Recommendations

Books Every Coach, Teacher, Manager, or Leader Could Benefit From that I found Well-written/ Purposeful/ Great for Application: 

  • Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run
  • Alex Hutchinson, Endure
  • Jack Canfield, The Success Principles
  • Daniel Coyle, The Talent Code
  • Steve Magness & Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate your game, avoid burnout, and thrive with the new science of success
  • Jay Dicharry, Anatomy of Runners
  • Jim Afremow, The Champion’s Mind
  • Jim Afremow, The Champion’s Comeback: How athletes recover, reignite, and rebound from injury/setbacks
  • Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last
  • Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It
  • Matt Fitzgerald, Run: The Mind Body Method of Running By Feel
  • Matt Fitzgerald, The Endurance Diet
  • Daniel Pink, Drive: What Truly Motivates Us
  • Brene Brown, Daring Greatly
  • Gretchen Rubin, Better Than Before & The Happiness Project
  • Kelly McGonigal, The Willpower Instinct
  • Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life & Business
  • Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, Blink, Tipping Point, David & Goliath
  • David Epstein, The Sports Gene
  • Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People (in the digital age)
  • Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
  • Steven Pressfield, Turning Pro
  • Steven Pressfield, The Warrior Ethos
  • Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In
  • Patrick Combs, Major in Success
  • Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life
  • Steve Magness, The Science of Running
  • Angela Ducksworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
  • Brad Hudson, The Little Black Book (of workouts)
  • Elyse Kopecky & Shalene Flanagan, Run Fast, Eat Slow (Cookbook)
  • Kristen Hadeed, Permission to Screw Up
  • Sebastian Junger, Tribe
  • Oprah Winfrey, The Wisdom of Sundays
  • Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Self
  • Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
  • Harvard Business Review’s Emotional Intelligence
  • Harvard Business Review’s Mental Toughness
  • Stan Beecham, Elite Minds
  • Amir Levine’s, Attached
  • Gretchen Rubin, The Four Tendencies
  • Joe Vigil, Road to the Top
  • Gary Mack, Mind Gym
  • Brad Hudson, The Little Black Book (of workouts)

Sports Psychology/Counseling: https://theperformancepursuitconsulting.com/ and especially working with Kacey Gibson, M.A. in Counseling–Specialization in Sport and Health Psychology, Adler University [B.S. in pre-medicine biology, psychology], All-American at Edinboro University and former NCAA DI competitor at Florida State University [exercise science major] and high school Footlocker All American

Sports Nutrition Individualized Counseling, Education, Speaking & Plans: Olympic Trials Qualifier and RD Christina Vergara Aleshire or All-American and RD Kylee Van Horn or Former pro-elite miler and RD Rebecca Addison [Inquire with me for their contact information]

Running Camps: http://activeataltitude.com/

Goal-Setting to Goal-Achieving Must-Haves: Ro McGettigan & Lauren Fleshman’s Believe Training Journals     

Happiness/ Accountability/ Life Coaches http://ginamarotta.com/

Great Reads/Beautiful Prose/ Thought-Provoking Literature:

  • Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle
  • Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours
  • Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
  • Helen Thorpe, Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
  • Lionel Shriver, I Think We Need To Talk About Kevin
  • Melanie Warner, Pandora’s Lunchbox
  • Juno Diaz, This is How You Lose Her
  • Miriam Williamson, A Return to Love
  • Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy
  • Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
  • Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior
  • Oksana Marafioti, American Gypsy

Great Talks: