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Activity 6: Fear of Future
Ferriss, Tim. Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month. The Tim Ferris Blog, posted May 15, 2017. https://tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting.
Ferriss, Tim. Why you should define your fears instead of your goals. TED 2017. https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals.
Robbins, Mel. The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage. Savio Republic, 2017.
Sandberg, Sheryl and Adam Grant. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Sandberg, Sheryl and Adam Grant. Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Resilience. HBR IdeaCast, posted April 27, 2017. https://hbr.org/ideacast/2017/04/sheryl-sandberg-and-adam-grant-on-resilience.
Schulte, Brigid. Harvard neuroscientist: Meditation not only reduces stress, here’s how it changes your brain. Washington Post, posted May 26, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05/26/harvard-neuroscientist-meditation-not-only-reduces-stress-it-literally-changes-your-brain.
Activity 7: Showing Up When Your Assignments Come
Bernstein, Gabrielle. The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith. Hay House, 2016.
Day, Laura. Practical Intuition: How to Harness the Power of Your Instinct and Make It Work for You. New York: Broadway Books, 1996.
Activity 8: Allowing Yourself Permission
Brown, Brené. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone. New York: Random House, 2017.
Activity 9: Experiments in Bold Moves
LaPorte, Danielle. The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful and Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms. New York: Harmony Books, 2012.
Strayed, Cheryl. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. New York: Vintage Books, 2013.
Activity 10: Be Still and Alone
Bays, Jan Chozen. How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2011.
Doolittle, Peter. How Your “Working Memory” Makes Sense of the World. TEDGlobal, June 2013. https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_doolittle_how_your_working_memory_makes_sense_of_the_world.
Doyle, Glennon. Love Warrior. New York: Flatiron books, 2016.
Gilbert, Elizabeth. Season 1, Episode 12: Brené Brown on Big Strong Magic. Magic Lessons Podcast. Posted July 25, 2016. https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/magic-lessons.
Activity 11: Staying Friends with Your Inner Child
Montague, Brad and Robby Novak. Kid President’s Guide to Being Awesome. New York: HarperCollins, 2015.
Pasricha, Neil. The Book of Awesome. New York: Berkley Publishing, 2010.
Rubin, Gretchen. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun. New York: HarperCollins, 2009.
Activity 12: The Action Plan
LaPorte, Danielle. The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful and Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms. New York: Harmony Books, 2012.
Sincero, Jen. You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2013.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to my husband, Jason, my son, Nolan, and my second child coming soon, who have all given me the source of joy and encouragement needed to write this book. Thank you to my family, especially my Mom. Thanks for letting me grow up to be a lot like you.
Thank you to the close friends who made me better during my most challenging and invigorating year, Katie and Tegan. You both adopted this introvert, and I thank you for not quitting on me.
Thank you to Dana and Laura, two coaches who helped unravel me and sew me back together. Without you, this awakening may not have happened.
And a big thanks to Morgan Gist MacDonald and the team at Paper Raven Books who helped develop this book to be the best version of itself. Thank you for helping me play bigger.