Books for your Verve:
Osho
Some of my favorite readings and books in my library are writing’s by Osho. His site offers a “No-Thought for the Day”….brilliant!  Great site for mediation, to learn more about awareness and emotional intelligence.

Rich Woman - A Book on Investing for Women-Because I Hate Being Told What to Do! by Kim Kiyosaki.
Great perspective of women and our setting ourselves up for financial success with or without spouse/partner. You'll learn great keys and why women make great investors!

The Other Mind's Eye - The Gateway to Hidden Treasuresof your Mind by Al Sargent. Great reference regarding the mind, body connection and be able to create a healthy-self image for success and happiness.

Who Moved my Cheese
Spencer Johnson reveals profound truths about change that give people and organizations a quick and easy way to succeed in changing times.

Grow Younger, Live Longer
I love this book on renewal. It is a simple, practical, step-by-step program designed by doctors Deepak Chopra and David Simon for reversing the aging process.

Stop Chasing Perfection and SETTLE FOR EXCELLENCE by Topher Morrison
No get-rich-quick schemes or magic cures to fixing your relationships, or magic pills to lose weight in this book. Instead, this book delivers the tried and true, real life techniques for tapping into greater potential, releasing unhealthy limitations, and achieving a level of happiness in your life that has been out of reach – until now.

Magazines for your Verve:
Adventure Magazine
Dream it. Plan it. Do it!!!!  I love adventure travel and National Geographic has an Adventure Magazine that will inspire you to leap into adventures, even if its road tripping through the back roads of New Mexico!

Domino Magazine
I love this magazine, It’s sister to Lucky Magazine on shopping and clothing, another favorite. It’s part guilty pleasure, part necessity for a stylish extraordinary life at home, at work and at play!

Pink Magazine
A beautiful career, a beautiful life! This magazine ignites my ambition and is described as “Fortune meets Oprah!”  Their motto: “PINK represents more than a color. It’s a badge of honor celebrating a global mission of equity and opportunity - a movement acknowledging all that women are today and will be tomorrow.”

Wellness for your Verve:
Organic Authority
Get Hip, Get Organic! I have not purchased a piece of non-organic meat, dairy or farmed fish in almost 10 years! Now, I eat out so of course I have eaten non-organic foods and farmed foods, however for my personal shopping I have a deep rooted belief in the effects whole, organic raised chicken, meat and dairy (I rarely eat dairy but that’s a whole other Oprah!) and Organic Authority expert, Laura Klein has a great site with tips, information, recipes, guides and all you need to know everything organic!

Deepak Chopra
We all know of him… I peruse his site often n enjoy his mind body medicine and his crusade to transform our understating on the meaning of health!

Enhance Your Verve
Sheila Kelley's S Factor Tone your body, blow your mind!  Sheila has created a movement, not just physically but as a community of women who rock their curves and rock their verve!  Peruse her site for studio locations, books and videos!

Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women
Workshops, books and cd’s to transform the way we communicate with men, and for men, how you communicate with women providing unique and immediately useful information.  This has been a wonderful resource for me personally in relating to men not only romantically, but in business and family (I have three older brothers!)

Productive Learning & Leisure
Interactive and experiential classes and learning vacations. This is one of the many resources I personally utilize for my ongoing personal development and one I highly recommend.

Verve at Play
Moxxie
Fun tips for the moxxie in you… and oh, yeah… I happen to be the Editor at Large for the Orange County edition!  All related to outward goodies and happenings that rock our verve! Moxxie also has editions all over the US so check out the happenings in your city!

www.ingibjorg.com
Beautiful artwork that will touch your senses and sooth your soul, by accomplished artist Ingibjorg Hauksdottir

Clothe Your Verve
Angel at Your Door
Janice is a stylist extraordinaire and has the answers to getting dressed and looking your best! Check out her book “the method to building a prefect wardrobe” on her site and for those of you in L.A., Orange County or San Diego area, you can book a closet consultation with Janice! She is genius with what she does with a wardrobe!

Anthropology
I love how flirty, sometimes bohemian yet always unpredictably fashion forward this store has in apparel, shoes, accessories and home décor!

Verve Where You Dwell & Travel
The W Hotel
My favorite hotel chain, the W provides a sensory experience for travel, or just a night away, that rocks my verve.  The hotel chain, incorporate style and soul so wonderfully and couples artistry, architecture, comfort, luxury and whimsy for an overall experience of bliss.  I love the style of the W! It is better to see than just hear so find out for yourself, visit their site, fall in love and book a stay!

A2ZAdventuers
I love exploration, adventure and travel. A2Z Adventures provides amazing cycling & walking tours for the novice or experienced  through beautiful landscape you would never see or experience on a tour bus! I have cycled the Costa de Azure in Portugal with one of their guides and I will be back for more! )

Tango Diva
Inspiration and meaning for this savvy travel site for women? To equip women with tools and give them confidence to travel alone. I have done much of my adventure and world travel alone. Not because I am a loan ranger, my friends just did not have the time or money when I was ready and so I did not let that stop me. The experience of travel is a “bliss” for me and this site is wonderful for planning and just plain eye candy! The jetsetter in me visits regularly.

Rock Your Verve
Music that inspires me, relaxes me and nourishes my bliss!
Amos Lee ~ Amos Lee & Supply & Demand
www.amoslee.com

Jamie Cullum ~ Twenty Something & Catching Tales 
www.jamiecullum.com

John Legend ~ Get Lifted
www.johnlegend.com

India Arie ~ India Arie & Voyage to India
www.indiaarie.com

Jill Scott ~ Who is Jill Scott
www.jillscott.com

Wah! Jai Jai Jai & Opium
www.wahmusic.com

Maxwell ~Urban Hang Suite & Now
www.maxwellnow.com

Van Hunt ~ On the Jungle Floor
www.vanhunt.com

Lauryn Hill ~ Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
www.lauryn-hill.com

Joss Stone ~ Soul Sessions
www.jossstone.com

Jack Johnson ~ On and on & In Between Dreams
www.jackjohnsonmusic.com