It might surprise you to know that Showtime by Pat Riley is a book that I reach for again and again. It's full of my scribbles on yellow post-it notes sticking out of the pages, crumpled from being crowded with other books on my shelf. It was way back in '89 when I first read this book, and ​

I've spent a lifetime understanding how thoughts shape words and actions.

​HOW TO SEE by Thich Nhat Hanh guided me to take a deeper look into the foundations my thoughts rest on, including my automatic reactions to what's happening in life and ​

Wow. I just read The Maid by Nita Prose. It's so much more than a compelling psychological tale. Or, as a NY Times reviewer called it, "a rip-roaring mystery." I was blown away at the end of the book. Yes, it will surprise you. But the ending is not the only surprise. I read over and over statements about the truth in the final ​

Here's a book I reach for again and again: Getting to Yes, Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton. I learned from these authors to attack the problem instead of attacking each other. This practice was handy in a recent negotiation when I noticed my stomach 

​I love to read both fiction and non-fiction. One recent fiction book, The Midnight Librarian by Matt Haig, struck me boldly as a wisdom practice. The practice is to use the power of your mind to imagine your future self if you’d only made the choices you thought were better than the ones you made.

​One of my all-time favorite books authored by Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Relax, describes a practice that made me laugh out loud and ponder my perceptions simultaneously. The practice is to replace the statement, “Don’t just sit there, do something!” with “Don’t just do something, sit there!” 

​​One of my favorite books this year was authored by Pema Chodron called Welcoming the Unwelcome. She describes a practice that made me laugh and ponder my perceptions simultaneously. She calls it the "just like me" approach. Whenever I harshly judge someone, I add the phrase "just like me"