Death, Grieving, Healing

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Ritual and Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller

Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson

How It All Could Be: A work book for dying people and those who love them by Stephen Jenkinson

Coming Back to Life by Joanna Macy

Angel Catcher: A Grieving Journal by Amy Eldon Turteltaub and Kathy Eldon

Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying by Stephen Levine

A Year to Live: How to Live This Year As if it Were Your Last by Stephen Levine

The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping With Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents by Alexander Levy

The Final Act of Living: Reflections of a Longtime Hospice Nurse by Barbara Karnes, RN

On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities At The End Of Life by Ira Byock, M.D.

How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter by Sherwin B Nuland

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Mindfulness and Meditation

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life by Jack Kornfield

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening by Joseph Goldstein

With Each and Every Breath by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)

A Honed and Heavy Axe by Ajahn Chandako

Break Through Pain: A Step By Step Mindfulness Meditation Program for Transforming Chronic and Acute Pain by Shinzen Young

Gradual Awakening by Stephen Levine

Parenting From the Inside Out: How A Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Mary Hartzell

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, And Body In The Healing Of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine with Ann Frederick

Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness In Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra by Thich Nhat Hanh

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

A Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation by Arinna Weisman and Jean Smith

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

A Beginner’s Guide to Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation by Bhante Vimalaramsi

Healthy Masculinity

Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart by Paul Kivel

I Don't Want To Talk About It: Overcoming The Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real

Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men by Michael Meade

Fathers Sons & Daughters: Exploring Fatherhood, Renewing the Bond edited by Charles Skull, Ph.D.

Absent Fathers, Lost Sons: The Search for Masculine Identity by Guy Corneau

Fathers & Sons: Life Stages in One of the Most Challenging of All Family Relationships by Lewis Yablonsky, Ph.D.

Men & Friendship by Stuart Miller

To Be A Man: In Search of the Deep Masculine edited by Keith Thompson

Inspirational Reading

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

River Flow by David Whyte

"What To Remember When Waking" by David Whyte (CD Set)

Consolation: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz

Interpersonal Relationship & Communication

Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg

The Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You by Karla McLaren

How To Be An Adult In Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo

Parenting From the Inside Out: How A Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Mary Hartzell

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Brainstorm: The Teenage Brain From the Inside Out by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. 

The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman

Addiction and Recovery

Recovering Joy: A Mindful Life After Addiction by Kevin Griffin

One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps by Kevin Griffin