LIVING FROM THE DEEP // Resources

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1	Title	Author	Why I Love It	Difficulty	Buy it!
2	women who run with the wolves	clarissa pinkola estés	this is the book that changed my life. estés unpacks century old, cross-cultural stories to help call women back home to their authentic, wild selves.	long and dense	here
3	all about love	bell hooks	hooks breaks apart modern society to show us that operating from a place of love (care, compassion, community) can create a more fulfilling, healed, and thus, effective world. she breaks her vision of love into various aspects, including: affection, respect, trust, care, commitment, recognition, and honest communication and encourages us to leave behind gender stereotypes, control, ego, domination and aggression. she also redefines 'perfection' in a way that's completely changed my feelings around the word.	short but research-heavy	here
4	untamed	glennon doyle	untamed starts with glennon doyle asking herself "wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this?", and what follows is her story to finding the life that was right for her, versus the life she was conditioned to want. what i really love about this book is how doyle shows readers that living the life that feels truthful to you, and sharing it with the people in your life, is how we find not just fulfillment, but also love.	easy read	here
5	the book of awakening	mark nepo	if there's one thing you read on this list, i hope it's the book of awakening. it's the easiest read and is applicable to every soul. after battling cancer, nepo brought together a collection of stories and traditions to help readers rediscover the feeling of being alive, present and liberated. each chapter/day comes with its own exercise for readers (and they're relatively short, simple, and painless!).	easy read daily chapters daily practices	here
6	untethered soul	michael alan singer	untethered soul pushes readers to reasses their relationship to their self - their mind, soul and body and how the three work together. where do 'you' really exist? where do 'you' stop and where do your thoughts and feelings take over? through singer's book, you'll understand how, by letting go of your thoughts and feelings you can tap into your limitless consciousness. it is our consciousness that can pull us back into the present, freeing us from thoughts and memories that stand between us and self-realization and fulfillment.	short but dense and heady	here
7	the body keeps the score	bessel van der kolk, m.d.	i found this book after years of complaining about aches, pains and illnesses that seemed to have no real cause. while i'm still working my way through the book and practice, the body keeps the score explains how trauma stays with us, even when we've freed it from our hearts (or at least think we have). dr bessel van der kolk explains how trauma impacts our bodies and brains, ultimately decreasing our ability to feel pleasure, trust, self-control and engagement. from there, he begins to outline how our relationship to both pain and healing can be shifted to help us reclaim our lives.	long and research-heavy	here
8	burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle	emily nagoski, phd & amelia nagoski, dma	COMING SOON	COMING SOON	here
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