Nessa's Recent Book and Podcast Recs
I still frequent libraries.
Recent Reads 2023-2024:
NONFICTION
Lighter by Yung Pueblo
The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Mate
Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
Heal thyself by Saki Santorelli
True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart by Tara Brach
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
Emotional Agility by Susan David
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine
The Coming Wave by Suleyman Mustafa
Impromptu by Reid Hoffman
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen
The Mountain is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna West
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh
Our Fragile Moment by Michael Mann
Ways Of Being by James Bridle
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg (reading)
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
Intro to Internal Family Systems by Richard Schwartz
Waking A memoir of trauma and transcendence by Matthew Sanford
Healing: A Woman's Journey from Doctor to Nun by Sister Dang Nghiem
Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek Murthy
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
You Are Enough by Penache Desai
Intuitive Eating For Life by Jenna Hollenstein
Aloneness to Oneness by Todd Perelmuter
Motherland: A memoir of love, loathing and longing by Elissa Altman
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner
Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughter Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance by Kelly McDaniel
Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
What A Plant Knows by Mathew Chamovitz
The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger (My Favorite)
Shambhala The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa
Finding The Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard (pending)
Constellations II David Whyte
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion by Marshall Rosenberg
Come of Age The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble by Stephen Jenkinson
The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen (book club april 2025)
The Book of Forgiving by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu
Think Like A Monk by Jay Shetty
Imaginable How: To see the future coming and feel ready for anyting—-even things that seem impossible today. Jane McGonigal
FICTION
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
The House of the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Power of Now by Bryce Courteney
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
Somewhere Beyond the Sea TJ Klune
PODCAST RECS below:
Newsletter inspiration for my writing: The Marginalian by Maria Popova
PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS
-Huberman Lab
-On Being by Krista Tippet
-Poetry Unbound by Paidraig O Tuama
-The Way Out is In by Plum Village
-Radiolab
-The Matt Walker Podcast (Sleep Researcher/Expert)