things YOU LOVE
– shared inspirations and resources
Although ultimately we all have to work out what works the best for us, you might wish to know what others have found inspiring or helpful.
As a part of the People Like You and Me Project, this section is created by gathering all the books, writers, role-models, artists and other supportive resources you have shared with me.
It is a wonderful feeling when we connect via a shared love for the arts.
Where an item appears more than once, their subsequent mentions are indicated with asterisks (** = appears twice; *** = appears three times).
As an entirely un-scientific process, my work is prone to human error. I apologise in advance for any missing items, miscalculations and broken links. Please feel free to let me know if you notice anything odd!
Love,
Imi
BOOKS
1984– George Orwell
7 Habits of Highly effective People– Stephen Covey
A Catcher in the Rye – J D Salinger
A Passage to India – E M Forster
Addiction and Grace -Gerald May
All My Puny Sorrows– Miriam Toews
Attached – Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
Being Mortal– Atul Gawande
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear– Elizabeth Gilbert
Brighton Rock – Graham Greene
Buddha’s Brain – Rick Hansen
Come As You Are – Emily Nagoski
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving– Pete Walker **
Danny the Champion of the World – Roald Dahl
Desiderata -Max Ehrmann
Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
Emotional Intelligence for Dummies – Steven Stein
Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway– Susan Jeffers
Finding Sanctuary: Monastic steps for Everyday Life – Father Christopher Jamison
Get Me Out Of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder- Rachel Reiland
Happy– Derren Brown
His Dark Materials– Philip Pullman
Homage to Catalonia– George Orwell
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts– Gabor Mate
If This Is a Man / The Truce – Primo Levi
Living an Examined Life– James Hollis
Living with Intensity – Susan Daniels, Michael M Piechowski
Looking into Mind – Anthony Damiani
Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien
Matilda– Roald Dahl
Meditations– Marcus Aurelis
Meeting the Madwoman: An Inner Challenge for Feminine Spirit – Linda Leonard
Mr Palomar – Italo Calvino
Personality-Shaping Through Positive Disintegration – Kazimierz Dabrowski
Pride and Prejudice– Jane Austen
Reasons to Stay Alive– Matt Haig
Running on Empty: Overcoming Your Childhood Emotional Neglect– Jonice Webb **
Strangers- Dean Koontz
Sula – Toni Morrison
Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
The Awakened Heart- Gerald May
The Body Keeps The Score – Bessel van der Kolk
The Bronte Sisters– The Bronte Sisters
The Courage To Be Disliked– Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
The Examined Life– Stephen Grosz
The Famished Road– Ben Okri
The Highly Sensitive Person– Elaine Aron *****
The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros
The Jealousy Workbook– Kathy Labriola
The Life You’ve Always Wanted– John Ortberg
The Perks of Being a Wallflower– Stephen Chbosky
The Road Back to Me– Lisa A. Romano
The Road Less Travelled– Scott Peck **
The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
The Sensitives: Dynamics and Dangers of Mysticism – Paul Brunton
The Wild Edge of Sorrow – Francis Weller
The Worm At The Core– Sheldon Soloman et al.
Thinking Fast and Slow– Daniel Kahneman
When Breath Becomes Air- Paul Kalanithi
Where The Wild Things Are– Maurice Sendak
Wilful Disregard– Lena Andersson
Women who Run with the Wolves – Clarissa Pinkola Estes **
Wuthering Heights– Emily Brontë
Party of One: The Loners’ Manifesto – Anneli Rufus
AUTHORS, WRITERS, THINKERS
Eckhart Tolle ***
Esther Hicks **
Pete Walker **
Wayne Dyer **
PEOPLE/ ROLE-MODEL
Alanis Morissette (singer, songwriter)
Albert Einstein (scientific innovator)
Anne Boleyn (Queen of England)
Barack Obama (the 44th President of the United States)
Buddha (historical figure) ***
Carl Jung (psychiatrist and psychoanalyst)
Dalai Lama (spiritual leader)
Douglas Booth (actor)
Draco Rosa (musician)
(artist, author, actress)
Helen Mirren (actress)
Jamie Oliver (chef and restaurateur)
Jesus (historical figure) *****
Jean Alesi (racing driver, F1 champion)
Jean-Paul Sartre (philosopher)
José Rizal (activist, poet, doctor)
Josephine Baker (entertainer, activist)
Judith Hanson Lasater (yoga teacher)
Julius Caesar (Roman politician and military general)
Karl Marx (politician, philosopher)
Kate Upton (model and actress)
Liz Taylor (actress, humanitarian)
Michelangelo (sculptor, painter)
Mahatma Gandhi (social reformer)
Malcolm X (human rights activist)
Meryl Streep (actress)
Michelle Obama (American writer, lawyer) **
Mister Fred Rogers (television personality, writer)
Pope Francis (head of the Catholic Church)
Rosa Parks (American activist)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
Salma Hayek (film actress, producer)
Saint Teresa of Calcutta (nun and missionary) **
Sofia Vergara (actress and model)
Susan Hayward (actress and model)
Princess Diana (princess of Wales)**
MUSIC
Bob Marley (1945-1981)
Dave Mustaine (1961-)
Elvis Presley (1935 –1977)
Frédéric François Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Hattie Mcdaniel (1895-1952)
Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
Juke Ross, Shadows in the Dark
Mon Laferte (1983-)
Pearl Jam (1990-)
The Beatles (1960-)
Trevor Hall (1986-) **
FILMS
A Star is Born (2018)
Brokeback Mountain (2006)
Dawson’s Creek (2006)
Equilibrium (2002)
Gone With the Wind (1940)
Howl’s Moving Castle (2005)
La bamba (1987)
Mary Shelley (2017)
Stuart Little (1999)
The Shape of Water (2018)
Thelma and Louise (1991)
The Lady in the Water (2006)
Whiplash (2014)
ARTISTS
Caravaggio (1571-1610)
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) **
Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516)
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)’
WEBSITES AND OTHER RESOURCES
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova (online newsletter)
Help Me Be Me by Sarah May B (podcast)
Insight Timer by Sarah Blondin (app)
On Being by Krista Tippett (online newsletter and podcast)
Neuro-emotional Technique (a healing modality)
Moodscope (web-based app for depression)
Puttylike by Emilie Wapnick (Ted Talk, resources and community)
Sounds True (Publisher, Podcast, Community)
The Enneagram (personality profiling system)
The Myers Briggs and Keirsey Temperament (personality profiling system)
The Pathwork Foundation (website, lectures)
The Rainforest Mind by Paula Prober (blog, resources on giftedness )
Tolan Stephanie’s website (resources on giftedness)
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