PIVOT by Jenny Blake
- this woman has her shit together and surprisingly doesn’t make you hate her about it, because she’s so freaking good at helping YOU get your shit together. I did…
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
- omg the writing. And if you can, listen to it on audiobook where he reads it. I don’t know who doesn’t want to hear an old Irish guy singing…
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates-
- basically shifted my perspective on all things race. Checked me right up and down.
Sign Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- haunts me, crazy good writing and that last scene- holy shit.
Contact by Carl Sagan
(movie and book) made me believe in aliens (still do - even BEFORE it was normal- but in a non-hipster way).
The Giver by Lois Lowry
- I read this in 4th grade. It made me question everything (and I LOVE that). I re-read it regularly. Foundational book for me.
Rebecca Erbelding and Ron Coleman
- the nicest, most helpful people in the United States Holocaust Museum in DC (I mean, I haven’t met them all- and they all seem nice, but I’m partial to…
Rebecca Kane
the coolest, most grounded woo-woo-er there ever was. She jump-started my personal growth in a way that I can only call miraculous. She’s like the Mystic Mother Therapist that also…
Kelly Bourque
- she’s my sister and runs her own private practice, Red Therapy Group, in Franklin/Nashville and if you live nearby and need therapy you should see her or someone on…
Natasha Rothwell
- she’s hilarious and the nicest and everything she does will be gold. She was my best friend in high school. We haven’t lived in the same place in decades,…