So what am I learning about now?
Currently Reading/Listening To:
Completed Books: (listed in the order I read them, most recent at the top):
Early on, just as I was deciding to start school for counseling, I read these couple of books and they helped me decide this was the right direction.
Books On Pause (Started, but not yet Completed):
I read so many books, it's impossible to remember them all. In addition to reading these books, I read non-fiction books on a variety of other topics, and I love some good fiction too. My favorite genres are Fantasy and Sci-Fi.
Why share my reading list with you??
Two of my favorite things to do are reading and learning. The list of books I want to read is ever growing (and probably longer than I'll ever have time to read) and I am working hard to read and learn as much as I can. In addition to reading fiction (mostly fantasy & sci-fi), I love to read non-fiction. In grad school, we were assigned some very awesome books, essays, and articles to read.
One of the final assignments in my counseling program at Wake Forest was to reflect on an influential article read during my time in the program. I chose a New York Times Magazine piece we were assigned to read in our Cultures & Counseling course called "Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City". This article has stuck with me ever since we read it for class. The author does a wonderful job of bringing to life many of the concepts I had known about intellectually but did not yet have any personal understanding of yet, and forcing me to face the reality that I needed to deepen my own personal understanding of the lived experiences of people of color and of all marginalized populations. The Case for Reparations, written for The Atlantic, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, is another article that has stuck with me for the same reasons (and I highly recommend you read it too).
Reading these two articles helped me start my own journey in earnest towards gaining a better understanding of multicultural issues. I began seeking more stories about and by people who are different from me and my experiences. These differences could be ethnicity, religion, sexual affectation, gender expression, disability, and other differences not listed here. Some of my favorites about race include:
Currently Reading/Listening To:
- How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Black Fatigue by Mary-Frances Winters
- Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Completed Books: (listed in the order I read them, most recent at the top):
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- In an Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine Ph.D
- The Secrets of the Yoga Sutra by Pandit Rajamani Tigunait Ph.D
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Meditation and Psychotherapy: A Professional Training Course for Integrating Mindfulness into Clinical Practice by Tara Brach
- Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
- The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works by Shinzen Young
- Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brene Brown
- Braving the Wilderness:The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone (Also by Brene Brown)
- Anything by Brene Brown is great
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk, MD
- I've recently completed my 2nd complete re-read of this book. It's just so good, I can't get enough of it. I pick up new things each time I re-read it.
- The Dharma of the Princess Bride: What the Coolest Fairy Tale of Our Time Can Teach Us About Buddhism and Relationships by Ethan Nichtern
- Esther Perel's Where Should We Begin?: The Arc of Love an Audible Original by Esther Perel
- It's OK That You're Not OK by Megan Devine
- Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD
- Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga by David Emerson and Dr. Elizabeth Hopper
- The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings are Trying to Tell You by Karla McLaren
- The Sounds True audio edition of this book is slightly different from the print version, but contains all the same content and is just as good.
- The Psychology of Zelda edited by Anthony Bean, PhD.
- Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphor, and Storytelling by Dr. Anita Johnston
Early on, just as I was deciding to start school for counseling, I read these couple of books and they helped me decide this was the right direction.
- The Making of a Therapist by Loouis Cozolino
- The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin Yalom
Books On Pause (Started, but not yet Completed):
- The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe by Dr. Stephen W. Porgess
- A Guide to Gender (2nd edition): The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook by Sam Killermann
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy by Deb Dana
- Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices by Deb Dana
- How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett
- My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Meankem
I read so many books, it's impossible to remember them all. In addition to reading these books, I read non-fiction books on a variety of other topics, and I love some good fiction too. My favorite genres are Fantasy and Sci-Fi.
Why share my reading list with you??
Two of my favorite things to do are reading and learning. The list of books I want to read is ever growing (and probably longer than I'll ever have time to read) and I am working hard to read and learn as much as I can. In addition to reading fiction (mostly fantasy & sci-fi), I love to read non-fiction. In grad school, we were assigned some very awesome books, essays, and articles to read.
One of the final assignments in my counseling program at Wake Forest was to reflect on an influential article read during my time in the program. I chose a New York Times Magazine piece we were assigned to read in our Cultures & Counseling course called "Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City". This article has stuck with me ever since we read it for class. The author does a wonderful job of bringing to life many of the concepts I had known about intellectually but did not yet have any personal understanding of yet, and forcing me to face the reality that I needed to deepen my own personal understanding of the lived experiences of people of color and of all marginalized populations. The Case for Reparations, written for The Atlantic, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, is another article that has stuck with me for the same reasons (and I highly recommend you read it too).
Reading these two articles helped me start my own journey in earnest towards gaining a better understanding of multicultural issues. I began seeking more stories about and by people who are different from me and my experiences. These differences could be ethnicity, religion, sexual affectation, gender expression, disability, and other differences not listed here. Some of my favorites about race include:
- Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria and Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Tatum,
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- Race Matters (25th Anniversary: With a new Introduction) by Cornel West
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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