RESOURCES LIST
Resources list
This list isn't exhaustive, but here are some of the books I mention in my training and consultancy, with a list of research papers to download at the bottom.
General psychology and neuroscience
- Behave by Dr Robert Sapolsky
- A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon
- Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us by Daniel Pink
- Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Fortitude: The Myth of Resilience, and the Secrets of Inner Strength by Bruce Daisley
- How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- Mindsight by Daniel Siegel
- Self-Determination Theory: basic psychological needs in motivation, development, and wellness by Richard Ryan and Edward Deci
- Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
by
Lisa Feldman Barrett
- The Burnout Challenge: managing people's relationships with their jobs by Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter
- The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
- The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink
Trauma
- In an Unspoken Voice, How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Dr Peter Levine
- In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Dr Gabor Maté
- The Body Keeps the Score by Dr Bessel van der Kolk
- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Dr Gabor Maté
- Trauma and Recovery by Dr Judith Herman
- When the Body Says No, the Cost of Hidden Stress by Dr Gabor Maté
- Woman of Substances: A Journey into Drugs, Alcohol and Treatment
by Jenny Valentish
Management and organisational development
- First, Break all the Rules by Marcus Buckingham
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean by Kim Scott
- Radical Help – how we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state by Hilary Cottam
- Strengthsfinder 2.0: by Tom Rath
- The Fearless Organisation by Amy Edmondson
Productivity and effectiveness
- Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David Allen
- Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
- Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
- Work Less, Make More by Jennifer White
Please let me know if there are other books that you've found useful that I can add to my list for other people.
Journal articles mentioned in training courses
This pdf download
contains information about the journal articles and research reports that I've used to develop my training
Affiliate links are sometimes used when highlighting books. These are all books that I’ve either read or heard the author speak about and have found useful. The links do not mean any extra cost to readers but help to support my free content.