- Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight, Benedict Carry, NYTimes.com (June 23, 2011)
- The Case for Working With Your Hands, Matthew Crawford, NYTimes.com (May 21, 2009)
- Ending a Midlife Affair with Meds, Paulina Porizkova, huffingtonpost.com (May 18, 2011)
- The Divided Brain, Ian McGilchrist, Ted.com (Oct 2011)
- 5 Logical Fallicies That Make You Wrong More Than You Think, Kathy Benjamin, cracked.com (Nov 1, 2011)... satirical, yes, but truth to it. Plus you'll have a good laugh.
- Spontaneous Happiness: Our Nature-Deficit Disorder, Andrew Weil, newsweek.com (Oct 30, 2011)
- 5 Reasons You Don't Miss Your 20s When They're Over, John Cheese, cracked.com (Nov 3, 2011)
- Simple Principles for Becoming an Expert, Corbett Barr, zenhabits.net (Nov 8, 2011)
- The 4 Kinds of People (and what you can learn from them), Gladstone, cracked.com (Nov 13, 2011)
- The Age of the Viral Idea, Bill Davidow, theatlantic.com (Nov 17, 2011)
- The Science of Thankfulness, Mikaela Conley, ABCnews.go.com (Nov 23, 2011)
- 5 Ways We Ruined the OWS Generation, John Cheese, cracked.com (Nov 10, 2011)
- High Profile Exec Job as Defense Against Mental Ails, Benedict Carry, NYTimes.com (Oct 22, 2011)
- Finding Purpose after Living with Delusion, Benedict, Carry, NYTimes.com (Nov 25, 2011)
- Be a Jerk: The Worst Business Lesson from Steve Jobs Biography, Tom McNichol, theatlantic.com (Nov 28, 2011)
Books
- The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want + Change the World, Chris Guillebeau (2010)
- The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, Elaine N. Aron Ph.D. (1997)
- Be Happy Without Being Perfect: How to Worry Less and Enjoy Life More, Alice D. Domar Ph.D. + Alice Lesch Kelly (2009)
- Self-Nurture: Learning to Care for Yourself As Effectively As You Care for Everyone Else, Alice D. Domar Ph.D. + Henry Dreher (2001)
- Yoga for Emotional Balance: Simple Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety and Depression, Bo Forbes PsyD (2011)
- Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before, Jean M. Twenge Ph.D. (2007)
- Undoing Perpetual Stress : The Missing Connection Between Depression, Anxiety and 21st Century Illness, Richard O'Connor Ph.D. (2005)
- Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Jon Kabat-Zinn, (2005)
Movies
(Hey, hey... you caught me. These aren't books?! Maybe you don't feel like reading, but you still want a story that accurately depicts your internal battles in a neat 2 hour package, that makes you feel like someone else gets you + that makes you believe all is actually well with the world... Well, friend, these are some of those kind of movies.)
- Paper Man
- It's Kind Of A Funny Story
- Wristcutters: A Love Story
- Kill Me Later
- Little Miss Sunshine
- The Beaver
- The King's Speech
- Closed for Winter
- Grey Gardens (Note: not super happy-go-lucky for me as it portrays my future as eccentric, recluse w/my mom. Long live the cat ladies!:)
- Fight Club (I am Jill's overactive amygdala.)
- Black Swan
- Garden State
- Donnie Darko
Read or saw something that made your day a little less crappy? Please feel free to send any recommended articles, books or movies to srexroth@hotmail.com. Many thanks:)
