Shakti Gawain, Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Life, 25th Anniversary Edition (2002, 1995, 1978), Nataraj Publishing, a division of New World Library, Novato, California, USA.

This is my favourite book about using visualization to enhance your life. Though the book has been around for a while, it’s still the best I’ve read to explain how visualization works. It shows you how to use mental imagery and affirmations to produce positive changes. It also contains numerous visualizations and exercises to help you strengthen self-esteem, improve health, experience deep relaxation and channel energy in good directions.

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Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and in Business (2012), Doubleday Canada, a Division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto ON Canada.

I was captivated by the opening story of the woman who transformed almost every aspect of her life. The really fascinating part was that, through brain scans, scientists were able to peer inside her brain and actually see the neurological changes that occurred as her habits changed. They could pinpoint where new self-discipline resided in her brain, and how, by changing just one habit, she was able to transform her entire life. The book tells inspiring stories and, in engaging language, explains the science behind the formation of habits and the steps it takes to create new habits that enrich our lives. I now use this book a resource when I’m ready to shift an unhelpful habit or pattern into one that serves me better.

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