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Books That Changed How I Think | Mindset, Healing & Wellness Reads
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items The books that rewired how I think about myself, my body and my brain. These aren't just recommendations; they're the ones I've highlighted, revisited and talked about until people are sick of hearing it. Organised by theme so you can start wherever ...
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Mindset & Self-Awareness
Healing & Nervous System
Body & Brain
Mindset & Self-Awareness
The books that shifted how I see myself and the world around me. These are the ones that challenge your thinking, strip back assumptions and leave you looking at everything a little differently.
This is the book I recommend more than any other. De Mello has a way of cutting through everything and making you see your own patterns with complete clarity. It is short, sharp and genuinely life-changing.
Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
A classic for a reason. This one taught me to stop living in my head and start paying attention to what is actually happening right now. I revisit it whenever I need to slow down.
The Power of Now: Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The original self-image psychology book. It was written in the 1960s but the ideas in it still hold up completely. How you see yourself determines everything, and this book shows you how to rewire that.
Updated and Expanded (Psycho-Cybernetics)
This one reframes everything you think you know about relationships, approval and freedom. It is written as a conversation between a philosopher and a young person, which makes it surprisingly easy to read for how deep it goes.
The Courage to Be Disliked: Japanese Phenomenon
Healing & Nervous System
The reads that helped me understand why we do what we do and how to actually change it. Trauma, patterns, internal systems and the science of healing from the inside out.
Practical, no-nonsense and backed by real science. LePera breaks down how trauma, conditioning and habits shape your daily life, then gives you the tools to start changing them. One of the most useful books I have ever read.
How to Do the Work: Recognize Patterns & Heal
If you have ever felt like you are getting in your own way, this is the book. Wiest writes about self-sabotage in a way that is compassionate but direct. It helped me understand patterns I did not even realise I had.
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage
This completely changed how I think about stress, recovery and why the body holds onto things the mind has moved past. Essential reading for anyone in movement, wellness or just life.
The Nervous System Reset: Heal Trauma & Pain
A deeper, more spiritual read but one that ties beautifully into the body and movement work we do at Sojourn. Morter connects energy, breath and the nervous system in a way that clicked for me like nothing else had.
The Energy Codes: 7-Step System to Awaken Spirit
Internal Family Systems explained in a way that actually makes sense. Schwartz shows how every part of you, even the difficult ones, is trying to protect you. It completely changed how I talk to myself and how I work with clients.
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness
Body & Brain
How what you eat and how you move connects to how you think and feel. The practical, research-backed side of looking after your whole self.
A practical, evidence-based guide to how nutrition affects focus, mood and cognitive function. Whether or not ADHD is relevant to you, the science on food and brain health in here is worth knowing.
Smart Foods for ADHD and Brain Health
Everything you think you know about breathing is probably wrong. Nestor combines fascinating research with real experiments on himself to show how the way we breathe affects sleep, stress, energy and even the shape of our faces. It changed the way I ...
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art