Foundational
Nonviolent Communication, by Marshal Rosenberg
–Also referred to as Compassionate Communication, the four steps Marshal provides for communicating from the heart provide a procedure for understanding oneself and others in terms of feelings and the values from which they derive.
No Bad Parts, by Richard Schwartz
–Seeing ourselves as a multitude of parts with which we blend provides another tool for understanding ourselves and others in a nonjudgmental way, seeing all action as driven by our various parts trying to keep us safe.
How to Relax, by Thich Nhat Hanh
–Provides a profound perspective on what it means to relax and be part of life.
How to Love, by Thich Nhat Hanh
–An inspiring and moving series of instructions and aphorisms, this little booklet keeps giving every time it is opened.
Inspirational
Letters to a Young Poet, by Rainer Maria Rilke
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays and Lectures
“Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Ellen Terry” by Virginia Woolf
“How I Learned to Talk” by Emily Gordon Fox
“A Poet’s Advice” by e.e. Cummings
Still and Flow 