Episode 297: Sarah Bragg

In today’s episode, Sarah shares 10 books that have saved her life and could save your’s too. These are nonfiction books that she has returned to over and over again. She breaks them down into two categories: personal development and parenting.

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Takeaways:

• Article posted by the Today Show about how reading lengthens your lifespan

• Surviving Sarah episode with Sarah Anderson about The Gifts of Imperfection

• Surviving Sarah episode about how stories make us better humans

• Reading fiction has a way of widening your circle. You “meet” people (aka characters) that maybe you don’t run with in your real life circles. You have a way to experiences circumstances even though you don’t go through them yourself. It has a way of helping you flex the empathy and compassion muscles. Reading also has a way of increasing your vocabulary and conversation skills. It reduces stress, promotes self-care and helps improve critical thinking.

• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

• Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

• In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It by Lauren Graham 

• Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

• I Thought it Was Just Me by Brené Brown

• Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

• Rising Strong by Brené Brown

• Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

• Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

• Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown 

• Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Dr. Lisa Damour

• The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents by Dr. Lisa Damour

• Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls by Dr. Lisa Damour

• Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein 

• Boys and Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein

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