Here is where you will find my ongoing and oft' updated recommended resources.  I would love to hear yours as well because in the immortal words of my husband, "sharing is caring".

Personal Top Ten - Therapeutic:
(this list reflects the books that will add thoughtfully into your mental health journey)

1. Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl by N.D Wilson
2. The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller
3. The Cry of the Soul by Allender and Longman
4. When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate
5. The 7 Principles For Making Marriage Work by John/Julie Gottman
6. The Enneagram by Richard Rohr; Complete Enneagram by Bea Chestnut
7. Difficult Conversation by Stone, Patton, and Heen (Crucial Conversations by Patt., Grenn., McM, Switz.) 
8. Anatomy of the Soul by Dr Curt Thompson (plus The Soul of Shame; The Soul of Desire)
9. Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff
10. From Good to Great by Jim Collins

Personal Top Ten - Inspirational:
(this list reflects the books that will 'inspire' a look into the soul of you)

1. Journey to Desire by John Eldredge
2. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
3. The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller (plus Counterfeit Gods)
4. What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey
5. The Gift of Being Yourself by David Benner (plus Surrender to Love)
6. The Good and Beautiful Series by James Bryan Smith
7. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
8. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Philip Yancey and Dr Paul Brand
9. The Rest of God By Mark Buchanan (plus God Walk)
10. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (plus Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce and The Weight of Glory)

Personal Top Ten - Memoir
(this list reflects the personal stories of people who have impacted my understanding)

1. A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
2. Confessions by Augustine
3. Girl Meets God by Lauren Winner (plus 'Still")
4. Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
5. The Apostle by John Pollock
6. A Lady, A Champion by Russell Ramsey
7. Falling Into the Face of God by William Elliott
8. The Pastor by Eugene Peterson
9. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
10. Surprised By Oxford by Carolyn Weber

Personal Top Ten - Fiction:
(this list reflects the stories that have either pushed, dragged or propelled me further - deeper)

1. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
2. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
3. Emily of New Moon Series by L.M. Montgomery
4. Walk Through Cold Fire by Cin Forshay-Lunsford
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
7. The Mark of the Lion Series by Francine Rivers
8. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
9. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
10. Fighting with myself...TBD

Welcome to this creative space.  The idea of what exists here is to enhance the practice of soul care.  One of the reasons I have decided to post occasionally in this space would be to extend our sessions beyond the hour or so we get to be together.  Most items posted here will be intended to enrich your journey and celebrate what is good and beautiful about life.  

This is also a discipline intended to enhance my own journey through grief, anxiety and disintegration.  I have and will continue to appropriate tools I have benefited from as well as trust that you will do the same as you see fit.  This space - while I call it creative - will also be instructive and tactile.  Each posting will either be titled Grace Notes or Tension Points explanatory by their nature.  The only other posts will be recommendations for resources.  Only resources personally experienced to be helpful will show up on the blog.

So join me... and I suppose I should suggest that although I hold no authority over how you process what you read and see here internally - I do ask that you seek to honor and respect externally the authors and commenters who show up to share.

Thank you.  I appreciate you already.