. This book offers 10 solutions based on positive psychology, mind-body medicine and cognitive behavioral therapy that you can put into practice immediately to reduce stress. These practices and stress-rescue techniques will help you cope effectively with stressful moments throughout your day. Try them and you'll start to enjoy better health and a balanced, more fulfilling life.
The author: Claire Michaels Wheeler lives in Portland, Oregon, and is a faculty member of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC, founder of Mind-Body Medicine of Portland and an assistant professor at Portland State University’s School of Community Health. Her work is guided by a fascination with the relationships between psychological processes (thought, emotion) and physiology.
Web site: www.stresshappiness.com/index.php
Lenore Terr, MD'61, MDRES'66
Magical Moments of Change: How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around, WW Norton & Co., 2007.
The book: A 15-year journey between the author and a seriously abused young patient takes us step-by-step through the miraculous ways children change. Terr also calls upon 33 of America’s top child and adolescent psychiatrists to share key moments of dramatic change that they witnessed in their own patients and to explain how these moments came about. The moments of change that Terr describes provide anyone who works with or cares for children valuable insights into just what can trigger a transformation. We are left with a deeper understanding of the mechanics of youthful change as well as a more confident approach to inducing turnabouts in our own children.
The author: Lenore Terr, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and a psychiatrist in private practice, is a pioneer in the field of childhood trauma. The winner of numerous honors and awards, she is the author of "Too Scared to Cry" and "Unchained Memories." She also has been a featured expert on many television and radio programs.
H. Robert Silverstein, '61 with Tom Monte
Maximum Healing: Improve Your Immune System and Optimize Your Natural Ability to Heal, iUniverse, 2007.
The book: If you suffer from allergies, asthma, high blood pressure or cholesterol, cancer, chronic fatigue, headaches, heart disease, joint pain, skin disorders or rheumatoid arthritis, this may be the most important book you will ever read. Inspiring case histories demonstrate successful treatment and prevention of these and many other illnesses.
The author: H. Robert Silverstein is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. His approach to medicine is holistic, patient empowering and inclusive of complementary alternative integrative medicine.
Web site: www.thepmc.org
Doug Meckelson and Diane Haithman, '79
The Elder Wisdom Circle Guide for a Meaningful Life: Seniors Across America Offer Advice to the Next Generations, Plume, 2007.
The book: American seniors today seek to live more fulfilling lives than previous generations—whether by volunteering for political causes, sightseeing around the globe—or doling out advice in cyberspace. The Elder Wisdom Circle, via its Web site, puts advice seekers in touch with a network of "cyber-grandparents" who offer assistance on everything from love and relationships to family and work. In this book, founder Doug Meckelson with Diane Haithman shares a collection of sage wisdom on an array of life’s most universal and provocative questions.
The author: Diane Haithman is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, covering fine arts. She has served as writer-in-residence at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. Before joining the Times, she was West Coast bureau chief and Hollywood columnist for the Detroit Free Press, based in Los Angeles.
Geraldine Markel, '59, MA'65, PhD'74
Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction: Proven Strategies to Increase Productivity and Decrease Stress, Managing Your Mind, 2007.
The book: A handy job aid or reference, this booklet explains how to combat the competing forces that destroy focus and energy at work and at home. It is designed to arm employees and family managers with simple, yet powerful strategies to defeat common distractions, labeled demons, that interrupt your flow of attention and psychic energy.
The author: Educational Psychologist Geri Markel is co-author of several books applying behavioral research to productivity. She works as a performance coach, speaker and consultant in business, industry, health care and education. Her client list includes the U-M School of Dentistry, Pfizer, Ford Motor Company and Domino’s Pizza.
Web site: www.managingyourmind.com/
Jorge E. Chavarro, Walter C. Willet, MD'70, and Patrick J. Skerrett
The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation & Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
The book: Can diet and exercise affect your ability to get pregnant? As described in this book, 10 changes in diet and activity can have profound effects on fertility. The Nurses' Health Study examined the effects of diet and other lifestyle changes on fertility among nearly 20,000 female nurses. In plain language, two of the study's lead researchers translate its findings into changes you can put into practice today, setting the stage for a healthy pregnancy and forming the foundation for an eating strategy that will serve you well for the rest of your life.
The author: Walter C. Willett is the Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and chairman of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is one of the leaders of the Nurses' Health Study and the author of "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy."
Dale Boesky, '51, MD'54, MDRES'60
Psychoanalytic Disagreements in Context, Jason Aronson, 2008.
The book: Contemporary psychoanalysts are eclectic and believe they use the best ideas from each of numerous competing theoretic models. However, there is confusion and controversy about what constitutes "the best." Critical differences between these theories are about inferences concerning the disguised meaning of what patients tell us. There can be no meaning without context, but we have never developed a consensus about how we establish context (contextualization). This book offers a number of detailed clinical examples to illustrate how confusion about contextualization serves as the source of some of our most important disagreements.
The author: Dale Boesky is the past editor-in-chief of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly. He is a training and supervising analyst at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute.
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