One of my favorite hobbies since childhood is reading… Books! I’ve always been intensely curious and love a good Armchair Adventure.

Here are some books that have inspired me – I hope you’ll find some new favorites here. Please note: The opinions expressed and positions taken in these works are those of their respective authors within the context of their particular time and place, and do not always reflect my personal views. Happy Reading!

Metaphysics / Spirituality

• Be Here Now, by Ram Dass
• Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Dao, by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
• Diary of a Psychic: Shattering the Myths, by Sonia Choquette
• Dream Dictionary: An A to Z Guide to Understanding Your Unconscious Mind, by Tony Crisp
• Easy Tarot: Learn the Cards Once and For All! by Josephine Ellershaw
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom – A Toltec Wisdom Book, by Don Miguel Ruiz
• Heal Your Body: The Mental Cause for Physical Illness and The Metaphysical Way to Overcome Them, by Louise Hay
• The Healer’s Manual: A Beginner’s Guide to Energy Healing for Yourself and Others, by Ted Andrews
• The Hidden Messages in Water, by Masaru Emoto
• How to Read the Aura and Practice Psychometry, Telepathy, and Clairvoyance, by W.E. Butler
• Journeys Out of the Body: The Classic Work on Out-of-Body Experience, by Robert A. Monroe
• The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life, by Adyashanti
• My Life With the Spirits: The Adventures of a Modern Magician, by Lon Milo Duquette
• Mysticism: The Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness, by Evelyn Underhill
• The Only Dance There Is, by Ram Dass
• The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, by Arthur Edward Waite
• The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude, by Dr. Darren R. Weissman
• The Power of Intention, by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, by Eckhart Tolle
• Psychological Astrology: A Synthesis of Jungian Psychology and Astrology, by Karen Homaker-Donzag
• The Shaman’s Body: A New Shamanism for Transforming Health, Relationships, and the Community, by Arnold Mindell
• There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
• Turning the Mind into an Ally, by Sakyong Mipham
• Women Who Run With The Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
• You Are The Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter, by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Self-Improvement / Psychology

• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott
• Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism, by Christian Picciolini
• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, by Pete Walker
• The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition, by Alice Miller
• Ethical Intelligence: Five Principles for Untangling Your Toughest Problems at Work and Beyond, by Bruce Weinstein
• The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
• The Good Ones: Ten Crucial Qualities of High-Character Employees, by Bruce Weinstein
• The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, by Elaine N. Aron, PhD
• Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss, by Pauline Boss
• On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, & Getting Old, by Parker J. Palmer
• People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, by M. Scott Peck, M.D.
• Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides, by Terri E. Givens
• The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win, by Joel P. Trachtman
• Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, by Judith L. Herman, MD
• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, by Peter A. Levine
• Where to Draw the Line: Setting Healthy Boundaries Every Day, by Anne Katherine, M.A.
• Your Rainforest Mind, by Paula Prober