Happy New Year- My 2024 Reading list
Hello Everyone!
I want to start off this little post by sharing my word of the year: Intention. Dolly Parton said “Find out who you are, then do it on purpose.” I’ve decided that 2024 is the year when I will do things on purpose. I’m not going to wait until I have time to do something this year. If I want to find joy this year, I am going to do so with intention. I’m going to find it, instead of waiting for it to find me, then feeling all sad when the joy eludes me. So intention. One part of this is that I’m going to do some learning. I am going to finish my VSW and become a certified Animal-Assisted Intervention Specialist (AAI-S). Ollie is going to work on becoming a canine good citizen (although it seems so far this year, his resolution is to do as little listening as possible. We are going to have to have a chat about this at some point- LOL), The other learning I’m planning on doing is reading some of the 100’s of books I’ve accumulated over the past few years and have not read. To this end. I will be sharing the list I have chosen for this year. My goal isn’t all of them because I need to keep this a SMART goal.
Platonic, by Marisa G. Franco, PhD (I’ve already started this one and so far I love it! Gonna make so many friends! COMPLETE!
Thanks for the Feedback, by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen COMPLETE!
Atomic Habits, by James Clear
The Grief Recovery Handbook, by John W, James and Russell Friedman and The Grief Recovery Handbook for Pet Loss, by Russell Friedman, Cole James and John W. James
The Body is Not an Apology, by Sonya Renee Taylor
I Thought it Was Just Me (But it Isn’t), by Brene Brown
I’m Judging You, by Luvvie Ajayi
Difficult Conversations, by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen COMPLETE
The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
The Wisdom of Your Body, by Hillary McBride, PhD
Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image, by Hillary McBride, PhD
Becoming Attached, by Robert Karen, PhD
Intuitive Eating, by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, and Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, FAND
So there it is, my accountability to anyone who reads this and most importantly myself. I am an Amazon Affiliate, but I don’t think I used my links because I’m not trying to make money here, but just in case I wanted to disclose. Looking forward to reading these and seeing if anyone else does too. I will do my best to write about each one as I finish.
Happy New Year, Everyone!
Jamie
