Suggested Resources

(We are always adding to our digital library here with links of helpful information amongst many different categories.  All Suggested Resources are in alignment with our LIFE Philosophies.  Please check back often for more resources!)

Education

Do Schools Kill Creativity?  YouTube Video

Reinventing Education for the 21st Century YouTube Video

I Sued the School System YouTube Video

Animal School Youtube Video

The Sum Total of Education YouTube Video

Cherishing Childhood Video

Suggested Books:

  • Lost at School, Ross W. Greene
  • The Explosive Child, Ross W. Greene
  • Born to Serve, Sarah Teleshevsky
  • The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori
  • Conscious Discipline, Dr. Becky Bailey
  • Dumbing Down America, Dr. James Delisle

Family and Parenting

How a Parent Can Heal a Child’s ADHD

Heal the Roots and the Problems Disappear

Dr. Sandy Gluckman – she can be found on her website and Youtube. She has excellent tools & online programs re how to connect with your child in a meaningful way. She also subscribes to the theory that most of our parenting work is actually inner work.

Suggested Books:

  • The Conscious Parent, Dr. Shefali Tsabari
  • Out of Control,  Dr. Shefali Tsabari
  • Teachings of the Rebbe on Chinuch – Project of Anash Chinuch
    •  Note: We don’t expect everyone to be a Lubavitcher, but we love this book because it gives excellent insights on why we do what we do in Chassidus, ie the long-term implications for children on spiritual sensitivity and helping parents understand what’s happening “behind the spiritual curtain”.
  • Toward a Meaningful Life, Rabbi Shimon Jacobson
    • Note: When we feel that our life has purpose, it’s much easier to raise children who have purpose.
  • Garden of Peace, Shalom Arush
  • Women’s Wisdom, Shalom Arush
  • Garden of Education, Shalom Arush
  • In Forest Fields, Shalom Arush
  • Family Wisdom by the Monk who Sold his Ferrari, Robin Sharma
  • Raising Children to Care, Miriam Adahan
  • The Five Love Languages of Children, Chapman and Campbell
  • Raise Your Kids Without Raising Your Voice, Sarah Chana Radcliffe
  • Happy Child, Happy Home, Lou Harvey-Zahra
  • Managing Emotional Mayhem, Becky Bailey
  • Smart Money, Smart Kids, Dave Ramsey & Rachel Cruze
  • Managing Emotional Mayhem, Dr. Becky Bailey
  • How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Nutrition & health

Food As Medicine Video

NutritionFacts.org Website

The 411 of Baby-Led Weaning Website

Suggested Books:

  • The Baby Sleep Solution – Lisa Abidin and Suzy Giordano
    • Note: This book is primarily about healthy sleep training, but it also includes EXCELLENT tips on how to raise great eaters.
  • Baby-Led Weaning, Gill Rapley
  • The Pleasure Trap, Goldhamer and Lisle
  • How Not to Die, Michael Gregor
  • The Detox Miracle Sourcebook, Dr. Robert Morse
  • Cleanse to Heal, Anthony William
  • Life-Changing Foods, Anthony William
  • Reconditioning the Body to a New Mind, Dr. Joe Dispenza
  • You are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza

Kids and Technology

1000 Hours Outside Website

Suggested Books:

  • Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids & How to Break the Trance – Nicholas Kardaras 
  • Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World – Arlene Pellicane and Gary Chapman

Mindset, Excellence and Leadership

Suggested Books:

  • Inner Engineering, Sadhguru
  • The Magic of Thinking Big, David J. Schwartz
  • Becoming Supernatural, Dr. Joe Dispenza
  • Becoming a Person of Influence, John C. Maxwell
  • Zero Limits, Joe Vitale
  • The Answer, Murray Smith and John Assaraf
  • You Can if You Think you Can, Norman Vincent Peale
  • Managing Evolutionary Growth, Bill Harris
  • Today Matters, John C. Maxwell
  • Thinking for a Change, John C. Maxwell
  • The Tipping Point, Malcom Gladwell
  • Outwitting the Devil, Napoleon Hill
  • General Patton’s Principles for Life and Leadership, Porter B. Williamson
  • The Winning Attitude, John C. Maxwell
  • David & Goliath, Malcom Gladwell
  • The Aladdin Factor, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen
  • The Mamba Mentality: How I Play, Kobe Bryant 
  • Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcom Gladwell
  • Delivering Happiness, Tony Hsieh
  • The Success Principles, Jack Canfield
  • The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell
  • Developing the Leaders Around You, John Maxwell
  • The Oz Principle, Hickman, Connors, and Smith
  • Tribal Leadership, Logan and King
  • See You at the Top, Zig Ziglar
  • Good to Great, Jim Collins
  • The Infinite Game, Simon Sinek
  • Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek
  • Start With Why, Simon Sinek
  • Success through a Positive Mental Attitude, Napoleon Hill