A reading list for turbulent times
I'm in the process of gathering books and resources on resiliency, staying hopeful, continuing to do good work (especially creative work), and practicing good leadership during turbulent times, and related topics.
This list is presented with no particular opinion. I have not vetted all of these materials, so there may be resources here that do not work for you or you find contradictory. Take what is useful to you, leave the rest behind.
self care & spirit
- Lifehouse by Adam Greenfield
- Needy by Mara Glatzel
- How to be Broken by Dr Emma Kavanagh
- Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday guide to caring for self while caring for others by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky & Connie Burk
- Real Self-Care by Pooja Lakshmin
- Wintering by Katherine May
- Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Life's Journeys According to Mr Rogers by Fred Rogers
- Tao Te Ching by Ursula K Le Guin
creativity
- Creating in the Face of Existential Anxiety
- Your Art Will Save Your Life by Beth Pickens
- Make Your Art No Matter What by Beth Pickens
- Keep Going by Austin Kleon
- Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
- Upstream by Mary Oliver
resilience & hope
- Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
- Phosphorescence by Julia Bard
- Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott
- 32 Sounds
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
- Heart to Heart by The Dalai Lama and Patrick McDonnell
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
- A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
- https://www.coursera.org/learn/positive-psychology-resilience
- https://www.betterup.com/blog/recipe-for-resilience-five-key-ingredients
uncertainty
- Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
- The Upside of Uncertainty by Nathan Furr
- Living Beautifully: With Uncertainty and Change by Pema Chodron
preparedness
- How to Prepare for Climate Change by David Pogue
- Practical Doomsday by Michael Zalewski
- How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
- How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman
- I want a better catastrophe: navigating the climate crisis with grief, hope, and gallows humor by Andrew Boyd
supporting change
- Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba
- https://microcosmpublishing.com/
- http://paperbacksandfrybread.com/
- Emergent Strategy Series
- Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief
- Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies
- Viral Justice: How we grow the world we want by Ruha Benjamin
- Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
- Do The Work by Megan Pillow & Roxane Gay
- At Work in the Ruins by Dougald Hine
- Be a Revolution by Ijeoma Oluo
- Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism by Shane Burley & Ben Lorber
- Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution by Andrew Boyd & Dave Oswald Mitchell
community
- Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
- Becoming Kin by Patty Krawec
- The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
leadership
- Managering in Terrible Times
- How to Manage Through Challenging Times
- Resilient Management by Lara Hogan
- Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
- https://conscious.is/
misc articles and resources
- 10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
- Spell for Grief or Letting Go
- Travel light
- Post-Election Letter To A Friend
- https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-ten-free-ebooks-for-getting-free
- Srsly Wrong (podcast) https://srslywrong.com/
- https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/
poetry
- Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human by Cole Arthur Riley
- Revolutionary Letters by Diane Di Prima