A few books on my virtual bookshelf

12 Rules for Life Jordan B. Peterson

An antidote to chaos, sort yourself out, tell the truth, shoulder responsibility, and meet life as something to be negotiated, not merely endured.

Atlas of AI Kate Crawford

AI as extraction and infrastructure, labor, data, minerals, and power, mapped as a political and planetary story, not just code.

Awareness Anthony de Mello

Short talks on waking up, seeing what is real, loosening the stories that trap us, and meeting life without the usual defenses.

Becoming Michelle Obama

A memoir in three acts, from Chicago's South Side to the world stage, on identity, partnership, and finding your voice when the room keeps changing.

Becoming Bulletproof Evy Poumpouras

Lessons from the Secret Service, reading people, hard conversations, and moving from fear to fearlessness when strength is built in the mind first.

Braving the Wilderness Brené Brown

True belonging without betraying yourself, courage to stand alone in your values when the crowd wants a softer compromise.

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies Tara Schuster

Daily rituals and re-parenting yourself with humor, excavating old wounds, quieting the inner critic, and building a life you actually want.

Do Over Jon Acuff

Career resets without the shame spiral, rescuing Monday, reinventing your work, and building momentum when you feel stuck.

Getting the Love You Want Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt

Imago relationship work, seeing your partner as teacher, not antagonist, and building dialogue that turns old wounds into real intimacy.

Insight Tasha Eurich

Self-awareness is a learnable skill, research, Fortune 500 practice, and a clear path past the myths that keep us from seeing ourselves clearly.

Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl

From the camps to logotherapy: meaning can be found even in suffering, through work, love, and the stance we take toward the unavoidable.

Mating in Captivity Esther Perel

Desire and domestic life, why closeness can dull erotic charge, and how couples rethink intimacy without choosing between security and aliveness.

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Lori Gottlieb

A therapist in therapy, humor and heart on the stories we tell ourselves, the work of change, and what it really means to show up for a life.

Meditations Marcus Aurelius

Private notes from a Roman emperor on ruling yourself first, acceptance, duty, and keeping the inner life aligned when the world will not cooperate.

Self Matters Phillip C. McGraw

Creating your life from the inside out, naming the self you never let speak, and owning the choices that kept you on the sidelines.

The 33 Strategies of War Robert Greene

Historical campaigns distilled into patterns, when to engage, when to feign weakness, and how power moves in conflict, politics, and everyday maneuvering.

The 4-Hour Workweek Timothy Ferriss

Lifestyle design over default career scripts, systems, outsourcing, and questioning what “work” has to look like before you trade decades for it.

The Upward Spiral Alex Korb

How depression loops in the brain, and how small, concrete shifts in sleep, movement, and attention can nudge the system toward relief.

The Wisdom of a Broken Heart Susan Piver

Heartbreak as a path, Buddhist-influenced guidance on grief without drowning in it, and finding clarity and compassion on the other side of loss.

When Things Fall Apart Pema Chödrön

Heart advice for difficult times, moving toward pain with curiosity, relaxing into groundlessness, and finding what does not break when life does.