Spiritual Experiences

• Teacher: Anita Moorjani

• Book: Anita Moorjani Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing

• Podcast: Lisa Miller, PhD "The Awakened Brain: The Neuroscience of Spirituality" with Lisa Miller, PhD on The Rich Roll Podcast

• Book: Dr. Eben Alexander Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

• Book: Dr. Eben Alexander The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife

• Book: Jill Bolte Taylor My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

• Video: Jill Bolte Taylor My Stroke of Insight TED Talk

• Book: Mary C. Neal, M.D. To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story

Interspirituality

• Book: Wayne Teasdale The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions

• Book: Juliet Hollister Living My Dream: The Remarkable Story of the Temple of Understanding

• Video: Br. Wayne Teasdale Finding Peace at the Center

• Video: Br. Wayne Teasdale & Ken Wilbur The Mystic Heart: a video series

Interfaith

• Book: Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver & Priscilla Warner The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew - three women search for understanding

• Book: Gary R. Renard The Lifetimes when Jesus and Buddha Knew Each Other

• Book: Neil Philip The Religions Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

New Thought

• Book: Gary Zukav The Seat of the Soul

• Book: Michael Singer The Untethered Soul

• Book: Michael Singer The Surrender Experiment

• Book: Mercedes Kirkel Mary Magdalene Beckons

• Book: Caroline Myss Sacred Contracts

• Book: Dr. Joe Dispenza Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon

• Book: Ervin Laszlo Reconnecting to the Source

• Book: Panache Desai Discovering your Soul Signature

• Book: Ram Dass & Paul Gorman How Can I Help?

Indigenous & Ancestral Wisdom

• Teacher: Lyla June Johnston (aka Lyla June) is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her messages focus on Indigenous rights, supporting youth, traditional land stewardship practices and healing inter-generational and inter-cultural trauma."

• Teacher: Woman Standing Shining “Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining) is a Dine (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and international speaker. She is a voice for global peace.”

• Video: Lyla June The Resurgence of Indigenous Knowledge

• Video: Lyla June The Sacredness of Twoness addressing non-duality/non-binary

• Video: Interview with Lyla June Johnston

• Video: 2017 Geography of Hope: Lyla June Johnston on Forgiveness

• Book: Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

• Book: James Redfield The Celestine Prophecy (1st book)

• Book: James Redfield The Tenth Insight (2nd book)

• Book: James Redfield The Secret of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight (3rd book)

• Book: James Redfield The Twelfth Insight (4th book)

• Book: First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament

• Book: Alberto Villoldo, PhD Shaman, Healer, Sage

• Book: Clarissa Pinkola Estes Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

• Video: Dr. Tracey Hucks Yoruba Traditions and African American Women's Narratives

• Article: Enroue Halfkenny is a clinical social worker and Babalawo in the Orisa-Ifa spiritual tradition who focuses on liberation, healing and activism in his practice. In this article he writes about the fear or trepidation people may have connecting with their ancestors and possible ways to overcome it.

• Book: Foor Ancestral Medicine

• Book: Georgina Tuari Stewart Maori Philosophy

Celtic & Pagan

• Teacher: John O'Donohue

• Book: John O'Donohue To Bless the Space Between

• Book: John O'Donohue Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

• Book: John O'Donohue Beauty: The Invisible Embrace

• Book: Ted Andrews Nature Speaks: Signs, Owens and Messages in Nature

• Book: Jill Hammer The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons

• Book: Jill Hammer & Taya Shere The Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and New Visions of Jewish Women's Spiritual Leadership

Hinduism & Yoga

• Book: Deborah Adele Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice

• Book: Ram Dass Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita

• Book: Srimad Bhagavadgita

Buddhism

• Teacher: Pema Chodron

• Teacher: Thich Nhat Hahn

• Book: Pema Chodron Start Where You Are

• Book: Pema Chodron When Things Fall Apart

• Book: Pema Chodron Comfortable with Uncertainty

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn You are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn Peace in Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Every Step

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Walk

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to See

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Love

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Relax

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Fight

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Connect

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Eat

• Video: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Deal with Strong Emotions

• Book: Lama Surya Das Awakening the Buddha Within

• Book: Gary R. Renard The Lifetimes when Jesus and Buddha Knew Each Other

• Article: Lama Rod Owens & Angel Kyodo Williams Two amazing BIPOC/LGBTQ leaders and teachers in the Buddhist community in conversation about racism and its “threads” of whiteness, superiority/inferiority, hegemony and trauma and their being “plain spoken” with their sangha members.

• Book: Sylvia Boorstein Pay Attention for Goodness Sake: practicing the perfections of the heart - the buddhist path of kindness

• Podcast: On Buddhism & Activism: Sigal Samuels interviews Valerie Brown, a Black activist, mindfulness teacher (and practicing Quaker) from Brooklyn. She speaks of the historical connection between activism and mindfulness. She speaks from her own life circumstances and how her life changed after attending a talk at Riverside Church led by Thich Nhat Hahn

Judaism

• Teacher: Rev. Wil Gafney PhD

• Podcast: Prayer to God to Make me a Girl Abby Stein grew up in a Hassidic family as the first born son (after 5 older sisters) who identified as a girl. She talks about growing up Hasidic in Brooklyn NY, what that was like, and how she was not accepted within their religious paradigm.

• Video: Interview with Chani Getter about Footsteps, Netflix’s One of Us, and Her Story

• Documentary: One of Us featuring Chani Getter a 2017 documentary feature film that chronicles the lives of three ex-Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn

• Video: "Biblical Language for a God Who Transcends Gender" A distinguished womanist biblical interpreter, Dr. Wil Gafney reveals the Bible’s use of masculine and feminine imagery for God and how it invites us to look beyond traditional gender categories.

• Book: Rev. Wil Gafney PhD Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne.

• Book: Rev. Wil Gafney PhD A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year A

• Video: Translation Matters Rev. Wil Gafney PhD at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA "Here's my challenge: what I have learned is that for people who experience God and only learned about God with masculine language, when you start to say Creator and Shepherd and Redeemer -- that doesn't dislodge that image. It's only when you say 'She,' in my experience, that that image is interrupted, for good or for ill. So that is a part of what the work is."

• Book: Jill Hammer The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons

• Book: Jill Hammer & Taya Shere The Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and New Visions of Jewish Women's Spiritual Leadership

• Video: Interview with Torah Scribe Julie Seltzer

Christianity

• Teacher: Richard Rohr

• Teacher: Rev. Wil Gafney PhD

• Book: Meggan Watterson Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet

• Video: Rev. Wil Gafney PhD "Biblical Language for a God Who Transcends Gender"

• Video: Rev. Wil Gafney PhD at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA “Translation Matters”

• Podcast: "Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Unlearning Certainty" with Richard Rohr on Unlocking Us Part 1 & Part 2

• Podcast: "Finding Your True Self" with Father Richard Rohr on Oprah's Super Soul Conversations

• Podcast: Richard Rohr with Krista Tippett on the On Being podcast

• Podcast: "Richard Rohr and the Universal Christ” Part 1 & Part 2 on The Liturgists Podcast

• Podcast: "Richard Rohr 101" with Fr. Richard Rohr on The Deconstructionists Podcast

• Video: From Jesus to Christ FRONTLINE Documentary Part 1 & Part 2

• Book: The Mary Magdalene Gospel

• Book: First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament

• Book: Wayne Muller Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in our Busy Lives

• Book: Celia Deane-Drummond A Primer in Ecotheology: Theology for a Fragile Earth

• Podcast: Daniel Franzese & Azariah Yass Jesus! Podcast

• Book: Felder The Ten Challenges: Spiritual Lessons from the Ten Commandments for Creating Meaning, Growth, and Richness Every Day of Your Life

• Book: Gary R. Renard The Lifetimes when Jesus and Buddha Knew Each Other

• Book: Linn Marie Tonstad Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics

• Podcast: Linn Marie Tonstad on A People's Theology Podcast

• Book: Robert Goss Jesus Acted Up: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto

• Podcast: The Liturgists

Islam

• Video: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Healing Self, Healing Society

• Video: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Islam's Universal Values

• Video: Dalia Mogahed What's it's Like to be a Muslim in America

• Video: Linda Sarsour A Muslim American on a Mission

• Video: Malala The Reality of Womens' Rights In Islamic Cultures

• Video: Zena Ibrahim The Woman Behind the Hijab

• Video: Amina Wadud The Noble Struggle of Amina Wadud

• Book: Patel Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

Mormonism

• Online Resource: Jeremy Runnels CES Letter: Compilation of Discrepancies in the Mormon Truth Claims

• Book: Martha Beck Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

• Show: Mormon No More

Fundamentalism

• Teacher: Chani Getter

• Video: Interview with Chani Getter about Footsteps, Netflix’s One of Us, and Her Story

• Documentary: One of Us featuring Chani Getter

• Online Resource: Footsteps for Leaving Orthodox life

• Online Resource: Dare to Doubt Community for those considering leaving harmful belief systems

• Book: Martha Beck Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

• Reality TV Show: My Unorthodox Life

A Course in Miracles

• Audio: Dr. Kenneth Wapnick Living 'A Course in Miracles': Applying the Course's Messages of Wisdom, Courage, and Forgiveness

• Book: Marianne Williamson A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

• Book: Robert Holden Holy Shift! 365 Daily Meditations from A Course in Miracles

• Book: Robert Holden Lovability: Knowing how to Love and Be Loved

• Teachers: Robert Holden & Hollie Holden (his wife) – they are great ACIM teachers and do both trainings/workshops as well as year-long teaching on the workbook

Sex, Sexuality, Gender & The Feminine

• Podcast: Prayer to God to Make me a Girl: Abby Stein grew up in a Hassidic family as the first born son (after 5 older sisters) who identified as a girl. She talks about growing up Hasidic in Brooklyn NY, what that was like, and how she was not accepted within their religious paradigm.

• Podcast: Daniel Franzese & Azariah Yass Jesus! Podcast

• Video: Lyla June The Sacredness of Twoness

• Book: Meggan Watterson Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet

• Book: The Mary Magdalene Gospel

• Book: Mercedes Kirkel Mary Magdalene Beckons

• Book: Rev. Wil Gafney PhD Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne.

• Book: Rev. Wil Gafney PhD A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year A

• Book: Robert Goss Jesus Acted Up: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto

• Book: Linn Marie Tonstad Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics

• Podcast: Linn Marie Tonstad on A People's Theology Podcast

The Environment

• Video: Lyla June The Resurgence of Indigenous Knowledge

• Video: Interview with Lyla June Johnston

• Video: Lyla June 2017 Geography of Hope: Lyla June Johnston on Forgiveness

• Video: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Healing Self, Healing Society

• Book: Ted Andrews Nature Speaks: Signs, Owens and Messages in Nature

• Book: Celia Deane-Drummond A Primer in Ecotheology: Theology for a Fragile Earth

For You to Practice

• Video Practice: Jennifer Reis YOGA NIDRA: Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra -- Healing Chakra Chorus (this is my GO TO practice to regulate, center and connect)

• Video Practice: Edo & Jo Ganesha Mantra: Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha (8 minute practice you can do daily to connect with Ganesha and clear obstacles)

• Audio Practice: Kirtonium Kirtan by my favorite artists (one of my favorite practices especially to raise me up and use my voice/process emotions)

• Video Practice: Krishna Das Kirtan Om Namah Shivaya Kirtan Practice

• Video: Focus & Creativity - Creative Thinking, Visualisation & Problem Solving - Binaural Beats & Iso Tones (I use this when I want to focus, write or create)

• Video: Tibetan Healing Sounds: Cleans the Aura and Space. Removes all negative energy

About Practices

• Book: Janet Conner Writing Down Your Soul (this is my favorite spiritual practice and the one that has had the most impact on my life)

• Podcast: “The Awakened Brain: The Neuroscience of Spirituality" with Lisa Miller, PhD on The Rich Roll Podcast (this podcast blows my mind. Science and Spirituality and evidence of so much of what I believe)

• Book: Julia Cameron The Artist's Way (a great place to start, especially for creativity. Writing Pages is great as a starting point!)

• Book: Seena B. Frost Soul Collage (this is a huge part of my spiritual practice - getting back to creativity is absolutely an access to intuitive connection)

• Book: James Nestor Breathe

• Book: Louise Hay & Robert Holden Life Loves You: 7 Spiritual Practices to Heal Your Life

• Podcast: Toko-pa Turner "On Dreams & Belonging" with Toko Pa Turner on CIIS Public Programs Podcast

• Book: Toko-pa Turner Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home

• Podcast: "Dacher Keltner on Happiness & Awe" on the 10 Percent Happier Podcast

• Book: Dacher Keltner Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

• Podcast: "How to Benefit from Religion, even as a Nonbeliever" with Dr. David DeSteno on the Ten Percent Happier Podcast

• Book: Wayne Muller Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in our Busy Lives

• Book: Wayne Muller Learning to Pray: How we find heaven on earth

• Book: John Roedel Hey God. Hey John.: What Happens When God Writes Back

• Podcast: "John Roedel: Poetry, Remedy of the Soul" on the Unknowingly Connected Podcast

• Book: Mark Holloway The Freedom Diaries: God Speaks Back

• Book: Rochele Schieck QOYA: A compass for navigating an embodied life that is Wise, Wild and Free

• Book: Karen Brody The Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra Meditation Program

• Book: Diane Berke Developing & Deepening Your Spiritual Practice: An Interspiritual Approach (this was one of my textbooks for seminary written by the founder and spiritual director of the seminary program. It includes different practices to choose from from different traditions)

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Walk

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to See

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Love

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Relax

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Fight

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Connect

• Book: Thich Nhat Hahn How to Eat

• Book: Yung Pueblo Clarity & Connection

• Book: Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

• Book: Mary Oliver Evidence, a Book of Poems

• Book: Hafiz The Gift (book of poems)

• Book: Lorin Roche, PhD The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight

• Book: Marianne Williamson A Year of Miracles: Daily Devotions and Reflections

These are great books for kids but also for adults. I recommend them to everyone.

• Book: Carole Lindstrom We are Water Protectors

• Book: Charlie Mackesy The Boy, The Moe, The Fox & The Horse

• Book: Jomny Sun Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book

• Book: Dr. Seuss Oh, The Places You'll Go

• Book: Patrice Karst The Invisible String

• Book: Etan Boritzer What is God? (What Is...?)

• Book: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jomny Sun Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You

• Book: Libby Moore The River of Birds (this was written by a dear friend before she passed. It addresses loss, death and dying in a really beautiful way).