Explore these books for information to educate, empower, invigorate, and inspire your health and healing. Additional books are listed throughout the EmbodiWorks website. We have divided our book list into the following sections.
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Integrative Cancer Care
Anticancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer by Michael Lerner, PhD
Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Alternative, Complementary, and Conventional Therapies by James S. Gordon, MD
The Definitive Guide to Cancer, 3rd Edition: An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing by Lise Alschuler, ND and Karolyn A. Gazella
Integrative Oncology by Donald Abrams, MD and Andy Weil, MD
Integrative Oncology: Incorporating Complementary Medicine into Conventional Cancer Care by Maurie Markman and Lorenzo Cohen
Integrative Oncology: Principles and Practice by Matthew P. Mumber
Journey Through Cancer: Healing and Transforming the Whole Person by Jeremy Geffen, MD
Life Over Cancer: The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment by Keith I. Block, MD
Body
Breast Cancer: Reduce Your Risk with Foods You Love by Robert Pendergrast, MD
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health by T. Colin Campbell, PhD & Thomas M. Campbell II
Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself by Alejandro Junger, MD
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Digestive Wellness: How to Strengthen the Immune System and Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion by Elizabeth Lipinski, PhD, MS, CCN
The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Foods That Fight Cancer: Preventing Cancer Through Diet by Richard Beliveau, PhD & Denis Gingras, PhD
The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health by Dean Ornish, MD
The UltraSimple Diet by Mark Hyman, MD
The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First by Mark Hyman, MD
Mind
The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions by Esther M. Sternberg, MD
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have by Mark Nepo
Cancer As a Turning Point: A Handbook for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals by Lawrence LeShan, PhD
Embrace, Release, Heal by Leigh Fortson
The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things: Fourteen Natural Steps to Health and Happiness by Larry Dossey, MD
Fighting Cancer from Within: How to Use the Power of Your Mind For Healing by Martin L. Rossman, MD
Getting Well Again by O. Carl Simonton, MD
Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being by Esther M. Sternberg, MD
The Healing Journey by O. Carl Simonton, MD
Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
Love, Medicine, and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients by Bernie S. Siegel, MD
Minding the Body, Mending the Mind by Joan Boreysenko, PhD
Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine by Candace Pert, PhD
My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster: A Guide of Mind-Body Techniques by Peggy Huddleston
Remarkable Recovery: What Extraordinary Healings Tell Us About Getting Well and Staying Well by Caryle Hirschberg and Marc Ian Barasch
Sounds of Healing by Mitchell Gaynor, MD
Sweat Your Prayers by Gabrielle Roth
The Type C Connection: The Mind-Body Link to Cancer and Your Health by Lydia Temoshok, PhD and Henry Dreher
Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression by James S. Gordon, MD
When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Mate, MD
The Worry Solution by Martin Rossman, MD
Spirit
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Carolyn Myss, PhD
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death by Joan Halifax
Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness As a Soul Journey by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD
Connections by Gabrielle Roth
The Gift of Change: Spiritual Guidance for Living Your Best Life by Marianne Williamson
Healing into Life and Death by Stephen Levine
The Healing Path: A Soul Approach to Illness by Marc Ian Barasch
On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler Ross, MD
The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Prayer is Good Medicine: How to Reap the Healing Benefits of Prayer by Larry Dossey, MD
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
Soul to Soul: Communications from the Heart by Gary Zukav
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Social
Sexuality and Fertility After Cancer by Leslie Shover, PhD
Environmental
The Essential Green You! by Deirdre Imus
Green This! Growing Up Green, Baby and Child Care and Green This! Greening Your Cleaning by Deirdre Imus
The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health by Randall Fitzgerald
Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment by Sandra Steingraber
Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan
The Safe Shopper's Bible: A Consumer's Guide to Nontoxic Household Products, Cosmetics, and Food by David Steinman & Samuel S. Epstein, MD
The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davis, PhD
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanonski, and John Peterson Myers
Cancer Drugs, Herbs and Supplements
Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements by Michael T. Murray
Herb Drug Interactions in Onoclogy, 2nd Edition by Barrie Cassileth
PDR for Herbal Medicines 4th Edition by Thomson Healthcare
PDR for Nutritional Supplements 2nd Edition by Sheldon Hendler, PhD, MD, and David Rorvik
Cancer Books Written by Cancer Patients and Caregivers
Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient by Norman Cousins
Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor: More Rebellion and Fire for Your Healing Journey by Kris Carr
Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips by Kris Carr
Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It! by Kris Carr
From Incurable to Incredible by Tami Boehmer
Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber by Ken Wilber
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Seeing the Crab by Christine Middlebrook
Surviving Terminal Cancer: Clinical Trials, Drug Cocktails, and Other Treatments Oncologists Won’t Tell You About by Ben A. Williams, PhD
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