Book + Podcast recommendations.
Time Awareness
The Power of Habit by Charle Duhigg
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time by Brigid Schulte
Death & Dying
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlyn Doughty
The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski
Death in the Afternoon with The Order of the Good Death
The Dying Matters Podcast
Memoir
Queen of the Oddballs by Hillary Carlip
Oh the Glory of it All by Sean Wilsey
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Just Kids by Patti Smith
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Happiness
Stumbling On Happiness by Daniel Gilbert Todd
How to Live A Good Life by Jonathan Fields
How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb
How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
Home & Organizing
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
Everything That Remains by Joshua Fields Millburn (The Minimalists)
The Little Book of Tidying: Declutter Your Home and Your Life by Beth Penn
Simply Spaced: Clear the Clutter and Style Your Life by Monica Leed
Meditation & Chill Vibes
True Refuge by Tara Brach
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of the Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield
The Science of Enlightenment by Shinzen Young
Cancer, Illness, & Medicine
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor
Relationships
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky
Emotions & Empaths
The Empath's Survival Guide by Judith Orloff
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.