designing your life | courage Books for leaving a job that makes you unhappy & going freelance (from my last six months) December 4, 2018November 3, 2022
self care | bibliotherapy 7 soothing self-care books to relax and unwind with November 25, 2018December 16, 2022
beautiful books | calming books | persevering through hardship The simple & timeless wisdom of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim November 24, 2018October 30, 2022
accepting ourselves | on love Thich Nhat Hanh’s guide to loving others (How to Love Part 2) November 17, 2018November 17, 2018
Uncategorized | self care | self-esteem 7 gentle pieces of wisdom from Thich Nhat Hanh on loving ourselves (How to Love Part 1) November 10, 2018November 17, 2018
nature | breathing more deeply | calming books | slowing down A perfect book about life, loss, and the mountains: A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler November 7, 2018November 7, 2022
Uncategorized | anxiety | beautiful books | silence | slowing down Sit and be peaceful with Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge October 29, 2018January 3, 2020
change | creativity | designing your life | escaping from hectic life | solitude Finding the courage to start afresh with Murakami in Killing Commendatore October 26, 2018October 26, 2018
escaping from hectic life | anxiety | beautiful books | calming books | slowing down | solitude Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga by Sylvain Tesson October 24, 2018January 3, 2020
anxiety 12 takeaways from Notes on a Nervous Planet for anxious days October 19, 2018October 19, 2022
beautiful books | living well Thinking about life with From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan May 31, 2018October 18, 2018
courage | mental strength | persevering through hardship Educated by Tara Westover and how learning can change the course of a life May 29, 2018October 19, 2018
reading for wellbeing 19 quotes for book lovers about the therapy of reading March 5, 2017November 3, 2022
bibliotherapy Books for Living: a reader’s guide to life by Will Schwalbe – a reminder to slow down and savour life January 28, 2017December 16, 2022
meditation | mindfulness | nature Stargazing as therapy: reminders to look up at the night sky from Tim Ferriss, BJ Miller, Ed Cooke January 1, 2017October 18, 2018
accepting ourselves Salute the life you didn’t choose with help from Cheryl Strayed November 29, 2016December 16, 2022
nature | designing your life On living like Thoreau (or creating your modern version of Walden) November 27, 2016September 15, 2022
poetry | grief On going about your own life when a loved one is suffering: W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” February 10, 2016October 29, 2022
meaning and purpose Is there anything to gain from reading a novel as sad as A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara? November 6, 2015October 12, 2022
Tolstoy | failure | War and Peace Tolstoy on doing “a lot of bad things, without wishing to – simply from imitating grown-ups” September 24, 2015October 29, 2022
courage | inspiring “The universe is made of stories, not atoms”: 10 reasons to tell your story, as inspired by Bobette Buster’s Do Story September 23, 2015October 29, 2022
Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy’s favourite books from each stage of his life, or “Works which made an impression” September 21, 2015October 29, 2022
growing up “All things are at odds when God lets a thinker loose on this planet”: Edith Hamilton August 8, 2015October 29, 2022
meaning and purpose | nature | persevering through hardship | Tolstoy | War and Peace The power of a sunset: how Viktor Frankl & Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov are lifted from hardship by the beauty of nature July 31, 2015November 21, 2018
poetry | grief | loss Nick Cave’s chosen “sad poem of loss”: “The Widower in the Country” by Les Murray July 16, 2015September 5, 2022
poetry | relaxation Allen Ginsberg on never working again (and living a “literary and quiet city-hermit existence” instead) June 19, 2015October 29, 2022
travel | interestingness | philosophy Kierkegaard on how “if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right” June 15, 2015October 29, 2022
persevering through hardship | stoicism | Tolstoy | War and Peace Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov on why being knocked off course is “only the start of something new and good” May 9, 2015November 21, 2018
poetry | accepting ourselves | confidence | mindfulness | self-esteem ‘Feast on your life’: Tom Hiddleston on Derek Walcott’s “Love After Love” for accepting ourselves April 19, 2015October 29, 2022
