Vanessa’s Top 5 Book Recs (More Below!)
The Big Leap
-by Gay Hendricks
Many Lives, Many Masters
-by Brian L. Weiss
Ask and It Is Given
-by Esther and Jerry Hicks
It Didn’t Start With You
-by Mark Wolynn
The Untethered Soul
-by Michael A. Singer
I may be slightly biased, but this book is pretty darn good too!
General
Man’s Search For Meaning
-by Viktor E. Frankl
You Are A Bad Ass
-by Jen Sincero
The Highly Sensitive Person
-by Elaine N. Aron
Marrow
-by Elizabeth Lesser
The Four Agreements
-by Don Miguel Ruiz
Nature and the Human Soul
-by Bill Plotkin
Soulcraft
-by Bill Plotkin
The Wisdom of the Enneagram
-by Don Richard and Russ Hudson
Untamed
-by Glennon Doyle
Designing Your Life
-by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
StrengthsFinder 2.0
-by Tom Rath
Being Mortal
-by Atul Gawande
Love Warrior: A Memoir
-by Glennon Doyle Melton
Meditations to Change Your Brain
-by Rick Hanson
Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life
-by Robert Moss
The Crossroads of Should And Must
-by Elle Luna
The Gifts of Imperfection
-by Brene Brown
Fail Fail Again Fail Better
-by Pema Chodron
The Artist’s Way
-by Julia Cameron
I Can See Clearly Now
-by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
The Upside of Stress
-by Kelly McGonigal
The Willpower Instinct
-by Kelly McGonigal
Do Nothing
-by Celeste Headlee
The Law Of Success In Sixteen Lessons
-by Napoleon Hill
When the Heart Waits
-by Sue Monk Kidd
Wishes Fulfilled
-by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
The Soul Planner
-by Vanessa Loder & Suzanne Miller
No Bad Parts
-by Richard C. Schwartz, PHD
Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
-by Sharon Salzberg
Self-Compassion
-by Kristin Neff
Thrive
-by Arianna Huffington
10% Happier
-by Dan Harris
The Art Of Learning
-by Josh Waitzkin
The 4-Hour Workweek
-by Timothy Ferriss
Seed Money in Action
-by Jon P. Speller
Change or DIe
-by Alan Deutschman
Think & Grow Rich
-by Napoleon Hill
Conscious Loving
-by Gay & Katie Hendricks
Daring Greatly
-by Brene Brown
Rising Strong
-by Brene Brown
Mutant Message Down Under
-by Marlo Morgan
The Willpower Instinct
-by Kelly McGonigal
The Success Principles
-by Jack Canfield
E2
-by Pam Grout
Mindset
-Carol S. Dweck, PHD
Power vs Force
-by David R. Hawkins, MD, PHD
Resilient
-by Rick Hanson, PHD
Hardwiring Happiness
-by Rick Hanson PHD
The Desire Map
-by Danielle LaPorte
Positive Intelligence
-by Shirzad Chamine
Loving What Is
-by Byron Katie
Women’s Leadership
Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection
-by Debora Spar
Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
-by Karyl Mcbride
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
-by Sue Monk Kidd
Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message
-by Tara Mohr
Women, Food & God
-by Geneen Roth
Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time
-by Brigid Schulte
Pussy: A Reclamation
-by Regena Thomashauer
Do Less
-by Kate Northrup
Drop the Ball
-by Tiffany Dufu
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
-by Emily Nagoski, PhD
Amelia Nagoski, DMA
Come As You Are
-by Emily Nagoski, PhD
Cassandra Speaks
-by Elizabeth Lesser
Patriarchy Stress Disorder
-by Valerie Rein, PhD
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit
-by Queen Afua
Rise Sister Rise: A Guide to Unleashing the Wise, Wild Woman Within
-by Rebecca Campbell
The Heroine’s Journey
-by Maureen Murdock
Diana, Herself
-by Martha Beck
Women, Food And God
-by Geneen Roth
Writing
The Book You Were Born to Write
-by Kelly Notaras
Big Magic
-by Elizabeth Gilbert
Write Useful Books
-by Rob Fitzpatrick
Health
The Body Never Lies
-by Alice Miller
The Body Keeps The Score
-by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
8 Weeks to Optimum Health
-by Andrew Weil
Spontaneous Healing
-by Andrew Weil
Heal Your Body
-by Louise Hay
You Can Heal Your Life
-by Louise Hay
Spirituality
The Council of Light
-by Danielle Rama Hoffman
The Surrender Experiment
-by Michael A. Singer
The Instruction
-by Ainslie MacLeod
A Course In Miracles
-by Foundation For Inner Peace
The Magdalan Manuscript
-by Tom Kenyon and Judi Sion
The Seat of the Soul
-by Gary Zukav
The Alchemist
-by Paulo Coelho
Soul Poetry
Everything Is Waiting For You
-by David Whyte
A Thousand Mornings: Poems
-by Mary Oliver
The Essential Rumi
-Translated by Coleman Barks
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
-by John O’Donohue
Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
-by Anita Barrows
Consolations
-by David Whyte
Marriage and Relationships
Hold Me Tight
-by Dr. Sue Johnson
The Empowered Wife
-by Laura Doyle
Parents
Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn’t Work and What Will
-by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
The Conscious Parent
-by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
The Birth Of A Mother: How The Motherhood Experience Changes You Forever
-by Daniel N. Stern,
Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern
And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives
-by John Gottman Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman
Mindful Birthing
-by Nancy Bardacke
Spiritual Midwifery
-by Ina May Gaskin
Birthing From Within
-by Pam England, Rob Horowitz
The Highly Sensitive Child
-by Elaine N. Aron
No Drama Discipline
-by Daniel Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
No-Drama Discipline Workbook
-by Daniel Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
Good Inside
-by Dr. Becky Kennedy
What No One Tells You
-by Alexandra Sacks, MD &
Catherine Birndorf, MD