Recommended Coaching and Personal Development Resources
Books/Guides

Breakthrough
Breakdown, Breakthrough, by Kathy Caprino
Communication
BRAG: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It, by Peggy Klaus
Creativity
The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron
Giving
Give and Take, by Adam Grant
Entrepreneurial Success
The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber
The Pumpkin Plan, by Mike Michalowicz
Financial Success
The Energy of Money, by Maria Nemeth
Tapping Into Wealth, by Margaret Lynch
Happiness
The Happiness Advantage, by Shawn Achor
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
Health and Wellness
You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise Hay
Living Authentically
Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown
Living Your Dreams
The Power of Starting Something Stupid, by Richie Norton
Dare, Dream, Do, by Whitney Johnson
Mother-Daughters
The God Box, by Mary Lou Quinlan
Psychology
A Way of Being, by Carl Rogers
Spiritual:
The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
Conversations with God, Neale Donald Walsch
Creative Visualization, Shakti Gawain
Transitions
Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes, Williams Bridges
The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level, by Gay Hendricks
Websites:
Career Coaching
Ellia Communications, www.kathycaprino.com
Career Development
Business Plans:
Bplans.com, www.bplans.com
SCORE, www.score.org
Job Search and Networking:
Craigslist.com, www.craigslist.com
ExecuNet, www.execunet.com
HotJobs.com, www.hotjobs.com
Indeed, www.indeed.com
The Ladders, www.theladders.com
MeetUp, www.meetup.com
Monster.com, www.monster.com
MyJobSearch.com, www.myjobsearch.com
Temple Beth El Networking Group (Stamford, CT) – write to Michael Arons, Chairperson, at michael@westhillcpa.com
Women @ Work Network, www.womenatwork.com (for Greenwich and Stamford CT residents, write to Anne Cheng at annekcheng@gmail.com to join the local chapter)
Planning Your Career:
CareerJournal, The Wall Street Journal, www.careerjournal.com
CareerPerfect.com, www.careerperfect.com
CareerPlanner.com, www.careerplanner.com
Fast Company Magazine, www.fastcompany.com
Franchise.com, www.franchise.com
U.S. Small Business Administration, www.sba.gov
Funding/Support:
Coaching
Ellia Communications, www.kathycaprino.com
International Coach Federation, www.coachfederation.org
Life Purpose Institute, www.lifepurposeinstitute.com
Institute for Life Coach Training, www.lifecoachtraining.com
The Coaches Training Institute (CTI)
https://coactive.com/
Domestic Violence Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Domestic Violence Prevention, www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, www.ncadv.org
Empowering Women
Ms. Foundation, https://forwomen.org/
Ellevate, www.ellevatenetwork.com
Happiness
GoodThink Inc., http://goodthinkinc.com/
Meditation
Sit Like a Buddha, Lodro Rinzler
Midlife
American Association of Retired Persons, www.aarp.com
Gen Plus+, www.genplususa.com
More Magazine, www.moremagazine.com
National Association of Baby Boomer Women, www.nabbw.com
Non-Profits
American Red Cross, www.redcross.org
The Blessing Basket Project, www.blessingbasket.org
Habitat for Humanity, www.habitat.org
Psychotherapy
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. www.aamft.org
The Therapy Space – www.thetherapyspace.com
Resume Development
Write now Resume, www.writenowresume.com
Cultivated Culture, https://cultivatedculture.com/resume-templates/
Spirituality
Angelspeake, www.angelspeake.com
Astrology Zone by Susan Miller, www.astrologyzone.com
Abraham-Hicks, www.abraham-hicks.com
Lorna Byrne, www.lornabyrne.com
Kathy and Lorna’s Spiritual Retreat – 2019 – https://kathycaprino.com/2019retreat
Mike Dooley – Notes from the Universe, www.tut.com
Shakti Gawain, www.shaktigawain.com
The International Center for Reiki Training, www.reiki.org
Neal Donald Walsch, http://cwg.org/
Working Women
Women@Work Network, www.womenatwork.com
Catalyst, www.catalyst.org
Working Mother Magazine, www.workingmother.com
Workplace Issues
Center for Work- Life Policy, www.worklifepolicy.org
Families and Work Institute, www.familiesandwork.org
U.S. Department of Labor, Family and Medical Leave Act, http://www.termlifeinsurance.org/additional-resources/how-the-fmla-affects-you/
The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, www.eeoc.gov