Books

Recommended Readings

This section serves as a collection of books that can help you discover deeper levels of truth, meaning, and wholeness. I have grouped books into specific topics – such as mental health, meditation, psychedelics, and more – to help guide your reading selection. Many of the book titles are linked to summaries and notes.

Seeing Through Materialism

The Master & His Emissary by Iain McGhilchrist
The Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein
Why Materialism is Baloney by Bernardo Kastrup
A Guide for the perplexed by E.F. Schumacher
The Flip by Jefferey Krippal

Developmental theory

Sex, Ecology, Spirituality by Ken Wilber
The Listening Society by Hanzi Freinacht
In Over Our Heads by Robert Keagan
Developmental Politics by Steve McIntosh

Understanding & Overcoming Polarization

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Polarity Management by Barry Johnson

Spent by Geoffrey Miller

In his book "Spent" Geoffrey Miller explains consumerism from an evolutionary standpoint. Miller argues that consumerism has sold us on the lie that...

Stumbling On Happiness By Dan Gilbert

"Stumbling on Happiness" By Dan Gilbert illuminates the fact that we don't know what will make us happy. Our mind's eye has a blind spot which makes...

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned by Kenneth O. Stanley & Joel Lehman

In "Why Greatness Cannot be planned" Stanley & Lehman present a compelling case as to why our most ambitious goals can't be achieved through...

How to Change your Mind by Michael Pollan

For those interested in learning more about psychedelics Michael Pollan's "How to Change your Mind" is a great place to start. What I love about...

A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink

The brain consists of two halves the left and the right. The "left brain" is responsible for linear logical thinking while the "right-brain" is...

Autobiography of a Yogi by Swami Yogananda

The Autobiography of a Yogi details the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, an Indian Yogi who brings the spiritual practice of Yoga to America. Steve...

Tryptamine Palace by James Oroc

5-MeO-DMT is one of the most powerful and transformational psychedelics on this planet. In Tryptamine Palace James Oroc shares his account on using...