Oh, the vast collection of writers, poets, philosophers, mystics, who help us to give form and expression to life, to navigate it. In my work with people I often suggest many of my favorites:
Rumi, Shakespeare, Dante, great psychological texts (including Freud, Jung, contemporary writers such as Nancy McWilliams PhD), Bernie Siegel M.D., the Dalai Lama, Rilke, Mark Epstein, M.D., Philip Pullman, Alice Miller, Deepak Chopra M.D., Mary Oliver, Nietzsche, Eknath Easwaran, Thich Nhat Hanh, Robert Bly, Kahlil Gibran, Stephen Mitchell, Joseph Campbell, Robert Thurman, Pema Chodron, Paul Tillich, Helen M. Luke, Sartre, Karen Armstrong,
Book list: Attached, Women Who Run With the Wolves, Nonviolent Communication, Tao Te Ching, How We Die (By Sherwin B. Nuland), Meeting the Shadow, The Compass of Zen, Man's Search for Meaning (by Viktor E. Frankl), The Dhammapada - many more.