A shelf to borrow from
Books I keep
A small, living library of texts that shape how I think about the body, trauma, language, and care.
- 01
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk — 2014
A grounding text on trauma, memory, and the body's own archive.
- 02
Waking the Tiger
Peter A. Levine — 1997
On the animal wisdom of the nervous system and the intelligence of shake, release, and rest.
- 03
Breath
James Nestor — 2020
A surprising investigation into the most ordinary act—breathing—and how it shapes the nervous system, sleep, and presence.
- 04
What It Takes to Heal
Prentis Hemphill — 2024
A Black, queer, embodied guide to healing that refuses speed and centers relationship, consent, and the wisdom held below language.
- 05
Three Women
Lisa Taddeo — 2019
A literary excavation of desire, harm, and the stories women carry in their bodies across a lifetime.
- 06
Want
Gillian Anderson — 2024
An intimate anthology of women's unfiltered desires—messy, honest, and bodily in the best way.
- 07
All About Love
bell hooks — 2000
A radical redefinition of love as action, choice, and the foundation of any real healing practice.
- 08
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz — 1997
A small, Toltec manual for speaking carefully, taking nothing personally, and clearing the noise between bodies.
- 09
Saved by a Song
Mary Gauthier — 2021
On songwriting as survival, and how creativity can carry what the body cannot yet say.