To Help You With Your Own Writing Goals:
- Naked, Drunk, and Writing by Adair Lara
- The Making of a Story by Alice LaPlante
- The Power of Memoir by Linda Joy Meyers
- Writing Life Stories by Bill Roorbach
- The Right to Write by Julia Cameron
- A Writer’s Guide to Fiction by Elizabeth Lyon
- Non-Fiction Book Proposals Anyone Can Write by Elizabeth Lyon
To Give You Perspective:
- The Alchmist by Paulo Coehlo
- Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Dr. Brene Brown
- Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser
- A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau
To Help You Live a Healthier Life:
- Picking Up the Pieces by Dr. Sherri McGee & Kathy Scalzo
- Anti Cancer by David Servan-Schreiber
- Crazy Sexy Cancer by Kris Carr
- The Journey by Brandon Bays
- Peace Love & Healing by Bernie S. Siegel
To Help You Indulge: Some of my Favourite Novels/Memoirs
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova
- Those Who Save Us by Jena Blum
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells
- The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
- Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
- Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
- This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff
- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

YES!!! Letters to a Young Poet! “…to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and books written in a foreign tongue!”
here are a few of my own suggestions you may enjoy:
In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen (wow!)
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (he’s what’s inspired most of my recent posts, great great read)
On Writing by Stephen King
Thanks Katy – one of my fav Rilke quotes!! I can’t wait to check out your other suggestions