Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth - William Bryant Logan Book Suggestion
William Bryant Logan is a practising arborist and the author of four books on nature: Sprout Lands, Dirt, Oak, and Air. I came across...
Books
Throughout my childhood I lived in a world of books - reading them, writing books of short stories" for clubs I made with my friends and listening to taped books. As an adult with a young family for years I somehow forgot about the pleasure I got from reading and always felt that I was "too busy" to read. When thinking about how my time was spent, during a particularly difficult period juggling being taxi driver for my children's various lessons and activities and generally trying to keep on top of housework I realised how much time I wasted waiting outside school or music lessons and realised that I could easily reclaim and hour plus a day to read in the quiet of my car!
Reading should be a priority. It has many health benefits including creating cognitive engagement which improves thinking skills, vocabulary and concentration. Reading can help our social perception and emotional intelligence, creating empathy, which helps to make the world a better place. As well as expanding our general knowledge, reading can help us to relax.
I have been fortunate to read so many books and have had some really excellent recommendations from all sorts of people; not only friends and family but also "random people" I have met in all walks of life including people I engaged in conversation with on the ferry or met once via mutual friends. Over time I hope to add some of the books I have previously read and recommend here and will post each new book I read here and related thoughts too.
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth - William Bryant Logan Book Suggestion
Book suggestions on the subject of adventures
Suggested books about Overthinking
Summer at the Kindness Café by Victoria Walters FICTION book suggestion
Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity by Edward Slingerland Book Suggestion
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon - Book Suggestion
“Living the Limitless Life: Walking in the Realm of Possibility” by Chilesa Jones Ready
Comparisonitis by Melissa Ambrosini - A book suggestion
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner A book suggestion on the theme of belonging
The Zhuangzi - Book Suggestion
All about Tea - book suggestions
Attitude Is Your Superpower -Book suggestion with bonus podcast link
The Art of Rest: How to Find Respite in the Modern Age by Claudia Hammond Book Suggestion
Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy Book suggestion
Earthing or grounding - book suggestions
Stepping Outside Your comfort Zone - Suggested book titles
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes Book Suggestion
Being Xtraordinary - suggested books
Suggested books on well-being
Books, films, series etc that feature umbrellas
‘The Body Keeps the Score’ by Bessel Van der Kolk Book Suggestion
The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal Book suggestion
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life by Hal Elrod
Books about queuing
The Power of Patience: How This Old-Fashioned Virtue Can Improve Your Life M J Ryan Book suggestion
The Orange Girl - Jostein Gaarder Book Suggestion
The Need to Say No: The Importance of Setting Boundaries in Love, Life, & Your World - Jill Brooke
“Who’s pulling your strings?” By Harriet Braiker Book Suggestion
The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy by Viktor Frankl Book Suggestion
Have you filled your bucket today? A guide to daily happiness for kids. by Carol Mc Cloud
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg - Book suggestion
Snippets of Inspiration’ by Dave Farnham - book suggestion
The chemistry of calm - by Henry Emmons - Book suggestion
The Celestine Prophecy - A Book Suggestion by Julie H
"In-distract-able - How to control your attention and choose your life" - Nir Eyalm Book Suggestion
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown Book Suggestion
Deep Work by Cal Newport Book suggestion
The secret by Rhonda Byrne - Book suggestion
The happiness project by Gretchen Rubin - Book suggestion
The Headspace Guide To Meditation and Mindfulness by Andy Puddicombe Book Suggestion
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Book suggestion
The Overstory By Richard Powers Book Suggestion
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business - Charles Duhigg Book Suggestion
Insight by Tasha Eurich (How to succeed by seeing yourself clearly) Book Suggestion
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey Book suggestion
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - Book suggestion
Happiness by Design by Paul Dolan Book suggestion
The Year of Less by Cait Flanders Book suggestion
'Super Brain' by Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E Tanzi Book suggestion
‘Mindfulness’ by Gill Hasson book suggestion