Additional & Suggested Readings List

The following are additional and suggested resources that are useful and important, but that we had to cut to prioritize the right amount of the most crucial readings. They are organized by topic.

Introduction & Welcome:

• The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, pg. ix-64

• Newport, "A Pastor Embraces Slowness", Study Hacks Blog

• Rohr, "The Four Shapes of Transformation", Center for Action and Contemplation
   

Silence & Solitude:

• Erwin and Kethledge, Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude (outside reading; if you enjoyed the Deresiewicz essay, this book was inspired by it)

• Higgs, “Why You Should Find Time to Be Alone With Yourself”, The New York Times

• Iyer, "Why we need to slow down our lives", TED

• Rohr, “Rise Up Rooted Like Trees”, Center for Action and Contemplation

• “Susan Cain: Quiet: The Power of Introverts”, TED

• Suttie, “Why Trees Can Make You Happier”, Greater Good Magazine (all available on the internet)

Values & Spirituality:

• Brooks, The Second Mountain, xi-xxxiii

• "Personality", The Mind, Explained, Vox, Netflix

• Rohr, “Mature Spirituality”, Center for Action and Contemplation

• “Word Study: Nephesh – ‘Soul’”, Bible Project (all available on the internet)

True Self & False Self:

• Grant, "This is one of the most harmful questions parents can ask their kids—here’s why", CNBC (a summarized take on identity foreclosure from Ch. 11 of his book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know)

• Lewis, The Inner Ring (available on the internet)

• Rohr, Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self, Ch. 1-2 (Library Reserves)

• Rohr, “What is the False Self?”, Center for Action and Contemplation (available on the internet)

Heart's Desire & heart's desire:

• "Apologies", Explained, Vox, Netflix, (available on the internet)

• Au, The Discerning Heart, Ch. 2, 4 (outside reading)

• Felix and Khamisa, "What Comes After Tragedy? Forgiveness", TED

• Montana, "The Real Risk of Forgiveness-And Why It's Worth It", TED

• Rohr, “Admitting Our Wrongdoing”, and “A Universal Addiction”, Center for Action and Contemplation (available on the internet)

• Sacks, "Consider Forgiveness", Fetzer Institute, YouTube

• Stevenson, Just Mercy, pg. 289-294 (outside reading)

• His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Nasr, Sacks, and Schori, "Pursuing Happiness", On Being

Gratitude & Grace:

• “AJ Jacobs: My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee”, TED

• "Awesomeology (GRATITUDE FOR LITTLE THINGS) with Neil Pasricha", Ologies with Alie Ward

• “David Steindl-Rast: How to Be Grateful in Every Moment (But Not for Everything)”, On Being

• "The Gratitude Chain: A.J. Jacobs", TED Radio Hour

• May, Addiction and Grace, Ch. 6 (Library Reserves)

• “PJ and Alex Love to Gripe”, The Happiness Lab (all available on the internet)

• Rohr, “A Santa Claus God”, and “God Is Eternally Giving Away God”, Center for Action and Contemplation

• “Word Study: Chara – ‘Joy’”, Bible Project (available on the internet)

Freedom & Conversion:

• “Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work”, TED

• Rohr, “What is Conversion?”, Center for Action and Contemplation

• "Word Study: Yakhal - 'Hope'", Bible Project (all available on the internet)

Discernment & Decision Making:

• Duhigg, Smarter Better Faster: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business, Ch. 6, "Decision Making: Forecasting the Future (and Winning at Poker) with Bayesian Psychology", (outside reading)

• Grant, "The perils of following your career passion", WorkLife with Adam Grant

• “Mike Rowe: Learning from dirty jobs”, TED

• Newport, "Follow a Career Passion? Let It Follow You", The New York Times

• Rothman, "The Art of Decision-Making", The New Yorker

• Santos, "Choice Overload", The Happiness Lab

• "The Book of Ecclesiastes", Bible Project (all available on the internet)

Biography & Autobiography:

• Campbell with Moyers, “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth”, PBS (outside video)

• Scully, “The Grace of a Story Well-Told”, ACE Blog

• Rohr, "A New Framing Story", Center for Action and Contemplation

• Rohr, "The Three Domes", Center for Action and Contemplation

• Rohr, “You Need a Big Story Line”, Center for Action and Contemplation (all available on the internet)

Fear & Flow:

• Au, “Perfectionism: A Pseudo-Wholeness” (Library Reserves)

• Coblentz, and Purvis, "How people of faith should (and should not) think about depression", The Gloria Purvis Podcast

• Grant, "Burnout is everyone's problem", Worklife with Adam Grant

• “Johann Hari challenges the way we think about depression”, The TED Interview

• Rohr, “Communal Lament”, Center for Action and Contemplation

• Rohr, “Perfect Love Casts Out Fear”, Center for Action and Contemplation

• Rohr, “The Gift of Tears”, Center for Action and Contemplation (all available on the internet)

• Santos, "Embracing Sadness in the Pursuit of Happiness", The Happiness Lab

• van der Kolk and Tippet, “How Trauma Lodges in the Body”, On Being

Loneliness & Community:

• “David Brooks on political healing”, The TED Interview

• “Generosity”, Bible Project

• Jesuit Guide, Ch. 10

• “Mistakenly Seeking Solitude”, The Happiness Lab

• Rohr, “Loaves and Fishes”, Center for Action and Contemplation (all available on the internet)

• Sax, "Why Strangers Are Good for Us", New York Times

Cry of the Poor & Dignity:

• Brooks, The Second Mountain, Ch. 9-13

• Giridharadas, "'Winners Take All' Generous Giving Or Phony Philanthropy? A Critique Of Well-Meaning 'Winners'", NPR

• “Justice”, Bible Project

• Rohr, “Dancing Polarities”, Center for Action and Contemplation

• “Sr. Simone Campbell: How to Be Spiritually Bold”, On Being (all available on the internet)

• Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited (outside reading)

Kinship & Accompaniment:

• Applebaum and Weisburg, "Political Polarization is Solvable", Solvable, Puskin Industries

• Boyle, Greg, and Tippett, Krista, "The Calling of Delight: Gangs, Service, and Kinship”, On Being

• Novogratz, Jacqueline, and Tippett, Krista, "Towards a Moral Revolution", On Being (available on the internet)

• Putnam, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again (outside reading)

• Rohr, "A Welcoming Table", Center for Action and Contemplation

• Ross, "Don't call people out--call them in", TED

• Stevenson, Bryan, “Commencement Address”, College of the Holy Cross Commencement, 2015, Worcester, MA (video or transcript, available online)

• “Word Study: Agape – ‘Love’”, Bible Project

• Zomorodi, "How to Citizen", TED Radio Hour (all available on the internet)

Death & Redemption:

• Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (outside reading)

• Mirghafori and Samuel, "The surprising benefits of contemplating your death", Future Perfect: The Way Through

• Noble, “Here’s why Catholics are called to think about death—daily”, America Magazine

• Rohr, “Lesson Five: Nothing Can Come Between Us”, Center for Action and Contemplation (all available on the internet)

• Sandberg, Sheryl, Grant, Adam, and Tippet, Krista, "Resilience After Unimaginable Loss", On Being

Meaning & Mission:

• Brooks, The Second Mountain, Ch. 25

• Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, Ch. 7

• Grant, Successful Givers, Toxic Takers, and the Life We Spend at Work, On Being

• Jay, Meg, “Why 30 is not the new 20”, TED

• Jesuit Guide, pg. 389-397 (Ch. 14)

• Petersen, "How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation", Buzzfeed

• Schwartz, “How Can a Monotonous Job Be Meaningful?”, NPR

• Thompson, "Workism Is Making Americans Miserable", The Atlantic

• "Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle", Vox Conversations, with two previous writers in conversation (all available on the internet)