Self-Improvement audiobooks

Sacred Partnership

By: Sue Patton Thoele

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

We all have a "deep and holy hunger" to achieve a sacred relationship and truly connect with our partner's soul. Sue Patton Thoele defines the sacred partnership as "a rich and deep friendship between equals that brings to us sanctuary, soul growth and sizzle". Read more

Unlocking Your Creativity

By: Julia Cameron

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Here we explore some simple ways to find your inner voice and tap into your creativity. Cameron advises us to “make a date with the artist within you.” She talks about the negativity of “creative snipers” as well as the importance of “morning papers.” She believes, “each of us has a song ... and the note we are straining to hear is our own true... Read more

The Place Beyond Words

By: Ram Dass

Narrated by: Mark Walstrom

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Ram Dass, much beloved spiritual pilgrim, talks candidly about his own journey and the wisdom he has gained from being at the heart of the consciousness movement. He compares life in New York to life in India, being a psychology professor at Harvard to being shunned by many institutions, consciousness in the 1960s to consciousness the 1990s,... Read more

Instant Zen - Abridged

By: Thomas Cleary

Narrated by: Mitchell Ryan

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Find yourself and tune in: such is the message of Zen. Instant Zen presents the teachings of Foyan, a twelfth-century Chinese Zen master recognized as one of the greatest masters of the Song dynasty Zen renaissance in China. These simple exercises by Foyan lead you to the awakening of insight into the real nature of self and emphasize... Read more

The Essence Of Religion

By: Huston Smith

Narrated by: Mark Walstrom

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Who are we?  Why are we here?  How should we spend our few precious years on Earth?  Throughout history, we've looked to religion for answers to our deepest, abiding questions.  One of the foremost scholars of religion in the world, Huston Smith, discusses the contemporary role of religion, the value religion continues to provide for those who... Read more

Creating from the Spirit - Abridged

By: Dan Wakefield

Narrated by: Dan Wakefield

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Award-winning writer Dan Wakefield reveals how writers, artists, musicians, and creative people of all kinds can unleash the principle of creativity within, so that it can infuse every aspect of our lives. Wakefield challenges the belief that to be creative, one must be alienated, neurotic, irresponsible, and a failure at relationships. Drawing... Read more

The Power of Prayer

By: Larry Dossey, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Not only have numerous studies corroborated the fact that prayer heals, but the top five medical schools in the country now require courses on spirituality and healing in their curriculum. Dossey has long been at the forefront of elucidating prayer's power to heal and suggests we all take a long hard look at why we pray, how we pray and why... Read more

Seeking a New Spiritual Ground

By: Matthew Fox, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

“Once we start turning religion into spirituality again, which is how it began, in its healthy versions, the differences often melt,” says Fox. His luminous visions of future religion, work and education invoke both ancient wisdom and futuristic technology as ways of expressing the needs and vitality of modern human society. The unorthodoxy of... Read more

Creative Visualization - The Complete Book

By: Shakti Gawain

Narrated by: Shakti Gawain

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Shakti Gawain reads the entire bestselling book, filled with meditations, exercises, and easy-to-use techniques that utilize mental imagery and affirmations to help listeners use the power of their imagination to create what they want in life. Whether it's changing negative habit patterns, improving self-esteem, reaching career goals, developing... Read more

Creativity is Within Your Reach

By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be a creative person? Here, Czikszentmihalyi tells of the results of extensive research on the subject. He shares how outstandingly creative people differ from ordinary people, and how those of us who consider ourselves more ordinary can cultivate the spark of creativity within Read more

Through the Wilderness of Dreams

By: Robert Bosnak

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Is it possible that the world of dreams is just as real as our waking life? Are our dreams more than just "suds from the brain"? And how can we be sure we aren't dreaming even now? A therapist who has worked with thousands upon thousands of dreams shares his provocative insights and stories about possibilities you may never have considered. Read more

Peace is Our Natural State

By: Robdert Muller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

We are in the kindergarten of the global age, says Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations for forty years. "Humanity, for the first time, is acquiring a global consciousness." He presents an energetic picture of how we can encourage this process, speaking from his deeply involved and caring perspective on politics,... Read more

Healing With Spirit And Intuition

By: Caroline Myss

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“Biography becomes biology,” says Myss, a pioneer in the field of energetic medicine, who is able to diagnose illness by intuitive means. She presents bold insights about why we are afraid of becoming healthy, how we can overcome these fears and enter a new planetary era of maturity and empowerment. Read more

Re-Enchant Your Life

By: Thomas Moore

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Moore speaks out on behalf of soul as the part of us that is "closer to the body, to the world we live in" than the often abstract world of spirituality. Read more

Schlepping Towards Enlightenment

By: Lama Surya Das

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A Jewish lama from New York gives us a modern American update on the Eastern spiritual wisdom to which he has dedicated his life since the sixties. His gentle humor and sincerity sparkle through the hard reminders that "if it doesn't show up in life as common-sense, as sagacity, as sanity, what good is it?" Read more

Man to Man: Surviving Prostate Cancer - Abridged

By: Michael Korda

Narrated by: Michael Korda

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the autumn of 1994, Michael Korda was diagnosed as having prostate cancer. For several years, he had been examined, tested, and medicated, always with the assurance that everything was all right - until it wasn't.

But the discovery of the actual cancer was only the beginning of his ordeal. With uncommon frankness, he writes of overcoming... Read more

Manifesting Your Dream

By: Mary Morrisey

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you have a dream for your life--or wish you had one? Are you ready for some well-grounded help in determining how to discover and realize your dream? Morrissey offers inspiring focus on staying true to our core values and personal growth as we pursue a "partnership with the divine." Read more

Choosing A Sustainable Future

By: Duane Elgin

Narrated by: Mark Walstrom

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Faced with dwindling resources, mounting pollution and an exploding population, we are being challenged to come together as a whole family, a whole species, for the first time in human history.  At the same time, however, our technology is creating the very means to accomplish this monumental task.  This is just one of the vitally important... Read more

Empowering Women

By: Louise Hay

Narrated by: Louise Hay

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Louise's goal is to see that all women experience self-love, self-worth, self-esteem, and a powerful place in society. In her inimitably warm and forthright manner, she offers penetrating insights on how women of all ages and backgrounds can achieve this goal and make the coming years the most productive, fulfilling, and empowering ones ever. Read more

Answers to Distraction - Abridged

By: Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey

Narrated by: John J. Ratey

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Millions of adults and children are discovering that the reason they can't seem to get organized, stop procrastinating, sit still, pay attention, and finish what they started is not a lack of self-discipline but, rather, an inborn neurological condition: Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD.

From the authors of Driven to Distraction -- their... Read more

Peacework

By: Ciaran McKeown

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Issues of peace around the world are a tangled weave, and extremely volatile. This conversation illuminates the complexities in Northern Ireland, and helps us to develop greater compassion and a deepening of our own thinking regarding ethnic factions within any nation. A respected political journalist in Northern Ireland, McKeown became an... Read more

Quantum Consciousness And the Future

By: Amit Goswami, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This dialogue embraces such questions as: Can mind survive the death of the brain? How does consciousness interact with matter? How is reality created and formed? Quantum theory is allowing Western science to take a new look at questions that formerly resided solely in the realm of spiritual philosophy, and the implications are vast. Read more

Thinking Big

By: Brian Tracy

Narrated by: Brian Tracy

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Every successful person knows that the keys to achievement are conscious effort, careful planning, and good, old-fashioned hard work. But on the road of success, there is one habit that will accelerate you beyond all others. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, you've got to start thinking big. In Thinking Big: The Keys to Personal Power and... Read more

The Cauldron of Wisdom

By: Nicki Scully

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Within each of us is a "cauldron" of knowledge and wisdom about ourselves and the world, which we can access through shamanic techniques. Scully describes how and why trance journeys into the world of deities, totems and archetypes work to give us courage, insight or healing. Read more