RESOURCES
Recommended Readings
On Relationships
The Art Of Loving. by Eric Fromm
The Three Marriages, by David Whyte
All About Love, by bell hooks
Why You will Marry the Wrong Person, by Alain de Botton
Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection, by Sharon Salzberg
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love, by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
On Narcissism
Traumatic Narcissism, by Daniel Shaw
It’s Not You, by Ramani Durvusala
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People, by Lindsay Gibson
The Gaslight Effect, by Robin Sharma
On trauma, grief, loss, and finding resilience
The Trauma of Everyday Life, by Mark Epstein
When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chödrön
When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, by Gabor Maté
The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem
The Denial of Death, by Ernest Becker
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankel
Living Between Worlds: Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times, by James Hollis
On mindfulness, meditation, and self-acceptance
Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach
The Wisdom of Insecurity, by Alan Watts
You Belong: A Call for Connection, by Sebene Selassie
Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love & Wisdom, Rick Hanson
Living the Mindful Life: a handbook for living in the present moment, by Charles Tart
Make Peace With Your Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You From Your Inner Critic, by Mark Coleman
On Therapy and personal growth
What is Psychotherapy?, published by The School of Life
Wisdom from the Couch, by Jennifer Kunst
Schopenhauer’s Porcupines: Intimacy and its Dilemmas, by Deborah Anna Luepenitz
A world of Fragile Things: Psychoanalysis and the Art of Living, by Mari Ruti
The Center Cannot Hold, by Elyn Saks
Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey, by James Hollis
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, by Michael Pollan
The Good Life, by Robert Waldinger
On other topics related to the human experience
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, Cathy Park Hong
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott
Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, by David Whyte
A Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit
Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit
Scattered: How attention Deficit Disorder Originates, And What You Can Do About It, by Gabor Maté
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, by Gabor Maté