Resources
Books make me happy.Books
Fiction for the Heart
- The Book of Longings, Sue Monk Kidd
- Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty
- Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng
- Things You Save in a Fire, Katherine Center
- Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Matthew Dicks
- The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
Memoirs/Biographies
- Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs
- Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile
- Eat Love Pray, Elisabeth Gilbert
- Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance
- Yes Please, Amy Poehler
- When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
- Know My Name, Chanel Miller
- Wild, Cheryl Strayed
Spiritual
- The Universal Christ, Richard Rohr
- Wisdom of the Desert, Thomas Merton
- The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer
- Tattoos on the Heart, Gregory Boyle
- An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor
- The Alchemist, Paul Coehlo
- Imagine Heaven, John Burke
- The Way of the Heart, Henri Nouwen
- Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed
Psychological
- Radical Compassion, Tara Brach
- The Road Back to You, Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
- The Gift of Fear, Gavin De Becker
- The Soul of Shame, Dr. Curt Thompson
- The Gift of Therapy, Dr. Irvan Yalom
- Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Atlas of the Heart, by Dr. Brene Brown
- Group, by Christie Tate
- Finding Your Way in a Wild New World, Martha Beck
LBTQIA+
- Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle
- This is How it Always Is, Laurie Frankel
- Blue Babies Pink, BT Harman
- Boy Erased, Garrard Conley
- Over the Top, Jonathan Van Ness
- I Promised Not to Tell, Cheryl B. Evans
- Shameless, Nadia Bolz-Weber
Black Lives Matter
- Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man, Emmanuel Acho
- I’m Still Here – Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown
- The Help, Kathryn Stockett
- Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd
- The Body is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor
- The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennet
Healing/Wholeness
- The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
- Peace is Every Step, Tich Nhat Hanh
- Quiet, Susan Cain
- Everybody Always, Bob Goff
- Fierce Self Compassion, Dr. Kristin Neff
- The Mindful Path to Self Compassion, Dr. Chris Germer
- The Power of Regret, by Daniel H. Pink
- The Way of Integrity, by Martha Beck
- Finding Your Own North Star, by Martha Beck
Transition
- Dance of the Dissident Daughter, Sue Monk Kidd
- Untamed, Glennon Doyle
- Daring Greatly, Dr. Brene Brown
- Rising Strong, Dr. Brene Brown
- Falling Upward, Richard Rohr
- The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks
- The Choice, Edith Eva Eger
Creativity
- The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron
- Big Magic, Elisabeth Gilbert
- Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott
- If You Want to Write, Brenda Ueland
- StoryWorthy, Matthew Dicks
Dark Night of The Soul
- When the Heart Waits, Sue Monk Kidd
- The Cloud of Unknowing, translated by William Johnston
- Learning to Walk in the Dark, Barbara Brown Taylor
- Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
- Braving the Wilderness, Dr. Brene Brown
- Broken Open, Elizabeth Lesser
Love and Marriage
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, Dr. John Gottman
- Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage, Dr. John Gottman
- Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson
- Loving What Is, Byron Katie
- Committed, Elisabeth Gilbert
On Death and Dying
- When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
- A Grief Observed, CS Lewis
- Lament for a Son, Nicolas Wolterstorff
- Bruised and Wounded, Ron Rolhauser
- The Final Act of Living, Barbara Karnes
- Marrow, by Elisabeth Lesser
Poetry
- New and Selected Poems, Mary Oliver
- The Book of Hours, Rainer Maria Rilke
- The Spiritual Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader Khalili
- Beauty, John O’Donohue
- Walking Each Other Home, Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush
On The Spectrum
- Unmasking Autism, by Dr. Devon Price
- Look Me in the Eye, by John Elder Robison
- Expecting Adam, by Martha Beck
- Laziness Does Not Exist, by Dr. Devon Price
- The Power of Different, by Gail Saltz, M.D.
Podcasts
- Tara Brach – Tara Brach
- Brene Brown – Unlocking Us
- Michael John Cusick – Restoring the Soul
- Krista Tippett – On Being
- Matthew Dicks – Speak Up
- Jen Hatmaker – For the Love
- Ian Morgan Cron – Typology
- Hilary McBride – Other Peoples’ Problems
- Richard Rohr -Another Name for Every Thing
- Brett McKay – The Art of Manliness
- Erica Mandy – The Newsworthy
- Laura Reagan – Therapy Chat
- Lori Gotlieb – Dear Therapists
- Suzanne Stabile – The Enneagram Journey