Inspiration & Suggested-Reading List
Happy Reading!
Positive Psychology
- Barbara Fredrickson: Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3:1 Ratio That will change your Life.
- Martin E. P. Seligman: Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being.
- Sonja Lyubormirsky: The How of Happiness
- Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte: The Resilience Factor
- Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener: Happiness: Unlocking The Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Psychology
- M. Scott Peck: The Road Less Traveled
- Carol Dweck: The New Psychology of Success
- Heidi Grant Halvorson: Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals
- Daniel Gilbert: Stumbling on Happiness
- Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice
- Phillip Zimbardo and John Boyd: The Time Paradox
- Oliver Sacks: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Psychotherapy and Counseling
- Irvin D. Yalom: The Gift of Therapy
- Irvin D. Yalom: Love's Executioner
- Barry L. Duncan and Scott D. Miller et al: The Heart and Soul of Change
Personal Growth and Development
- Daniel H. Pink: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates
Us
- Daniel H. Pink: A Whole New Mind
- Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers
- Brene Brown: The Gifts of Imperfection
- Brene Brown: Daring Greatly
- Mitch Albom: Tuesdays With Morrie
- Rachel Naomi Remen: Kitchen Table Wisdom
- P. M. Forni: The Thinking Life
- Clayton M. Christensen: How Will You Measure Your Life?
Compassion and Love
- Kristin Neff: Self-Compassion
- Gregory Boyle: Tattoos on the Heart
Marriage and Relationship
- John M. Gottman and Nan Silver: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
- John M. Gottman: Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage
- John M. Gottman: The Relationship Cure
- John M. Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman: And Baby Makes Three
- John Gray: Why Mars and Venus Collide
- Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson: Spousonomics
- Harriet Lerner: Marriage Rules
- Harriet Lerner: The Dance of Anger
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Harriet Lerner: The Dance of Connection
- Pat Love: The Truth About Love
- Marianne J Legato: Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget
- Steven Craig: The 6 Husbands Every Wife Should Have
Parenting and Child Development
- Margot Sunderland: The Science of Parenting
- Dana Bedford Hilmer: Blindsided by A Diaper
- John M. Gottman: Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child
- Haim G. Ginott: Between Parent and Child
- Michael Gurian: Nurture the Nature
- Mary Gordon: Roots of Empathy
- Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz: Born For Love
- Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Diane Eyer: Einstein Never Used Flashcards
- Harriet Lerner: The Mother Dance: How Children Change Your Life
Spirituality
- Eckchart Tolle: The Power of Now
- Elizabeth Lesser: Broken Open
- Henri J. M. Nouwen: The Genesee Diary
Autobiography and Memoir
- John Beevers: The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Liseux.
- Jean-Dominique Bauby: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Project
- Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
- Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight
- Joan Didion: The Year of Magical Thinking
- Bill Gates, Sr: Showing Up for Life
- Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love
- Martha Beck: Expecting Adam