A teacher may pass on in this life, but their lessons never do. Today, my heart is full of gratitude for having learned from Dr. James Doty, a brilliant mind and deeply compassionate soul whose work continues to ripple through every person he’s touched. Dr. Doty was a neurosurgeon at Stanford University and the founder…

Each summer, I choose to set down business books and instead use the extra daylight to look within. I let quieter voices lead—voices that invite reflection, presence, and a deeper sense of connection to ourselves and others. Here are six books on my reading list this summer. Each one speaks to a different part of…

I took a brief break from sharing what I’m reading, yet many of you have asked me to continue, so I’m listing my recommended books and much more below. Here’s a quick sweep of some of my favorite books and musings for the first quarter this year. I’d love to hear if you agree.  Non-fiction…

I’m taking a year-long leadership course in understanding and working with Collective Trauma so I’m reading everything I can get my hands on related to the topic. Not all books on this topic are easy to read or follow but because Prentis is a trained clinical psychologist and devoted meditator and somatic practitioner, the practices…

With longer days, it’s a great time of year to shed extra light on what matters most to us and implement changes and habits that keep us aligned and healthy. Last month with friends, I started doing the exercises in The Life Brief. Some have said this is the book you should read after James…

“After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why?” The Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt has answered this question with his fascinating book about why children need play and…

My dear friend Kelley and I joke a lot about not wanting our gravestones to say, “Here lies Tina. She was busy.” We catch ourselves regularly responding to a mindless greeting of “How are you?” with a mindless and stressed response of “I’m busy.” I’ve been pondering what it means to “live life on purpose”…

I had the pleasure of hearing bestselling Essentialism author Greg McKeown speak at an annual leadership conference my client held during the first week of the year. I’ve always been a fan of his message and the intent of his book. If you haven’t read it and are trying hard to audit your own choices,…

Named one of the best books of 2022 by numerous publications, author Hernan Diaz is the author of Trust. I loved this book, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m just blown away by the creativity in the structure and expression of the story. It is a metafictional novel that reflects on the nature of storytelling itself….

We know through research that teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Personally, I have to lock away every electronic device at night so I don’t grab them in the morning before I even get out of bed.  Here’s an excerpt that…