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Recommended books

​Over the years, I have read many books that have helped me better understand myself and the world. Here I've collected titles I recommend. I usually read in English, but I put the Icelandic title in brackets after the books that have been translated.

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  • The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle (Mátturinn í núinu)

  • A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle (Ný jörð)

  • Dying to be Me – Anita Moorjani

  • Sensitive is the New Strong – Anita Moorjani

  • How to be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving – David Richo

  • Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives
    – Pia Mellody (Meðvirkni: Orsakir, einkenni, úrræði)

  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction – Dr. Gabor Maté

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma  Bessel van der Kolk M.D. (Líkaminn geymir allt)

  • Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, & the Capacity for Relationship – Laurence Heller & Aline LaPierre

  • No Bad Parts – Richard C. Schwartz
     

  • Toward a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation – John Welwood

  • The Leap: The Psychology of Spiritual Awakening (An Eckhart Tolle Edition) – Steve Taylor
     

  • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself – Michael Alan Singer

  • The Surrender Experiment: My Journey Into Life's Perfection – Michael Alan Singer

  • Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament – Michael Alan Singer
     

  • Cave in the Snow: A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment – Vicki MacKenzie

  • True Meditation – Adyashanti

  • The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment – Adyashanti

  • Falling into Grace – Adyashanti

  • Secrets of Shamanism: Tapping the Spirit Power Within You – Jose Stevens & Lena Stevens  

  • Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork of Spiritual Wholeness
    – Susan Thesenga & Eva Pierrakos

  • Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field – Barbara Brennan (Hendur ljóssins)

  • Light Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing – Barbara Brennan

  • Core Light Healing: My Personal Journey and Advanced Healing Concepts for Creating the Life You Long to Live – Barbara Brennan

  • The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles – Bruce H. Lipton

  • The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief – Gregg Braden
     

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