Recommended Reading for Your Journey

Recommended Reading for Optimal Performance

• The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by Steven Kotler
• Stealing Fire by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler
• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath
• Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter
• Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done by Ian Ayres
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George Leonard
• Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Recommended Reading for Neuroscience

• Behave by Robert Sapolsky
• Incognito by David Eagleman
• Waking Up by Sam Harris
• How Emotions are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
• The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel
• The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller
• Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Rick Hanson
• The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitin
• Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It by Gabor Maté

Recommended Reading for Leadership

• Leadership on the Line by Ron Heifetz
• Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan
• The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking by Roger L. Martin
• The Power of a Positive No: Save The Deal Save The Relationship and Still Say No by William Ury
• An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization by Robert Kegan
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

Recommended Reading for Anxiety / Depression

• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund Bourne
• Calming your Anxious Mind by Jeffrey Brantley
• Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub
• The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution by Trudy Scott
• Surviving your Borderline Parent by Kimberlee Roth and Freda Friedman
• Difficult Mothers by Terri Apter
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Recommended Reading for Meditation / Mindfulness

• Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Child’s Mind by Christopher Willard
• How to Stop Losing your Sh*t with Your Kids by Carla Naumberg

Recommended Reading for ADD / ADHD

• Healing ADD by Daniel Amen
• The Survival Guide for Kids with ADD or ADHD by John Taylor
• That Crumpled Paper was Due Last Week by Ana Homayoun
• All Dogs Have ADHD by Kathy Hoopman

Recommended Reading for Couples

• The Power of Two: Secrets to a Strong and Loving Marriage by Susan Heitler
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
• The Mindful Couple by Robyn Walser and Darrah Westrup
• We Love Each Other But…. by Ellen Wachtel
• Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
• Marriage in Motion by Richard Schwartz and Jacqueline Olds
• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson
• Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix
• The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy
• The Monogamy Myth by Peggy Vaughn
• What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage by Amy Sutherland
• Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury

Recommended Reading for Parents

• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher, PhD.
• Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D.
• Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon, PhD and Michael Thompson, PhD.
• The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel, PhD.
• Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D.
• Partnership Parenting by Kyle Pruett, MD. and Marsha Kline Pruett
• Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
• The Heart of Parenting: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gotteman, Ph,D.
• And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman, PhD. and Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D.
• Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Seigel, MD.
• Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Coleman and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.
• Real Boys by William Pollack, PhD.
• Emotionally Intelligent Parenting by Aurice Elias, PhD, Steven Tobias, PhD, and Brian Friedlander, PhD.