Reading Recommendations

“The question life asks us, and in answering which we can realize the meaning of the present moment, does not only change from hour to hour but also changes from person to person: the question is entirely different from each moment for every individual.”

-Victor Frankl, ‘Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything’

  • “Man’s Search for Meaning” -Victor Frankl

    “You’re It!” -Alan Watts (audiobook)

    “How to Keep House While Drowning” -KC Davis

    “The Four Agreements” -Don Miguel Ruiz

    “Better Than Before” -Gretchen Rubin

    “Quiet” -Susain Cain

    “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” -Shunryu Suzuki

    “How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal Your Past, and Create Your Self” -Dr. Nicole LePera

    “No Bad Parts” -Dr. Richard Schwartz

    “Freedom is a Constant Struggle” -Angela Davis

    “The War of Art” -Steven Pressfield

    “10% Happier” -Dan Harris

  • “Trauma and Recovery” -Dr. Judith Herman

    “Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness” -David Treleaven

    “It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You” -Christine Courtois

    “The Complex PTSD Workbook” -Dr. Arielle Shwartz

    “The Body Keeps the Score” -Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

    “The Myth of Normal” -Gabor Maté

    “Emotional Inheritance” -Galit Atlas

    “My Grandmother’s Hands” -Resmaa Menakem

  • “The Relationship Cure” -Dr. John Gottman and Joan DeClaire

    “All About Love” -bell hooks

    “Polysecure” -Jessica Fern

    “Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay” -Mira Kirshenbaum

    “Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults” -Ruby Rare

    “Love between Equals” -Polly Young-Eisendrath

  • “What’s Worth Knowing” -Wendy Lustbader

    “Counting on Kindness” -Wendy Lustbader

    “Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up” -Dr. James Hollis

    “The Middle Passage” -Dr. James Hollis

  • Masculinity

    “Angry White Men” -Dr. Michael Kimmel

    “Manhood in America” -Dr. Michael Kimmel

    “The Tough Standard” -Ronald Levant

    “The Will to Change” -bell hooks

    “Man Enough” -Justin Baldoni

    Femininity

    “Second Sex” -Simone de Beauvior

    “Women, Race, and Class” -Angela Davis

    “Half the Sky” -Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

    “Women Who Run with the Wolves” -Clarissa Estes

    Fluid

    “Gender Trouble” -Judith Butler

    “Gender Outlaws” -Kate Bornstein

    “My Gender Workbook” -Kate Bornstein

  • “Why Love Matters” -Sue Gerhardt

    “No Bad Parts” -Dr. Richard Schwartz

    “Polyecure” -Jessica Fern

    “The Attachment Theory Workbook” -Annie Chen

    “Hold Me Tight” -Dr. Sue Johnson

  • “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” -Shunryu Suzuki

    “Wherever You Go, There You Are” -Jon Kabat-Zinn

    “Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness” -David Treleaven

    “How to Meditate” -Pema Chödrön

    “Being Time” -Shinshu Roberts

    “The Miracle of Mindfulness” -Thich Nhat Hanh

    “Focusing” -Eugene Gendlin

  • “Resilient Grieving” -Dr. Lucy Hone

    “Grief is Love: Living with Loss” -Marisa Lee

  • “An Unquiet Mind” -Dr. Kay Jamison