Recommended Books

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - Perhaps the foremost book on stoicism ever written. A must for anyone trying to train themself to say yes to life and be more disciplined. One simply cannot help but endeavor to be more stoic in the face of hardship and challenge themself after a read of this hugely influential title.

The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer - A fantastic nondenominational, down-to-earth, rational introduction to spirituality.. Singer's writing and talks can be characterized aptly by the phrase "quality over quantity." This simple, short read can be life-changing if approached with an open mind.

Waking Up by Sam Harris - The iconoclastic Sam Harris lays off of rhetorically tearing people apart in philosophical debates for a moment to deliver one of the most comprehensible and readily actionable spirituality titles ever to be published. Harris's witty but straightforward prose makes for a light to medium difficulty read. This title is likely not for the orthodox religious adherent, however.

Meditation in The College Classroom- This book provides background, strategies, and tips for higher education faculty and instructors interested in incorporating meditation in their classrooms. The work is based on research involving introducing brief meditation practices to college students and developing a detailed guide. Readers will learn how to develop their own meditation practice as an academic, to set the stage of introducing practice to students, to create ideal conditions for meditation in the classroom, specific, classroom-friendly meditation methods, ways to advance meditation practice with students and keep it interesting, and how to spread the culture of meditation across campus. Available on Amazon!