Back to the source
I’ve a wide range of books, podcasts and other materials which have been absolutely indispensable to the development of my approach to work and to which I return time and time again. I thought I’d do a bit of gathering for myself and decided to also share here. I will update as I discover or rediscover more!
May you find something of value to you within the list. Please do get in touch if you have any recommendations you’d like to share!
Trauma
Read
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Connie Burk and Laura van Dernoot
Complex PTSD by Pete Walker
Healing Developmental Trauma by Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre
Listen
On Being with Krista Tippett: How Trauma Lodges in the Body with Bessel van der Kolk (link here)
Collected interviews with Nate Postlethwait (link here)
Systems change and deep ecology
Read
A Larger Us and Collective Resilience from the Collective Psychology Project (link here)
Dancing with Systems by Donella Meadows (link here)
Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth
Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World by Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown
Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone by Sarah Jaffe
Resources for the Rest Resistance by The Nap Ministry (link here)
Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
Collective Imagination: A Playbook (link here)
Watch
As Temperatures Rise: What Makes a Healthy Human Culture? with Sophy Banks (link here)
Listen
Solve Everything At Once: Nora Bateson on systems thinking, warm data and singing out loud (link here)
On Being with Krista Tippett: Forests Are Wired For Wisdom with Suzanne Simard
On Being with Krista Tippett: The Worlds Beneath Our Feet with Robert Macfarlane
Poetics of self, other & mental health
Read
The How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself by Yrsa Daley-Ward
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
All About Love by bell hooks
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia and Emily Nagoski
On Connection by Kae Tempest
Watch
Crazywise (2017) by Phil Borges & Kevin Tomlinson
Listen
RAIN Meditation by Tara Brach (link here)
On Being With Krista Tippett: A Life Worthy of Our Breath with Ocean Vuong
Rituals and community
Read
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
Rituals: Simple and Radical Practices for Enchantment in Times of Crisis by Yarrow Magdalena
Ritual: Power, Healing and Community by Malidoma Patrice Somé
Listening to Your Life: 30 Ways to Discern Direction for Your Future by Julia Mourant
Developing practice
Read
Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats by Ken Nelson, David Ronka and Lesli Lang
Radical Healership: How to Build a Values‑Driven Healing Practice in a Profit-Driven World by Laura Mae Northrup
Fings on my list to check out next are…
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Holding Change by Adrienne Maree Brown
Steps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson
Back from the edge of existence: A critical anthropology of trauma by Rebecca Lester
The Wisdom of Trauma by Gabor Maté (film)