These are
books and audio recordings I have found inspirational and helpful in the past
several years. There are Amazon.com links for those items available
through Amazon.com. Please let me know of your favorites and new
discoveries that are not listed.
The
Heart Aroused
by
David Whyte
Editorial Reviews From
Publishers Weekly
The call for increased creativity in the workplace brings with it a
concomitant challenge: how will the world of cool professionalism stand up to
the inevitable heat and volatility that accompanies people's emotional and
spiritual lives? It is problematic to assume, poet David Whyte explains, that
you can ask people to create and also to behave. The Heart Aroused explores
these and related issues in an inspiring, grounded, thought-provoking way, and
is the best nonverse book by a poet since Robert Bly's Iron John. Interwoven
with carefully selected poems to illustrate Whyte's points, The Heart Aroused
is
necessary reading for any professional who secretly harbors a poet's soul.
Janet McCallen
Whyte’s works are all treasures. I'm not a poetry buff (unless David Whyte
is reading and explaining), but I loved this book and its ability to relate myth
and ancient truths to our day-to-day struggles. I reread "The Heart
Aroused" recently, and highlighted even more this time around. There are no
cookbook instructions here; it's a lyrical plea for us to accept and glory in
our humanity - and discover the hidden gifts for both ourselves and our
organizations.
