{ reading list }

below is a list of books that have helped me in some way or another. some i've had since i was a teenager, others i've picked up in the last ten years or even more recently. some of them have made a huge impact on me and have been passed along to others, while some have become nightstand staples and oft-referred to guides throughout this life.


louise hay

• heart thoughts: a treasury of inner wisdom (with illustrations by katie daisy)
• heal your body
• you can heal your life (illustrated "gift" edition)
• you can heal your life : companion book (workbook)
• power thought cards

julia cameron

• the right to write
• the artist's way + the morning pages workbook

art + the creative life

• make good art
• art and fear
• bird by bird: some instructions on writing and life
• creative thursday: everyday inspiration to grow your creative practice

spiritual guidance + growth + other good stuff

• be here now
• man's search for meaning
• the alchemist
• the prophet
• the little prince
• a course in miracles
• loving what is (byron katie is AHA-some!)
• a new earth: awakening to your life's purpose
• the gifts of imperfection
• introduction to buddhism (this book gets mad props for saving my life)

partnership + marriage

• partnership parenting
• the 5 love languages
• you just don't understand: women and men in conversation

personal/household organizing

• it's all too much
• feng shui that makes sense 

parenting/unschooling/life with kids

• above all be kind
• raising our children, raising ourselves
• the mother's wisdom deck
• buddhism for mothers: a calm approach to caring for yourself and your children
• simplicity parenting 
• screamfree parenting
• it's OK not to share and other renegade rules for raising competent and compassionate kids

*disclaimer: the links above are amazon affiliate links which means that i may receive a small commission from any purchases made using the links, for which i'd be truly grateful.