Here’s to forever self-helping, studying, laughing, crying, and taking advantage of this human life through reading!

Rather than flailing through life making assumptions, believing presumptuous statements, or following ideas indiscriminately, I make the choice to study, continually ask ‘why,’ and dig deep into self-awareness so that my opinions feel more substantiated, rather than blind, arbitrary, ungracious, egocentric, or unilateral. I believe it’s an injustice to ourselves and to society at large to stop studying, learning, and asking ‘why.’ The more we study, the more we learn about how myopic we humans really are. We focus so much on “I” when “we” are so affected by selfish, biased decisions. Studying a variety of things helps me to grow my knowledge and consciousness to hopefully give me a more nuanced view of those things and to realize the ripple effect I have on people and environment.

Anyhow, here’s my ongoing library (in no particular order). Many have been forgotten and will be added to the list as my mind makes room to accommodate those fleeting memories. This list does not include any academic or professional journal articles that I cite in my programs. I am open to any book recommendations, regardless of opposing views, because I am always open to learning multiple perspectives! If you have a book recommendation, let me know!

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• The Power of Vulnerability, Brene Brown

• The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday

• Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounter Consciousness, Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner

• The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

• 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help that Actually Works, Dan Harris

• Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton

• Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth

• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k, Mark Manson

• Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, Amy Cuddy

• Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday

• Strategic Thinking Skills, Stanley K. Ridgley

• Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, Richard Thaler

• Redefining Reality: The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science, Steven Gimbel

• What I Told My Daughter: Lessons From Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women, Nina Tassler

• The 4-Hour Workweek, Timothy Ferriss

• Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to the True Nature of the Universe, Robert Lanza & Bob Berman

• The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton

• Analysis and Critique: How to Engage and Write About Anything, Dorsey Armstrong

• Scream-Free Marriage: Calming Down, Growing Up, and Getting Closer, Hal Edward Runkel & Jenny Runkel

• The Third Alternative, Steven Covey

• The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, Sir Ken Robinson

• The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins

• Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell

• Emotional Intelligence, Travis Bradberry

• How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie

• House of God, Samuel Shem

• Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole

• The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts, Gary Chapman

• Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

• Crushing It! How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence – and How You Can, Too, Gary Vaynerchuk

• Analysis and Critique: How To Engage and Write About Anything, Dorsey Armstrong

• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach

• Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life, Glennon Doyle Melton

• Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Adam Grant

• Edge of Eternity, Ken Follett

• Fall of Giants, Ken Follett

• Winter of the World, Ken Follett

• The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure, Grant Cardone

• The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss, Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt

• Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, Jane Mayer

• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson

• Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik

• Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender, David R. Hawkins

• Stress and Your Body, Professor Robert Sapolsky

• Discrimination and Disparities, Thomas Sowell

• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell

• 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene

• A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America, Bruce Cannon Gibney

• Law School for Everyone [The Great Courses], Edward K. Cheng, Joseph L. Hoffmann, Molly Bishop Shadel, Peter J. Smith

• Critical Business Skills for Success [The Great Courses], Michael A. Roberto, Clinton O. Longenecker, Eric Sussman, Thomas Goldsby, Ryan Hamilton

• The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama

• Dare to Lead, Brene Brown

• Becoming, Michelle Obama

• The Mueller Report, Robert S. Mueller

• Power Moves, Adam Grant

• Conspiracy, Ryan Holiday

• Fatal Invention, Dorothy Roberts

• Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, Ryan Holiday

• The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker

• Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell

• Enlightenment Now, Steven Pinker

• Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez

• Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

• Radical Candor, Kim Scott

• Barracoon, Zora Neale Hurston

• Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference, Stephen Trzeciak, Anthony Mazzarelli

• Feminism Is for Everybody, bell hooks

• Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, Third Edition, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic, Angela Harris

• The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

• Shattered Bonds, Dorothy Roberts

• Medical Apartheid, Harriet A. Washington

• Killing the Black Body, Dorothy Roberts

• Untamed, Glennon Doyle

• Drive, Daniel H. Pink

• How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

• Destruction of Black Civilization, Chancellor Williams

• Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell

• A Mother’s Reckoning, Sue Klebold

• Unmaking Autism, Devon Price

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• The Art of Investing: Lessons from History’s Greatest Traders, John M. Longo

• Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body, Jo Marchant

• The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear into Faith, Gabrielle Bernstein

• Healing With Body Energy, W. Brugh Joy

• Living Well, Spending Less, Ruth Soukup

• Lullaby, Jonathan Maberry

• Where Should We Begin: The Arc of Love, Esther Perel

• Operation Paperclip, Annie Jacobsen

• The Half-Life of Marie Curie, Lauren Gunderson

• Fear, Bob Woodward

• The Righteous Mind, Jonathan Haidt

• Quantum Mechanics [The Great Courses], Steven Gimble

• Black Reconstruction in America, W. E. B. Du Bois

• The History of White People, Nell Irvin Painter

• The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie

• I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy

• Code Blue, Mike Magee

• Ain’t I a Woman, bell hooks

• Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks

• The Will to Change, bell hooks

• The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones

• The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw

• Start Here, Start Now, Liz Kleinrock

• A Promised Land, Barack Obama

• Heaven and Hell, Bart D. Ehrman

• The Science of Sci-Fi, Erin Macdonald [The Great Courses]

• The Spies That Bind, Ally Carter

• Esther Perel’s Where Should We Begin?: The Arc of Love, Esther Perel

• The Art of Investing: Lessons from History’s Greatest Traders [The Great Courses]

• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb

• Law School for Everyone, Edward K. Cheng, Joseph L. Hoffmann, Molly Bishop Shadel, Peter J. Smith [The Great Courses]

• Human Errors, Nathan H. Lents

• Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer

• Stress and Your Body, Robert Sapolsky [The Great Courses]