Books

These are books that have helped me bear life’s burdens and celebrate its blessings. Please use the form below to let me know what you're reading.

• How to Live Well With Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide‍ ‍by Toni Bernhard

• How to Be Sick by Toni Bernhard

• In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope by Rana Awdish

• As for Life: A memoir in poetry exploring the isolation & loss of chronic illness by Marilyn McVicker

• The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O’Rourke

• The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have by Mark Nepo

• The Gifts of Imperfectionby Brené Brown

• Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown

• Consolations by David Whyte

• Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor

• EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON: And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler

• NO CURE FOR BEING HUMAN (And Other Truths I Need to Hear)by Kate Bowler

• Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen

• The Wisdom of Your Body by Hillary L. McBride

• You Don’t Look Sick!: Living Well With Chronic Illness by Joy H. Selak and Stephen S. Overman, MD

• The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics, Second Edition by Arthur W. Frank

• True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heartby Tara Brach

• When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd

• Living Well With Autoimmune Disease: A Rheumatologist’s Guide to Taking Charge of Your Health by Julius Birnbauum, MD, MHS

• To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue

• Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad

• Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living by Krista Tippett

• Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr

• Falling Upward by Richard Rohr