Books
Inspiring reading, one and all.
*
A Year to Live: How to Live This Year As If It Were Your Last by Stephen Levine
* Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without
Going Crazy
by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone
*
Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
* Emotional
Bullshit: The Hidden Plague by Carl Alasko, Ph.D
* How We Choose
To Be Happy by Rick Foster & Greg Hicks
* Making
Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality
by Samuel Barondes
* My Mother’s Bipolar, So What Am I? by Angela Grett with Yvonne
Perry
* No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie
Kohn
* Parent Effectiveness Training: The Tested New Way to
Raise Responsible Children
by Dr. Thomas Gordon
* Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch,
Ph.D.
* Personal Village by Marvin Thomas,
MSW
* Promise Ahead by Duane Elgin
* Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children & Teenagers Safe by Gavin de Becker
* Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
* Revolution from Within by Gloria Steinem
* Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
*
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
*
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
* The
8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey
* The Art of
Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
* The
Encyclopedia of Healing Foods by Michael Murray, N.D.
* The
Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating
a Generation of Disconnected
and Unhappy Kids by Madeline Levine, Ph.D.
* The Science of Evil:
On Empathy & the Origins of Cruelty by Simon Baron-Cohen
* The
Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
* Undefended Love by Jett Psaris,
Ph.D & Marlena S. Lyons, Ph.D.
* Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin
Books (above) and Films (below)
Suggested Groupings of Films by Theme
If you enjoy deeply exploring certain themes, here are some intriguing groupings:
* Accepting people for who they really/fully are — 51 Birch Street, A Five Star
Life, A Late Quartet, A Shine of Rainbows, About Time, After the Wedding, Albert Nobbs, Amélie, Avatar, Beat the Drum,
Black or White, Being Elmo, Brooklyn, Danny Collins, De-Lovely, Doing Time on Maple Drive, East Side Sushi, Freeheld, Gran
Torino, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Hello My Name Is Doris, Hope Springs, How To Cook Your Life, In a Day, In the Heart
of the Sea, J. Edgar, Last Tango in Halifax, Last Weekend, Life Itself, Like Sunday Like Rain, McFarland USA, Monica &
David, My Flesh & Blood, Point Break 2015, Pride, Rosenwald, Silver Linings Playbook, Sweet Bean, The
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, The Intern, The King of Masks, The Normal Heart, The Perfect Family, The Prince
of Tides, The Railway Man, The Second Mother, The Soloist, The Way We Were, The Women on the 6th Floor, Where Hope Grows,
Where to Invade Next, You're Not You
* Community building
— Amandla!, Amélie, As It Is in Heaven, Avatar, Bagdad Café, Beat the Drum, Bread
and Tulips, East Side Sushi, Ethel, Gran Torino, How To Cook Your Life, Made in Dagenham, McFarland USA, Point Break 2015,
Pride, Requiem for the American Dream, Rosenwald, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Sweet Bean, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of
the Revolution, The Burmese Harp, The Great Dictator, The Intern, The Invention of Lying, The Long Walk Home, The Normal Heart,
The Second Mother, The Way We Were, The Women on the 6th Floor, To Sir with Love, Where to Invade Next
* Complexity & richness of interpersonal relationships — About
Time, After the Wedding, Albert Nobbs, A Five Star Life, Black or White, Boyhood, Brooklyn, Danny Collins, East Side Sushi,
Freeheld, Heart of a Dog, Hello My Name Is Doris, Hope Springs, In a Day, In the Heart of the Sea, Last Tango in Halifax, Last Weekend, Life Itself, Like
Sunday Like Rain, Made in Dagenham, McFarland USA,
Out of Africa, Pina, Point Break 2015, Pride, Sweet Bean, Talk
to Her, The Intern, The Judge, The King of Masks, The Normal Heart, The Prince of Tides, The Railway Man, The Second Mother,
The Way We Were, The Women on the 6th Floor, Trishna, Where Hope Grows, Where to Invade Next, You're
Not You
* Creative expression (elemental/spiritual) —
Amélie, Being Elmo, Breath Made Visible, East Side Sushi, Heart of a Dog, How To Cook Your Life, Mr. Holland's Opus,
My Architect, Pina, Rivers & Tides, Sound of the Soul, Sweet Bean, The Burmese Harp, Wings of
Desire
* Destructive secret-keeping —
A Secret, After the Wedding, Albert Nobbs, As It Is in Heaven, Beat the Drum, Caché, Doing Time on Maple Drive, Ethel,
Hope Springs, J. Edgar, JFK, Last Tango in Halifax, Separate Lies, The Perfect Family, The Prince of Tides, The White Ribbon,
Trishna
* Love against great odds & loyalty — A Late Quartet, About Time,
After the Wedding, Albert Nobbs, Avatar, Away from Her, Beat the Drum, Being Elmo, Black or White, Brooklyn, Danny Collins,
De-Lovely, Doing Time on Maple Drive, Ethel, Freeheld, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Hachi, Hope Springs, In a Day, In the
Heart of the Sea, J. Edgar, Last Tango in Halifax, Lovely Still, Made in Dagenham, My Name is Khan, Never Let Me Go, Out of
Africa, Pride, Separate Lies, Silver Linings Playbook, Strangers, Sweet Bean, Talk to Her, The Artist,
The Burmese Harp, The Intern, The Judge, The King of Masks, The Long Walk Home, The Normal Heart, The Perfect Family, The
Prince of Tides, Veer-Zaara, War Horse, Wings of Desire, You're Not You
*
Mourning & life affirmation — A Shine of Rainbows, A Single Man, About Time, After the Wedding,
Beat the Drum, Black or White, Cherry Blossoms, Departures, Ethel, Freeheld, Heart of a Dog, Life Itself, Morrie Schwartz:
Lessons on Living, Never Let Me Go, Still Walking, Sweet Bean, The Burmese Harp, The Lovely Bones,
The Normal Heart, You're Not You
* Noble
spirit of animals — Buck, Hachi, Heart of a Dog, Out of Africa, Temple Grandin, War Horse
* Social justice — Amandla!, Beat the Drum, Call+Response, East Side
Sushi, Ethel, Examined Life, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Howard Zinn, Invictus, JFK, Jodhaa Akbar, Lincoln, Made in Dagenham,
McFarland USA, Out of Africa, Pinky, Pride, Requiem for the American Dream, Rosenwald, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the
Revolution, The Black Power Mixtape, The Great Dictator, The Help, The King of Masks, The Long Walk Home, The Normal Heart,
The Second Mother, The Way We Were, The Women on the 6th Floor, To Kill a Mockingbird, To Sir with Love, Water, Where to Invade
Next
* Transformation & redemption
— A Shine of Rainbows, After the Wedding, Albert Nobbs, Amélie, Away from Her, A Five Star Life, Bagdad Café,
Beat the Drum, Bread and Tulips, Brooklyn, Danny Collins, East Side Sushi, Freeheld, Gran Torino, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,
Hope Springs, In a Day, I AM, Last Tango in Halifax, Like Sunday Like Rain, Made in Dagenham, McFarland USA, My Name is Khan, Never Let Me Go, Point
Break 2015, Pride, Run Fatboy Run, Salmon Fishing
in the Yemen, Separate Lies, Silver Linings Playbook, South Central, Swades, Sweet Bean, The Burmese Harp, The Great Dictator, The Help, The Intern, The
Invention of Lying, The Judge, The King of Masks,
The Kite Runner, The Long Walk Home, The Namesake, The Perfect Family, The Prince of Tides, The Railway Man, The Second Mother, The
Women on the 6th Floor, To Sir with Love, Wings of Desire, Where Hope Grows, Where to Invade Next, You're Not You
More suggestions to come...
NOTE: Some of you may be interested in checking out GATE, the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment.
