The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

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York: Penguin Group, Riverhead Books, 2008).


6 . Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions (New
York: HarperCollins, HarperOne, 2006).


7 . Pema Chödrön, Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and
Compassion, mass market ed. (Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, 2008).


8 . Paulo   Coelho, The Alchemist   (New    York:   HarperCollins,  2006).

Guidepost #7, Cultivating Play and Rest: Letting Go of Exhaustion as a Status Symbol and
Productivity as Self-Worth


1 . Stuart Brown with Christopher Vaughan, Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
and Invigorates the Soul (New York: Penguin Group, 2009).


2 . Ibid.
3 . “Sleep and Sleep Disorders: A Public Health Challenge,” www.cdc.gov/sleep/; L. R. McKnight-
Eily and others, “Perceived Insufficient Rest or Sleep—Four States, 2006,” MMWR (Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report) 57, no. 8 (February 29, 2008): 200–203,
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5708a2.htm (accessed January 2, 2010), analyzed data
from CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).


4 . Daniel H. Pink, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, paperback ed.
(Penguin Group, Riverhead Books, 2006).


Guidepost #8, Cultivating Calm and Stillness: Letting Go of Anxiety as a Lifestyle


1 . Maude Bryt, Baby Love: A Tradition of Calm Parenting (New York: Dell, 1998).
2 . Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt,
Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate (New York: HarperCollins, 2002).


3 . Ibid.

Guidepost #9, Cultivating Meaningful Work: Letting Go of Self-Doubt and “Supposed To”


1 . Marci Alboher, One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success (New York:
Business Plus, 2007).


2 . Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success (New York: Hachette Book Group, Little,
Brown and Company, 2008).


3 . Paulo   Coelho, The Alchemist   (New    York:   HarperCollins,  2006).

Guidepost #10, Cultivating Laughter, Song, and Dance: Letting Go of Being Cool and “Always
in Control”


1 . Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (New York: Metropolitan
Books, 2006).

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