What we're reading together.
For the woman who is depleted
For when the problem isn't time, it's nourishment.
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle · Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
The book I recommend more than any other. The chapter on completing the stress cycle changed how I move through hard days.
Rest Is Resistance · Tricia Hersey
A liturgy more than a self-help book. Read it slowly. Underline a lot.
How to Do Nothing · Jenny Odell
Less about productivity hacks, more about reclaiming attention as a moral practice.
For the woman becoming a mother (again, or for the first time)
Honest, never saccharine. The kind of writing about motherhood that doesn't pretend.
Matrescence · Lucy Jones
Names the thing nobody named for me. I wish I had read this in the fourth trimester.
Of Woman Born · Adrienne Rich
Still the most honest book about motherhood I have ever read. Forty years old and somehow still ahead of us.
The Mother Knot · Jane Lazarre
Short, lyrical, brave. Reads like a long letter from a friend.
For trusting yourself again
For the long, awkward work of hearing your own voice and believing it.
Big Magic · Elizabeth Gilbert
Not just for creatives. The chapters on permission and fear are for any woman trying to choose herself.
Untamed · Glennon Doyle
Loved. Argued with. Loved again. The 'knowing' chapter alone is worth the book.
Women Who Run with the Wolves · Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Read it like scripture. One story at a time. Let it work on you.
Poems we keep coming back to
Short enough to read in the bathroom. Big enough to carry you through the week.
Wild Geese · Mary Oliver
The first poem we share with every new member.
The Journey · Mary Oliver
Read it out loud, even if you feel silly.
Don't Hesitate · Mary Oliver
If you've been waiting for permission to feel joy, this is it.
Kindness · Naomi Shihab Nye
On what sorrow makes possible. Don't skim it.