Stitches: a Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott

“By June 2020, I think we all needed some hope and repair, so it was a healing time for me to read this one. Stuck at home, isolated from family, friends, coworkers, and students, I felt incredibly stuck.”

The Rooted Classroom by Monica Genta

“Students don’t learn from teachers they don’t like.”

The Opposite of Hate by Sally Kohn

“I like the thought of my students becoming global citizens who can have a rational conversation with anyone — even people who have radically different beliefs than them. I like the idea that my students can be safer in the world if we all start connecting rather than hating.”

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

“Of all my credentials as a therapist, my most significant is that I’m a card-carrying member of the human race” – Gottlieb 7 Is it just me, or does everyone at some point or another think that going to a therapist is for other people? That’s what I used to think. I thought I was …

The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin

“Rubin’s suggestions for avoiding Obliger-Rebellion helped me overcome many situations where I wasn’t taking proper care of myself by meeting my inner expectations.”