Self-Improvement audiobooks
Death and Grieving
By: Marianne Williamson
Narrated by: Marianne Williamson
Length: 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Marianne Williamson uses music, meditation, and prayer to help ease the pain brought on by the death and grieving process. A sense of peace and acceptance will permeate one's being with each listening of this cassette, and the individual will find that he/she is able to deal more effectively with the profound emotions that he/she is experiencing Read more
View audiobookFirst Things First Every Day - Abridged
By: Stephen R. Covey
Narrated by: Various
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that I'm doing what matters most and doing it well?
Does this nagging question haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient? If so, First Things First can help you understand why we so often prioritize things... Read more
Lunch With Krishnamurti
By: Michael Krohnen
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
In his capacity as Krishnamurti's chef, Krohnen became witness to Krishnamurti's daily life, habits and mealtime conversations.ย Krohnen shares with us a rare glimpse into the private life of Krishnamurti, revealing him as a man of rare integrity, the same person in private as in public.ย Krohnen describes Krishnamurti's extraordinary ability to... Read more
View audiobookLearning To Die In Order To Live
By: Stephen Levine
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
We've heard how a close brush with death can make a person suddenly realize what is truly important in life. But do we have to wait until we die to gain the benefits we suspect lie in wait for us? Stephen Levine, who spent a year of his life as if it were his last, says no. It is through actually practicing our dying that we learn how to truly... Read more
View audiobookChange Your Mind - Change The World
By: Nancy Napier
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Do you feel overwhelmed by the problems of the world?ย Do you wish you could do something about some of them, but don't have the time?ย Nancy Napier suggests that changing our thought patterns is a powerful way to begin changing the world.ย "We're all taught to believe that it's reasonable for some people to have and others not to have," she... Read more
View audiobookTransforming Grief
By: Alexandra Kennedy
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Along with grief, the death of a loved one often brings old resentments, regrets and unexpressed love, which can block our emotional growth and negatively impact our relationships. Alexandra Kennedy shows us how, by using imagination and imagery, we can re-create an inner relationship with our loved ones who have passed away. Read more
View audiobookMorning and Evening: Music, Meditation and Prayer
By: Marianne Williamson
Narrated by: Marianne Williamson
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Meditations and prayers to heal the body, mind, and soul. This is a wonderful way to begin and end each day. Read more
View audiobookFinding the Champion Within - Abridged
By: Bruce Jenner
Narrated by: Bruce Jenner
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
If anyone knows what it takes to marshal the power needed to become a champion, Bruce Jenner does. His dramatic decathlon victory earned him a gold medal, a new world record, and America's heart. In Finding The Champion Within, Jenner offers the formula that he developed and lived by to anyone who seeks to harness their maximum potential and to... Read more
View audiobookBen & Jerry's Double-Dip Capitalism - Abridged
By: Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield
Narrated by: Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield
Length: 3 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more
View audiobookFrom Girl To Wise-Woman
By: Joan Borysenko
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Psychologist/biologist Joan Borysenko illuminates the gifts of being female and celebrates the power of the feminine life-cycle, a brand new field of study.ย She shows us, through new research, the path to realizing our unique female gifts, and how to utilize them for a life of extraordinary power. Read more
View audiobookLiving The Creative Life
By: M.C. Richards
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A teacher, poet, painter, writer and potter, Richards has never lacked imagination, which she defines as "singing to a wide invisible audience."ย Her wisdom flows from an intensity, an honesty and a tenderness we don't often find in this world. Read more
View audiobookBread For The Journey
By: Wayne Muller
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Mark Walstrom
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A minister and therapist who has spent the last twenty years working with the homeless, adult children of abuse, and people with life-threatening illness, Wayne Muller has learned that while pain is inevitable, suffering is not.ย A catastrophe often wakes us up to what really matters in life, and the pursuit of more meaning in our lives. Read more
View audiobookDancing With Life
By: Bill T. Jones
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Called today's most daring choreographer by Newsweek, dancer/artist Bill T. Jones is transforming the world of art as we know it.ย He says "I believe an act of creation is a spiritual activity." ย Here he discusses what led him into dance, the formation of his world-renowned dance company, dealing with the loss of his partner (in dance as well... Read more
View audiobookThe Art Of Mindfulness
By: Philip Toshio Sudo
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
If you were to think of integrating the principles ofย Zen Buddhism into music, punk rock would probably not be part of the equation.ย Philip Toshio Sudo, a musician and longtime practitioner of Zen, chose to play punk rockย because "the technique is secondary to the passion and intensity of the performance."ย The type of music you prefer is... Read more
View audiobookConsciousness: What's It All About?
By: Charles Tart
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The science of consciousness and how it is changing, is explored in this dialogue with Charles Tart, a scientist and pioneer in the fields of psychology, parapsychology, dreams and meditation.ย He discusses Eastern wisdom in a way the Western mind readily comprehends.ย The nature of consciousness lies at the heart of it all, for "if we don't... Read more
View audiobookSpiritual Seeds For A Family Garden
By: Phil Catalfo
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
In a heartfelt discussion, Phil Catalfo talks about how we, as parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, can guide our children's spiritual development at a time when we are questioning our own. As we become disenchanted with the all-too-material world in which we live, Catalfo feels we must not only foster our children's spiritual growth, but... Read more
View audiobookUnderlying Answers
By: Andrew Bard Schmookler
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
We all know that life is a terminal condition and yet when we have a close brush with death, it often comes as a big surprise. Andrew Bard Schmookler notes that "a confrontation with death brings us back in touch with what it is that really matters." Read more
View audiobookDeath Is Not The Enemy
By: Christine Longaker
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Since suffering is an inescapable fact of life, Longaker says, "what we need to learn is how to go through suffering, how to bring the experiences of suffering into our spiritual path and purpose, because that is how we can transform it." Facing death--either our own or that of our loved ones--is a part of life; eventually, we are all touched. Read more
View audiobookSynchronicity
By: Vic Mansfield
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Even though synchronicity, the term coined by Carl Jung for meaningful coincidences, has attained some renown, according to Mansfield it is badly misconstrued. Here he discusses what synchronicity is, its parallels with quantum mechanics and perhaps why it shows up in our lives. He draws on his studies in physics and Buddhism, as well as his own... Read more
View audiobookAuthentic Work
By: James Autry
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The world of big business is changing, and a new management ethic is emerging. Autry believes business is about values and relationships, not just the bottom line, and that's why downsizing, lay-offs and cutting benefits are not producing the results corporations hoped for. Read more
View audiobookThe Logic of Intuition
By: Laura Day
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Before you pick up the phone to dial that 900 number for the psychic hot-line, why not consider finding the answer within yourself? Whenever we make a decision, it includes a contribution from our intuitive depths. Whether we call it a hunch, our sixth sense or ESP--we all have it and Day tells us how to use it. Read more
View audiobookBe Who You Are
By: Gangaji
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
After decades of searching, Gangaji found her true self and now assists others in removing obstacles to their own realization of truth to discover "the fullness, the radiance, the boundlessness" of their being. Read more
View audiobookIt's All In Your Mind
By: Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Lama Thondup draws on his early childhood in Tibet traveling with his nomadic parents, followed by years of classical Buddhist education in a Tibetan monastery. He had to rely on the goodness of others when forced to leave his homeland after the Chinese invasion and relocate to India, learning a new language and new skills. Read more
View audiobookA Guided Meditation To Help You With Weight Loss
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No
Guided imagery is a holistic, mind-body technique that consists of healing words and hypnotic images, set to soothing music, to pump up motivation to eat in healthy ways and encourage listeners to stay on track. Repeated listening once or twice a day for 2-3 weeks ensures maximum impact. A separate track of affirmations offers these same ideas... Read more
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