This is a list of resources that we find valuable or enjoy in some way. Not all of the titles are therapeutic in nature but they can at least provide some form of relief from the tedium of daily living.
Books are magic and they are medicine. Read to lift your mood, read to entertain and vanquish boredom, read as a form of meditation, and read to increase your power and knowledge. We also put a link for a form at the bottom of the page so that people can submit suggestions for books for us to read.
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.”
- The Power of Showing Up by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
- The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff
- Lost Connections by Johann Hari
- In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
- The Wild Edge of Sorrow: The Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
- For the Love of Men by Liz Plank
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
- Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubborning is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
- Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
- Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel Siegel
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- The Gift of Therapy by Irvin Yalom
- How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers
- Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
- Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
- Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
- The Case for Reparations by Ta'Nehisi Coates
- The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown
“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and slaughters a visible Nature, without realizing that this Nature he slaughters is the invisible God he worships.”