To Redeem One Person Is to Redeem the World: The Life of Frieda Fromm-Reichmann

Gail A. Hornstein

How a visionary woman persisted in leading a quiet revolution in mental health:

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

Timothy Ferriss

Tim Ferriss on how he survived suicidal depression and his tools for warding off the darkness daily:

Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

Laurel Braitman

“To selflessly love another creature is to be open to loving other humans, who are animals as much as pandas, cows, or Shih Tzus.”

How deciphering mental illness in our fellow beings helps us become better versions of ourselves:

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

Nellie Bly

How pioneering Victorian journalist Nellie Bly posed as insane in her courageous exposé of mental institutions – a timeless and sobering reminder that the true measure of power is not how deftly we can assert our authority but how much kindness and compassion we can show others in their greatest moments of vulnerability: