Recommendations
Below is a collection of books, podcasts, and resources that I will continue to update. These are listed in no particular order, and you may find the same title/resources listed under more than one category. Please know that I am in the process of decolonizing my bookshelf, so over time this list will grow and expand.
Books
Time Awareness
The Power of Habit by Charle Duhigg
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time by Brigid Schulte
Happiness
Stumbling On Happiness by Daniel Gilbert Todd
How to Live A Good Life by Jonathan Fields
How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb
How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
Cancer, Illness, & Medicine
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor
Death & Dying
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlyn Doughty
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlyn Doughty
The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski
Home & Organizing
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
Everything That Remains by Joshua Fields Millburn (The Minimalists)
The Little Book of Tidying: Declutter Your Home and Your Life by Beth Penn
Simply Spaced: Clear the Clutter and Style Your Life by Monica Leed
Relationships
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky
Memoir
Queen of the Oddballs by Hillary Carlip
Oh the Glory of it All by Sean Wilsey
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Just Kids by Patti Smith
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Meditation & Chill Vibes
True Refuge by Tara Brach
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of the Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield
The Science of Enlightenment by Shinzen Young
Emotions & Empaths
The Empath's Survival Guide by Judith Orloff
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Podcasts
Relationships & Psychotherapy
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
Entertainment
Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend with Conan O’Brien
The Big Conversations
Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber
The Good Life Project with Jonathan Fields
Terrible, Thanks for Asking with Nora McInerny
Unlocking Us with Brene Brown
Death & Dying
Death in the Afternoon with The Order of the Good Death
The Dying Matters Podcast