Drop that copy of Atomic Habits and get in, we’re going somewhere else now (if you want)
Here’s a list of some books I’ve been led to that feel like dot-connectors, sanity checks, and resonance beacons for me.
- Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism – Vanessa Machado De Oliveira
- Sand Talk – Tyson Yunkaporta
- Right Story, Wrong Story: How to Have Fearless Conversations in Hell – Tyson Yunkaporta
- The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas – Ursula K. LeGuin
- The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. LeGuin
- Oneness Vs. the 1% – Vandana Shiva
- Ani.Mystic – Gordon White
- Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents – Octavia Butler
- We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth – Many Authors, edited by Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth
- Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis – Dean Spade
- The Time of the Black Jaguar: An Offering of Indigenous Wisdom for the Continuity of Life on Earth – Arkan Lushwala
- Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects – Joanna Macy & Molly Brown
- Dark Gold: The Human Shadow and the Global Crisis – Carolyn Baker
- Eye of the Storm: Facing Climate and Social Chaos with Calm and Courage – Terry LePage
- Emergent Strategy – adrienne maree brown
- Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change – Sherri Mitchell
- The Red Book – Carl Jung
- The Doors of Perception – Aldous Huxley
- Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours – Jamie Sams and Twylah Nitsch
- Scattered Minds – Gabor Mate
- Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for New Paradigm Parenting – Jo delAmor
- Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice – Rupa Marya and Raj Patel
- Black Elk Speaks – John G. Neihardt, Black Elk
- All About Love – bell hooks
I also highly and deeply recommend reading or listening to the words of Bayo Akomolafe. However, it doesn’t feel right to choose an introductory piece for you.