Lianne kicks off our 2025 season with an in-depth chat about the books that fortify us. We also chat about how we find a lot of self-help feels like fast food ( we have opinions!), and the books that have nourished us in more satisfying ways.
We share fiction, podcasts and other sources of sustenance. We've included the books and podcasts we mention below:
Books
- Self-help by Gabby Bernstein
- Beyond Anxiety by Martha Beck
- No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz
- Let Them by Mel Robbins
- An article about the Poem by Cassie Phillips that preceded Mel Robbins’ book
- Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow
- The Courage to be Disliked Kishimi and Koga
- The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
- When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
- Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
- The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
- The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
- Ten Poems to Change Your Life by Roger Housden
- Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Podcasts
- ReThinking with Adam Grant
- The Handsome Podcast
- Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis Dreyfus
- Where Should We Begin? With Esther Perel
- All There Is with Anderson Cooper
- LITerally with Lacey Styles
- The Rest is Entertainment
- Kim Hill Wants to Know with Kim Hill
- Courage & Spice with Sas Petherick
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