Recommended Reading

I'm a self-help book junkie. Below are some of my favorites, grouped into categories. (Many of them fall into several categories, so I picked what felt most right for me. You may feel differently.)

Life and Happiness

Be Happy -- Robert Holden

Bird by Bird -- Anne Lamott

Fearless Living -- Rhonda Britten

Finding Your Own North Star -- Martha Beck

What Happy People Know -- Dan Baker

The Art of Possibility -- Rosamund & Benjamin Zander

Leadership

Dare to Lead -- Brene Brown

Communication

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most -- Douglass Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything -- Kerry Patterson et al.

That's Not What I Meant -- Deborah Tannen

Self-Talk and Ways of Thinking

Loving What Is -- Byron Katie

Mindset -- Carol Dweck

Taming Your Gremlin -- Rick Carson

Dating/Relationships

Mars & Venus on a Date -- John Gray

The Five Love Languages -- Gary Chapman

Making Change

The Magic Lamp -- Keith Ellis

The Comfort Trap -- Judith Sills