Books I Recommend

Please find listed below some of my favourite books - many of which you can find in my preferred bookstore, the Australian owned, Booktopia.

    • The Artist's Rule - Christine Valters Paintner

    • Eyes of the Heart -Christine Valters Paintner

    • Trust the Process: An Artist's Guide to Letting Go - Shaun McNiff

    • It’s All Good - Cassie Medoza-Jones -- (Flourish Guest Teacher!)

    • Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day - Todd Henry

    • Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done - Jon Acuff

    • The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron

    • The Path of Least Resistance - Robert Fritz

    • The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life - Twyla Tharp

    • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Elizabeth Gilbert

    • The Rainbow Way: Cultivating Creativity in the Midst of Motherhood - Lucy H. Pearce

    • Inspiration Sandwich -SARK

    • Make Your Creative Dreams Real - SARK

    • Inside Creativity Coaching (Featuring Flourish Guest Teacher, Angela Terris!) - Eric Maisel

    • How to be an Explorer of the World - Keri Smith

    • Show Your Work - Austin Kleon

    • Believe in Yourself & Do What You Love - Kate James

    • I’d Rather Be in the Studio: The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self Promotion - Alyson B. Stanfield

    • The World of Your Business Playbook -Hiro Boga

    • Playing Big - Tara Mohr

    • Align + Attract - Kerry Lee Rowett

    • The 1-Page Marketing Plan - Allan Dib

    • Book Yourself Solid - Michael Port

  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving - Pete Walker

    Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal From Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson

    Recovering From Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy - Lindsay C. Gibson

    The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook - Amy Marlow-MaCoy

  • The Power of Sensitivity by Ted Zeff

    The Highly Sensitive Person's Companion by Ted Zeff Ph.D.

    Thrive: The Highly Sensitive Person and Career by Tracy Cooper PhD

    The Empath’s Survival Guide by Judith Orloff

    Brain Training For The Highly Sensitive Person by Julie Bjelland

    Thriving as an Empath by Judith Orloff

  • Adore Your Cycle by Claire Baker

    Hormone Repair Manual by Lara Briden Nd

    Moon Time by Lucy H. Pearce

    Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden Nd

    Wild Power by Alexandra Pope & Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer

    Making Friends with the Menopause by Sarah Rayner, Dr Patrick Fitzgerald

  • Create Calm by Kate James

    Be Mindful & Simplify Your Life by Kate James

    Practical Enlightenment by Ariel Kane &‎ Shya Kane

    The Mindfulness Workbook for Anxiety by Tanya J. Peterson

  • The Art of Money by Bari Tessler

    Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield-Thomas

    Overcoming Underearning by Barbara Stanny

  • Disarming the Narcissist - Wendy T. Behary

    Set Boundaries, Find Peace - Nedra Glover Tawwab

    The Better Boundaries Workbook - Sharon Martin

  • Who You Were Meant to Be by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

    Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari

    The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware

    The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris

    The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck

    Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach

    • DIY Watercolor Flowers - Marie Boudon

    • The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook -Gordon MacKenzie

    • Everyday Watercolor - Jenna Rainey

    • Brave Intuitive Painting - Flora Bowley

    • Art From Intuition - Dean Nimmer

    • Direct Watercolour - Marc Holmes

    • The Watercolour Ideas Book - Joanna Goss

    • The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location - Marc Taro Holmes

  • ACT with Love - Russ Harris

    How to Have A Match Made in Heaven - Ariel and Shya Kane

    Tiny Beautiful Things - Cheryl Strayed

    • Destination Simple: Everyday Rituals for a Slower Life - Brooke McAlary

    • Be Mindful & Simplify Your Life - Kate James

    • The Year of Living Danishly - Helen Russell

    • The Cozy Life - Pia Edberg

    • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying - Marie Kondo

    • Plain and Simple - Sue Bender

    • Soulful Simplicity -Courtney Carver

  • Australia Day - Stan Grant

    Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia - Anita Heiss

    Talkin’ Up to the White Woman - Aileen Moreton-Robinson

    Make Change - Shaun King

  • On Writing - Stephen King

    The Art of Slow Writing - Louise DeSalvo

    The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White

    Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott

    Thinking About Memoir - Abigail Thomas

    The INFJ Writer- Lauren Sapala

    Writing Down the Bones - Natalie Goldberg

    Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life - Natalie Goldberg

    Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper - Sark

    Writing Toward Wholeness: Lessons Inspired by C.G. Jung - Susan M Tiberghien

  • Year of Yes - Shonda Rhimes

    A Three Dog Life: A Memoir - Abigail Thomas

    What Comes Next and How to Like It: A Memoir - Abigail Thomas

    Reckoning: A Memoir - Magda Szubanski

    Maeve’s Times - Maeve Binchy

  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman

    The Florentine Bridge - Vanessa Carnevale -- (Flourish Guest Teacher!)

    The Memories That Make Us - Vanessa Carnevale -- (Flourish Guest Teacher!)

    Finding Hannah - Fiona McCallum

    Making Peace - Fiona McCallum

    Novels by Maeve Binchy, Fiona McCallum, Sinead Moriarty, Amanda Prowse, Vanessa Carnevale, Rhys Bowen

When I’m looking for evidence-based books on psychology, mindfulness, and personal growth - I first check out New Harbinger Publications. They publish some of my favourite books by professionals in their fields and compile useful, practical, evidence-based resources and workbooks. I resonate with their approach which often draws from mindfulness-based and acceptance and commitment therapies.