I love books. Several books and the words they contained have been reliable companions through my biggest trials and tribulations. Shattering, comforting, inspiring. This place will be of interest to you especially if you’re into psychology and leadership, if you’re an empath, a changemaker, and even more if grief is part of who you are. This place is a work in progress and will soon contain an artistic assembly of the most meaningful words I would carry with me.
This was powerful:
"Art has the power to render sorrow beautiful, make loneliness a shared experience, and transform despair into hope...the magic of all the art: the ability to both capture our pain and deliver us from it at the same time. It's the sharing of art that whispers: 'You're not alone.' "
- Brené Brown, in "Braving the Wilderness"
Book selection
Leadership, Coaching & Development (and Life, really):
- Braving the Wilderness (Brené Brown)
- Dare to Lead (Brené Brown)
- The Art of Asking (Amanda Palmer)
- Bittersweet (Susan Cain)
- The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever (Michael Bungay Stanier)
- What Happened To You (Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey)
- The Body Keeps The Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma (Bessel Van der Kork)
Grief & Meaning:
- Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy (Sheryl Sanberg and Adm Grant) – reread this one
- Finding Meaning : The Sixth Stage of Grief (David Kessler)
- There Is No Good Card For This: What To Say and Do When Life Gets Scary, Awful, and Unfair To People You Love (Emily McDowell and Kelsey Crowe)
- The Grief Handbook (Bridget McNulty)
- Grief Works (Julia Samuel)
Cancer:
- Between Two Kingdoms (Suleika Jaouad)
- When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
- Crying in H Mart (Michelle Zauner)
- Late Fragments: Everything I Want to Tell You (About This Magnificent Life) (Kate Gross)
Powerful words that carry insight, love & power
Come back soon for more 😉 In the meantime, let me add my own words:
Youth (2021) – A poem
Our joy and our compass to build something big.
