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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness,
- J. Kabat-Zinn (1990)
A comprehensive approach based on a nationally renowned model integrative mind-body treatment program.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity,
- D. Allen (2000)
David Allen has figured out a system for helping us manage the overwhelming number of projects and details of our live so that we don't feel stressed and overwhelmed.

Healing Mind, Healthy Woman: Using the Mind-Body Connection to Manage Stress and Take Control of Your Life,
- A. Domar & H. Dreher (1996)
A very practical book based on empirical research on mind-body techniques for women. In addition to several chapters on stress management techniques, it includes chapters on specific women's health conditions such as miscarriage and menopause.

Office Yoga; Simple Stretches for Busy People,
- D. Zeer (2000)
A fun introductory little book, nicely illustrated.

Time Shifting: Creating More Time to Enjoy Your Life,
- S. Rechtschaffen (1996)
Not traditional time management but a new way of orienting ourselves toward time.

Wherever You Go, There You Are,
- J. Kabat-Zinn (1994)
Whatever you think of the title, the book offers a usable approach to what might be called a meditative approach to life.

Relationships

Breaking Apart: A Memoir of Divorce,
- W. Swallow (2001)
A poignant, well-written account that thoughtfully reflects on the loss of a marriage without bitterness.

How to Get Married After 35: A Game Plan for Love,
- H. Rosenberg (1998)

Seven Principles for Making Your Marriage Work,
- J. Gottman & N. Silver (1999)
The pre-eminent marriage researcher offers his findings, for a lay audience, on the behaviors that characterize successful relationships.

Work

Getting it Right: How Working Mothers Successfully Take Up the Challenge of Life, Family and Career,
L. Zappert (2001)
Based on interviews with numerous professional mothers, the book offers practical solutions to many of the dilemmas professional women face as mothers.

Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules,
- Mona Harrington (1994)
A fascinating, well-written account of the challenges that women in law continue to face, and how they address them. Based on interviews with over 100 women lawyers, who are quoted extensively, the book includes chapters on such topics as fathers and bodies.

Practice Development

Building Your Ideal Private Practice,
- Lynn Grodzki
Written by a mental health professional, for mental health and related professionals, this book helps those who value "service" develop an entrepeneurial mindset without compromising their values.

Million Dollar Consulting,
- Alan Weiss
Those of us in the service professions can learn from those with a business background. This well-regarded book offers business-wise advice on practice development.

Related readings

Imperfect Control,
- J. Viorst (1998)
A reminder that for all our preoccupation with control, control is essentially an illusion.

Necessary Losses,
- J. Viorst (1986)
About the psychological value of the various inevitable losses we experience. Judith Viorst is fundamentally wise.

Miss Manners' Basic Training: The Right Thing to Say,
- Judith Martin (1998)

Don't expect Emily Post. Miss Manners teaches polite assertiveness. She appreciates that technology and relationships in the modern age are complex, and helps us navigate it all graciously. She takes civility seriously, but she doesn't take herself too seriously.

Poetry Speaks,
- Edited by Elise Paschen and Rebekah Presson Mosby
This extraordinary anthology includes not only print versions of a wide range of poets, but a recordeing of the poets themselves reading their own work.