Books:

• Elaine Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Survive When the World Overwhelms You

• Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency

• John Bray and Josh Cleland, The End - Picture book *

• Brene Brown, Atlas of the Heart

• Brene Brown, Braving the Wilderness

• Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers, The Power of Myth - transcribed interview *

• James Clear, Atomic Habits - nonfiction *

• Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

• Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist - fiction *

• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

• Michael Ende, The Neverending Story - fiction

• Lisa Feldman Barrett, How Emotions Are Made - nonfiction

• John Fowles - The Magus - fiction

• Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

• Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

• David Goleman & Richard Davidson, Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

• Adam Grant, Think Again - nonfiction

• James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up - nonfiction

• David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

• Anna Lee Landin and Daniela Volpari, The Little House Saw - Picture book *

• Daniel Lieberman, The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease

• Steve Magness, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness - nonfiction *

• Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - advice

• Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked

• Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hide Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - creative nonfiction *

• Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - memoir

• Jordan Peterson, 12 Rules for Life

• Susan Piver, The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say I Do - nonfiction

• Richard Powers, The Overstory - fiction *

• Dennis Prager, Happiness is a Serious Problem - nonfiction

• David Richo, Ready: How to Know When to Go and When to Stay - nonfiction *

• Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

• Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

• Sadhguru, Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy - memoir

• Neil Strauss, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book about Relationships - memoir *

• Henry David Thoreau, Walden

• Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

• Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

• Yung Pueblo, Inward - poetry/reflections

• Yung Pueblo, Clarity & Connection - poetry/reflections

Documentaries:

• Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers, The Power of Myth (available on Amazon Prime video) *

Podcasts:

• Hidden Brain

• The Huberman Lab *

• Rich Roll

• Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris

Essays:

• David Foster Wallace, “This is Water” *

Videos:

• Inattentional Blindness - But Did You See the Man in the Gorilla Suit? *

• David Foster Wallace, “This is Water” (except of original speech audio with added video) *