Some Books for Self-Transcendence
A curated list of books that have helped me become a more conscious and powerful human being.
These books have given me the tools and techniques to be a conscious and powerful human being. A stoic who’s life is entirely up to myself. My days have intention and focus. My values are reflected in every single decision that I take throughout my day. Walking the talk, I call it.
My favorites have the 🔥 emoji - I feel these books helped me the most.
🔥 Daily Reads, Rain or Shine
These are for nourishing the tri-force: my heart, my soul, and my mind.
- Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul By Melody Beattie
- The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living By Ryan Holiday
- A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul By Leo Tolstoy
About/For Life
These are the foundational knowledge that makes my life easy.
- 🔥 Of Human Freedom by Epictetus
- 🔥 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
- 🔥 The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph By Ryan Holiday
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones By James Clear
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos By Jordan B. Peterson
- The 48 Laws of Power By Robert Greene
- The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
About the Self, Myself
From the Atlas of the Heart, which taught me over 60 different feelings and human emotions, to some books about anger and learning how to understand my sources of anger.
- 🔥 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience By Brené Brown
- 🔥 Your Erroneous Zones By Wayne W. Dyer
- 🔥 Meditations By Marcus Aurelius
- Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men By Lundy Bancroft
- Anger: Taming the Beast by Reneau Z. Peurifoy
- No More Mr. Nice Guy by Robert A. Glover
About the Human Brain/Behavioral
From how I communicate to understanding the human brain, parenting, and my children, and therefore understanding myself.
- 🔥 Nonviolent Communication By Marshall B. Rosenberg
- 🔥 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
- Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman
- Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love By Amir Levine, Rachel Heller
- The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
- No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind By Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
- The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans: How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Trust, and Raise a Respectable Adult by Josh Shipp
- The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate By Gary Chapman
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