🤸‍♀️Health & Wellness

Managing Your Mind by Gillian Butler: This book is a comprehensive guide to mental fitness. I refer to the table of contents in this book when I'm performing a 360-degree audit of my health.
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker: I wish I had prioritized sleep more when I was younger. I would have been happier and I would have performed at a higher level too. We now know that sleep is a critical component of wellness and a keystone habit to a slew of other healthy habits. Read Why We Sleep to learn the fascinating neuroscience of sleep.
Burnout by Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski: Real talk: I've been managing burnout for more than a decade (see: pretending I didn't need sleep all my college years). In addition to just stopping before I run myself into the ground, I've learned better repair strategies over the years. This book was helpful in learning how.
How to Relax by Thich Nhat Hanh: Relaxing is a surprisingly difficult skill. This was a helpful guide.
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg: Habits save time and energy; good habits lay the foundation for a success.

🌱 Healing

Deep Work by Cal Newport: This book helped me understand the process of deep work, and also to stop feeling guilty for protecting my time and energy to do it.
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries: The how-to guide for building a startup. My VC recommended this book, and I regularly refer to its concepts to help make decisions.
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg: A game-changing book on how to communicate with more compassion and connection.
The Person You Mean To Be by Dolly Chugh: This is an actually actionable book both for (1) how to actually wrap our heads around invisible-seeming biases and (2) do something helpful about it.
Venture Deals by Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson: Not a page-turner, unfortunately, but recommended reading in order to raise venture money while conserving legal fees.