Resources

Experiential learning

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The Hoffman Institute workshops for growth and updating old patterns
Excellence Seminars International personal and professional workshops
Coach DK workshops to learn how to coach and to receive coaching
The Conscious Leadership Group personal and professional workshops - check out their videos!
Oren Jay Sofer for mindfulness-based NonViolent Communication
The Art of Living for breath work meditation and other workshops
The Greater Good Science Center for articles, tools, and more
Community Engagement Fellows social learning design clinics
Communities of Practice collective learning
3Practices for Crossing the Divide to expand your capacity for staying in a room with difference
Waking Up with Sam Harris app for guided meditation
Somatic Experiencing International for information about somatic therapy and to locate a somatic therapist
5 Ways to Listen Better by Julian Treasure for exercises to attune your ears to the choir of sounds around us

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Books, articles, and videos

Books for communication, relationships, & beliefs:
Say What You Mean by Oren Jay Sofer
Non Violent Communication (NVC) by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD
Video of Marshall Rosenberg modelling NVC
The Power of Vulnerability (audio book only, it's a recorded workshop) by Brené Brown
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan & Switzler
The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life by Lynne Twist
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson
Attached. The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love by Levine, M.D. & Heller, M.A.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom by William Glasser, M.D.
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers by Debbie Ford
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut, PhD
It's All Too Much by Peter Walsh
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Books about healing, happiness, and forgiving:
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Neff & Germer
The Book of Forgiving by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu
Loving What Is by Byron Katie
Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy by Mo Gawdat
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Language of Feelings by Calvin D. Banyan
Books about leadership and navigating change:
The Tao of Personal Leadership by Diane Dreher
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Dethmer, Chapman & Klemp
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Thaler & Sunstein
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
Books to understand identity, diversity, equity and inclusion:
Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education by Sensoy & DiAngelo
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
See No Stranger by Valarie Kaur
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children & the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon
The Co-authored Self: Family Stories and the Construction of Personal Identity by Kate C. McLean
Books about physical health and addiction recovery:
When The Body Says No by Dr Gabor Mate on physical health related to emotional health
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult in Treatment by Krissy Pozatek, MSW
Leap of Power: Take Control of Alcohol, Drugs and Your Life by Robert Schwebel, PhD
Articles, videos, and other resources:
Conscious Leadership group videos
Byron Katie videos to challenge ineffective beliefs
"The Real Reason People Won't Change" by Harvard Business Review
"3 mental blocks that keep you from doing what you say you want to do" by Daniella Balarezo from TED's How to Be a Better Human series
"You're Not Going to Believe What I'm About To Tell You" from The Oatmeal  - Video of same
"Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care" video by the Cleveland Clinic
"Warren Buffett Says This 1 Simple Habit Separates Successful People From Everyone Else" by Marcel Schwantes Inc. Magazine
"You Always Have a Choice" by Michael Feeley in the Huffington Post
"The Science of Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone (and Why You Should)" by Alan Henry in Life Hacker
"The Secret to Understanding Humans" TED Talk by Larry C. Rosen
"The Power of Vulnerability" TED Talk by Brené Brown
"Empathy vs Sympathy" by Brené Brown
Excerpt from "Anatomy of Trust" by Brené Brown
Liberating Structures leadership tools
"Purl" by Pixar Shorts
Braive: free videos explaining mental health
RSA Shorts big ideas quick explanations