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Welcome to my online bookstore!  Feel free to browse around.  II get asked all the time to recommend books that are compatible with my views.  I have personally handpicked each book in this collection from my own 30 yrs of voracious reading of thousands of books on subjects related to helping us better understand ourselves, make peace with life, develop more satisfying and healthy relationships, and get things done without so much drama!  : )

ARIANE'S READING LIST

Although there are few and far between books that truly directly address the needs of the neurodiverse, I have tried to include those which I feel offer empowerment rather that trying to tell you HOW to do things.  

I have found that trying to follow mainstream tips and advice is generally a recipe for failure.  What we need is to develop better ways to understand our uniqueness and how to design our own approach to life and work that FITS us.  These books are a start to help us do that. 

 

 

Friday
Feb112011

Gifted Adults | Growing up Different | Living with High Intensity and Sensitivity

Monday
Nov012010

Emotions | Boundaries | Conflict | Relationships (Healing Chronic Disorganization)

Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations Value Pack
Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Ed... 
by Daniel Goleman 
$19.14
Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Yo... 
by Jan Black 
$11.53
Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confronta... 
by Patterson 
The Emotional Hostage: Rescuing Your Emotional Life Love Without Hurt: Turn Your Resentful, Angry, or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a Compassionate, Loving One Getting Unstuck
The Emotional Hostage: Rescuing Your Emotio... 
by Leslie Cameron-Bandler 
$16.50
Love Without Hurt: Turn Your Resentful, Ang... 
by Steven Stosny 
$11.53
Getting Unstuck 
by Don Kerson 
$23.70
Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in Control (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life: How ... 
by Scott E. Spradlin 
$13.57
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning ... 
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 
$8.87
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For W... 
by Martha W. Hickman 
$8.00
When Too Much Isn't Enough: Ending the Destructive Cycle of AD/HD and Addictive Behavior The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery, and Growth The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinking About People
When Too Much Isn't Enough: Ending the Dest... 
by Wendy Richardson 
$10.87
The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebo... 
by Glenn Schiraldi 
$14.93
The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinki... 
by Steven Reiss PhD 
$14.88
Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation
Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situ... 
by Ryan W Quinn 
$19.77
Sunday
Sep262010

Healing Trauma, Abuse Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Healing from Trauma: A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-Charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
Healing from Trauma: A Survivor's Guide to ... 
by Jasmin Lee Cori 
$10.17
8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-Charge... 
by Babette Rothschild 
$13.57

Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology o... 
by Babette Rothschild 
$23.48

Resilient Adults: Overcoming a Cruel Past Bounce: Living the Resilient Life The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to  Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles
Resilient Adults: Overcoming a Cruel Past 
by Gina O'Connell Higgins 
$35.73
Bounce: Living the Resilient Life 
by Robert J. Wicks 
$14.93
The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Y... 
by Karen Reivich 
$10.19
The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life Developing Resilience: A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach
The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance,... 
by Robert Brooks 
$11.53
Developing Resilience: A Cognitive-Behaviou... 
by Michael Neenan 
$17.19
Wednesday
Sep012010

ADHD / ADD Books 


 

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child Different Minds: Gifted Children With Ad/Hd, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: T... 
by Kate Kelly 
$11.56
Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Appro... 
by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. 
$16.50

Different Minds: Gifted Children With Ad/Hd... 
by Deirdre V. Lovecky 
$22.39

 

The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy

Answers to Distraction Women with Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life
The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Fiv... 
by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. 
$10.20
Answers to Distraction 
by Edward M. Hallowell 
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder: Embr... 
by Sari Solden 
$10.17
Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood

Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That ... 

by Daniel G. Amen 
$10.85

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life 
by Judith Kolberg 
$14.93
Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Cop... 
by Edward M. Hallowell 
$10.88

 

 

Pieces of a Puzzle: The Link Between Eating Disorders and ADD

Odd One Out: The Maverick's Guide to Adult ADD CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Handling Your Fast-Paced Life
Pieces of a Puzzle: The Link Between Eating... 
by Carolyn Dukarm 
$11.53
Odd One Out: The Maverick's Guide to Adult ... 
by Jennifer Koretsky 
$13.57
CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and A... 
by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. 
$10.17
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its Journeys Through ADDulthood: Discover a New Sense of Identity and Meaning with Attention Deficit Disorder
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder: Embr... 
by Sari Solden 
$10.17
Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond ... 
by Terry Matlen MSW 
$13.57
Journeys Through ADDulthood: Discover a New... 
by Sari Solden 
$10.20

 

When Too Much Isn't Enough: Ending the Destructive Cycle of AD/HD and Addictive Behavior The Link Between A.D.D and Addiction: Getting the Help You Deserve One Boy's Struggle: A Memoir: Surviving Life with Undiagnosed ADD
When Too Much Isn't Enough: Ending the Dest... 
by Wendy Richardson 
$10.87
The Link Between A.D.D and Addiction: Getti... 
by Wendy Richardson 
$16.23
One Boy's Struggle: A Memoir: Surviving Lif... 
by Bryan L. Hutchinson 
$11.53

Tuesday
Aug172010

Hoarding | Chronic Disorganization | Challenging Disorganization

Sunday
May022010

Neat and Simple Guide to Organizing Your Home Office



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Neat and Simple Guide to Organizing Your Home Office:

 Ultra Simple, ADD-Friendly Strategies to Conquer Chronic Disorganization, Clear Clutter and Organize Your Life! 

by Ariane Benefit 

PAPERBACK IS SOLD OUT - The plan for updating it is underway. In the meantime, this book is no longer for sale. Thank you for understanding!

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Saturday
May012010

Neat and Simple Guide to Organizing Your Home Office:  Reviews

 

More 5-Star Reviews from Professional Organizers

 

"The "Neat and Simple Guide to Organizing your Home Office" is the most comprehensive and practical book I have come across since starting my organizing business in 1999. It's easy to read, encourages you to discover your true self by identifying your priorities and organizing style and teaches you how to get past the mental clutter to propel you to success. It's not just another organizing book to add to your collection. It's THE book to have and refer to, not only for your office, but the entire home.
-Eileen Kirna, President, Kirna Consulting, LLC

 

Organizing, Redesign & Real Estate Staging

 

"This book is the most delightful and comprehensive "how to" manual that I have had the pleasure to read in a long time.  I will definitely recommend it to all my clients who struggle with organizing their offices.  It is an easy read and chock full of valuable insight and information. It is very easy to understand and then implement changes you need to make in order to free yourself from clutter and disorganization."
- Liz Maffucci, Professional Organizer and Coach, The Clutter Warrior
 

 

 " This book is fantastic! I love it! Especially your idea of making file labels with logos for your ultra visual "innovating" style client. That was BRILLIANT! I will recommend this book to all my office organizing clients and to my blog readers too!"
- Jessica Duquette, Professional Organizer, Blogger,
In Perfect Order
 

 

"Ariane offers practical advice that can easily be adapted depending on your space. I have recommended this e-book to my clients and those who invest in it, love it!"
- Dr. Amie Ragan, Psychologist 

 

"It is a masterful work. Not just the content, but the look and feel. Books about organization abound. But the "Neat & Simple Guide to Organizing Your Office" is different. It covers the necessary "what to organize and how to organize", and does so in a comprehensive, useful, and delightful way. But, perhaps most useful is the author's treatment of what prevents people from organizing and how they can move beyond the impediments to reap the rewards of full and beneficial organization. I highly recommend this book and will promote it to my customers!"
- Paul Stout, President, Mrs. A's Corporation

 

"This book is a great guide for anyone who wants to organize their office. The day-by-day guide is a great plan for anyone who wants to start today. The tips, resources and reflective questions to ask yourself are great ways to get started and get organized for good. Bravo!"
- Brandie Kajino, The Home Office Organizer

 

More 5-Star Reviews from Home Office Owners

 

 "I'm a Health & Nutrition Counselor and Ariane's organizing expertise changed my life! As a new business owner I had to start from scratch, de-cluttering my old life to create an efficient, beautiful workspace with the intention of success. Ariane did that and more. Her vision, patience, methodology and concepts that she brought to the project will be with me always as I grow. I know I will utilize her wealth of knowledge on an on-going basis. Thank You Ariane!!"
- Stephanie Solaris, Martinsville, NJ

 

 " As owner of a PR business, my home office was getting interference from my personal life and my storage and filing systems were cluttered. With Ariane's help, I was able to transform my office into a neat, non-stressful place where I can now concentrate. Her storage solutions and methods were easy to implement. In fact, I am keeping up with everything that comes in and goes out. Once you learn, it's quite easy.
- Maureen Murray, Morris Plains, NJ

 

 "I've worked with organizers in the past, but Ariane is different. She doesn't impose a one-size-fits-all organizational stategy, but shows you how to develop one tailored to who you are and how you work. Ariane is not only interested in getting you organized, but in making sure that you have a system that helps you to stay organized. With her help, I'm more productive than I've been in years!
- R. D., Photographer

 

 "Ariane is amazing. I am a chronic disorganizer - particularly with paper. She was able to give me simple and effective ways to to keep track of everything. What I loved best was how she listened to me and then worked out an organizing plan that was tailored to my needs. 6 months later and I am still using her techniques and no longer drowning in paper."
- Kim Okochi, Montclair, NJ
"Wow! I just read this book and I am beyond impressed. ... The author has a very gentle way of exploring the underlying reasons why we struggle with organizing everything around us. ... she provided a kind of spiritual, organizing awakening in me that I have been able to maintain (almost always!) She even inspired me to start my own business!...
- Alma Schneider, LCSW, Take Back the Kitchen

 

 "This book is so well written...clear, engaging and very human. I never thought I'd find a how-to book on organizing an interesting read, but this one is. It's because this is actually a book about making fundamental life changes, which can only come from a deep level of self-awareness."
- Debbie R