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
Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss by Claire Bidwell-Smith
The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martín Prechtel
It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine
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
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
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
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
A History of Kindness by Linda Hogan
Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón
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
Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart edited by Robert Bly, Michael Meade, and James Hillman 

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.  

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