Books, Documentaries, Companies To Explore

Run Athletic 

The Lost Art of Running: Shane Benzie

Mental Training for Ultrarunning: Addie Bracy

Let Your Mind Run: Deena Kastor

80/20 Running: Matt Fitzgerald

Racing Weight: Matt Fitzgerald

The Comeback Quotient: Matt Fitzgerald

How Bad Do You Want It: Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle: Matt Fitzgerald

Born To Run: Christopher MacDougal

Running Home : Katie Arnold

North: Scott Jurek

Eat and Run : Scott Jurek

Running to The Edge: Matthew Futterman

UltraRunning Mysticism: Gwendolyn L. Zywicke

Finding Ultra: Rich Roll

The New Competitive Runner’s Handbook: Bob Glover & Pete Schuder

The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team: Kara Groucher

26 Marathons: Meb Keflezighi

50 Places to Run Before You Die: Chris Santella

Born To Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide : Christopher McDougall and Eric Orton

How She Did It: Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery

Choosing To Run: Des Linden

The Rise of The Ultrarunners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance: Adharanand Finn

Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed: Matthew Futterman

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir: Haruki Murakami

 

Positive Psychology

Broadcasting Happiness: Gielan

Flow : Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Running Flow: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Transcend: Scott Barry Kaufman

Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success in a Distracted World: Cal Newport

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know: Adam Grant

Dance

Sweat Your Prayers: Gabrielle Roth

Maps to Ecstasy: Gabrielle Roth

 

Weight Training

ROAR: Stacey T. Sims

Sport Performance Training

Next Level: Stacy T. Sims

 

Yoga Ayurveda

Yoga Sutras: Patanjali

Ayurveda & The Mind

Ayurveda Intro Book

Pranayama

Ayurveda for Women: Emily L. Glaser

 

Woman

Rage Becomes Her: Soraya Chemaly

The Feminist & The Cowboy

Women Who Run With Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

If Women Rose Rooted: Sharon Blackie

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance: Angela Duckworth

The Power of The Feminine: Using Feminine Energy to Heal the World’s Spiritual Problems: Hua-Ching Ni & Maoshing Ni

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and The Journey of a Generation: Shelia Weller

Touched by the Sun: My Friendship With Jackie: Carly Simon

Bittersweet: Susan Cain

 

Creativity

Curate: Inspiration for an Individual Home: Lynda Gardner

In The Company of Women: Grace Bonney

Women Entrepreneurs Book

Daring Little Girls: Andrea J. Buchanan

Polaroid Now: Steve Crist

Big Magic: Elizabeth Gilbert

Halo

Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Steal Like An Artist: Austin Kleon

How to Be An Artist: Jerry Saltz

Letters To a Young Artist: Anna Deavere Smith

The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin

At Work: Annie Leibovitz

 

Writing

Antinet Zettlekasten: Scott P. Scheper

Penpreneur: Scott P. Scheper

You Are a Writer: Jeff Goins

 

Entrepreneurship

Sacred Commerce: Matthew & Terces Englehart

The $100 Startup: Chris Guillebeau

The Art of Work: Jeff Goins

Entrepreneurial You: Dorie Clark

How To Make It: 25 Makers Share The Secrets To Building a Creative Business: Erin Austen Abbott

Saving The World at Work: What Companies And Individuals Can Do To Go Beyond Making a Profit to Making a Difference: Tim Sanders

 

Love & Relationships

wondering who you are: a memoir by Sonya Lea

 

Abundance & Leadership 

Financial Feminist: Tori Dunlap

You Are a Badass At Making Money: Jen Sincero

 

Leadership

Dare to Lead: Brene Brown

Seven: Frequencies of Communication: The Hidden Language of Human Connection: Erwin Raphael McManus

The Artisan Soul: Erwin Raphael McManus

Let There Be Water: Seth M. Siegel

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Marshall B. Rosenberg

The 16 Personality Types: Descriptions for Self-Discovery: Linda V. Berens, Dario Nardi

Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through The Pursuit of Fulfillment: Tod Rose and Ogi Ogas

Legend (Black & Gold)

Courtney Deuwalter

The 5 Second Rule: Mel Robbins

Everything is Figure-outable: Marie Forleo

Steven Kolter

Jamie Wheal

Kobe Bryant

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law: Jay M. Feinman

Rosa Parks Book

Steve Jobs: by Walter Isaacson

Shoe Dog: A Memoir By The Creator of Nike: Phil Knight

John Lennon: The Life: Philip Norman

Atomic Habits: James Clear

The Magic of Thinking Big: David J. Schwartz, PhD

Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know: Angus Fletcher

 

Kitchen: Food as Fuel, Love is Served

Cafe Gratitude

Love is Served Cookbook: Seizan Dreux Ellis

Healing With Whole Foods: Paul Pitchford

The Plantpower Way : Italia : Vegan Recipes : Rich Roll

Eat, Taste, Heal Ayurvedic Cookbook: Thomas Yarema

Superfoods: David Wolfe

Run Fast. Eat Slow.  : Nourishing Recipes for Athletes: Shalane Flanagan

 

Adaptogens & Plants: Kickstarter Campaign

Anima Mundi

Sun Potion

Moon Juice

Plant Magic: The Magic Connections of Plants with the Universe: Anastasia Mostacci

Health Force Superfoods

Wise Woman Herbals

Host Defense Mushrooms

Blue Poppy

 

Spiritual / Soul: Optimal Potential 

John G. Lake

Azuza Street

The Way Bible

Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon: Dr. Joe Dispenza

Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: Dr Joe Dispenza

Spiritual Intelligence

Meta Human: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential: Deepak Chopra

The Shack: Young

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling The Flames: Thich Nhat Hanh

The Story

Reading The Bible Supernaturally: Piper

Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation: Bob Roth

Autobiography of a Yogi: Yogananda

Living in The Light: Shakti Gawain

Mystical Visions: Hildegard von Bingen

Spiritual Remedies : Hildegard von Bingen

Physica: Hildegard von Bingen

Scivias: Hildegard von Bingen

Practicing The Way: John Mark Comer

Toltec Art of Life and Death: Don Miguel Ruiz

The 5th Agreement: Don Miguel Ruiz & Don Jose Ruiz

The 4 Agreements: Don Miguel Ruiz & Don Jose Ruiz

The Circle of Fire: Don Miguel Ruiz

The Mastery of Love: Don Miguel Ruiz

The Voice of Knowledge: Don Miguel Ruiz

Quantum Revelation: Paul Levy

Alchemist: Paulo Coelho

Jesus: A Pilgrimage: James Martin, SJ

The School of the Seers: Jonathan Welton

A New Pair of Glasses: Chuck C.

Frequency: Robert Morris

MetaHuman: Deepak Chopra

Jesus: Deepak Chopra

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning: Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham

Course in Miracles

A New Earth: Awakening Your Life’s Purpose: Eckhart Tolle

 

 

Mission: Lead with Heart

Stones to Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Greg Mortenson

Gandhi Documentary

Grassroots: A Field Guide to Feminine Activism: Jennifer Baumgardner & Amy Richards

Manifesta: Jennifer Baumgardner & Amy Richards

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An entrepreneur’s odyssey to educate the world’s children: John Wood

Room to Read: John Wood

Community: The Structure of Belonging: Peter Block

Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time: Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

Planet Walker: 17 years of Silence. 22 years of Walking: John Francis

The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America’s Underground Food Movements: Sandor Ellix Katz

Heifer International

Giving: How Each of Us Can Change The World: Bill Clinton

Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives: David Oliver Relin

Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: Third Edition: Adams

 

 

 

Travel: Adventure is a Mindset

Appalachian Trail Annual Guidebook

Greenlights: Matthew McConaughey

Becoming Odessa: Adventures on The Appalachian Trail: Jennifer Pharr Davis

Endurance

Eat. Pray. Love.: Elizabeth Gilbert

Magic Bus

Hippie: Paulo Coelho

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail: Scott Jurek

 

Challenges: We Are Unlimited 

Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100-mile Race

 

Doctorate in Sports Psychology & Sport Performance

COUNSELING SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology 4th Edition: Horn T, Smith A

 

SCHOLARLY WRITING METHODS PRACTICES 

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches 5th Edition, Creswell, JW

Writing a Proposal for Your Dissertation, 2016, Terrell, SR

 

PSYCHOLOGY OF PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE

Practicing Positive Psychology Coaching, 2010- Biswas-Diener, R

In Pursuit of Excellence, 2016- Orlick, T

Transcend: The new science of self-actualization, 2020- Kaufman, S

 

STATISTICS 

 

SPORT IN SOCIETY

Sports in Society: Issues and controversies, 13th edition, Coakley, J

Fair and foul: Beyond the myths and paradoxes of sport, 6th edition, Eitzen, S

 

APPLIED MOTOR LEARNING

Motor learning and performance, 6th edition, Schmidt, RA, Lee, TD

 

APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

Applied Sport Psychology: Personal growth to peak performance, 8th edition, Williams RS, Krane V

 

PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION AND MENTAL SKILLS TRAINING

Foundation of sport and exercise psychology, 7th edition, Weinberg RS, Gould, D

In pursuit of excellence: How to win in sport and life through mental training, 2016, 5th edition, Orlick, T

Mind Gym: An athlete’s guide to inner excellence, 2001, Cassterens, D, Mack, G

Flow in sports: The keys to optimal experiences and performances, 1999, Jackson SA, Csikszentmihalyi

Applied sport psychology: Personal growth to peak performance, 2021, Williams Jw, Krane V

Inner Strength: The dynamics of athletic performance, Vermacchia RA

 

GROUP TEAM ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS

Group dynamics in exercise and sport psychology, 2nd edition, Eys, MA, Deauchamp, MR

The five dysfunctions of a team: A leadership fable, 2002, Lencioni, P

 

(EdD only) SPORT AND PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY INTERVENTIONS

Ethical issues in sport, exercise and performance psychology, 2014, Etzel, EF, Watson, JCII

Sport and exercise psychology: Practitioner case studies, 2017, Cotterill S, Weston N, Breslin G

In pursuit of excellence: How to win in sport and life through mental training, 5th edition, Orlick, T

Changing the game, 2014, O’Sullivan, J

 

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY 

Exercise Physiology: Theory and application to fitness and performance, 11th edition, Powers, S, Howley, E

 

PSYCHOLPHYSIOLOGY & BIOFEEDBACK

Biofeedback: A practitioner’s guide, 4th edition, Schwartz, MS, Andrasik, F

Biofeedback and neuro-feedback applications in sports psychology, 2011, Strack BW, Linden MK, Wildon VS

 

BIOMECHANICS

Bio-mechanical basis of human movement, 5th edition 2021, Hamil J, Knutzen K, Derrick, T

 

SPORTS NUTRITION

Sports Nutrition and performance-enhancing supplements 2013, Smith-Ryan, AD, Antonion J

 

ATHLETIC NUTRITION PLANNING AND SUPPLEMENTS

Sports nutrition and performance-enhancing supplements, 2013, Smith-Ryan, AD, Antonion J

Advanced sports nutrition, 2nd edition, 2011, Bernadot, D

Power Eating, 4th edition, 2014, Kleiner, S

Racing weight: How to get lean for peak performance, 2nd ed, 2012, Fitzgerald, M

 

POSITIVE COACHING

The power of positive coaching: The mindset and habits to inspire winning results and relationships, 2019, Colan L, Davis-Colan J

How to build and sustain a championship culture, 2014, Janssen, J

The talent code: Greatness isn’t born, it’s grown, here’s how, 2009, Coyle, D

Start with why: How great leaders inspire everyone to take action, 2009, Sinek, S

 

COMMUNICATION IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Dare to lead: Brave work. Tough conversations. Whole hearts, 2018, Brown, B

Broadcasting Happiness: The science of igniting and sustaining positive change, Dallas, 2015, Gielan, M

BrainWise leadership: Practical neuroscience to survive and thrive at work, 2013, Henson, C, Rossouw, P

Building motivational interviewing skills: A practitioner workbook, 2017, Rosengren DB

 

LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION IN ATHLETICS

Contemporary sport management, 6th edition, 2019, Pedersen, P, Thibault, L

Managing sport facilities, 4th edition, 2020, Dried, G

The business of sports: Off the field, in the office, on the news, 2017, Conrad, M

 

POSITIVE LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS

Positive psychology at work: How positive leadership and appreciative inquiries create inspiring organizations, 2011, Lewis, S

Positive psychology and change: How leadership, collaboration and appreciative inquiry create transformational results, 2016, Lewis, S

Positive psychology: The scientific and practical explorations and strengths, 4th edition, 2018, Snyder DR, Lopez SF, Teramoto, Pedrotti, J

 

POSITIVE LEADERSHIP IN SPORT

Positive leadership: Leading successfully with PERMA Leadership: the 5 keys to high performance, 2020, Ebner, M

Positive leadership strategies for extraordinary performance, 2012, 2nd edition, Cameron K

Practicing positive leadership: Tools and techniques that create extraordinary results, 2013, Cameron, K

 

PSYCHOLOGY OF PERFORMING ARTS

Performance psychology in action: A case book for working with athletes, performing artists, business leaders and professionals in high risk occupations, Hays KF

Creativity and the performing artist: Behind the mask, 2017, Thomson, P, Jaque, SV

 

CAPSTONE PROJECT

The peer guide to applied sport psychology for consultants in training, 2017, Aoyagi, M, Poczwerdowski, A, Shapiro, JL