Below is a list of resources (blogs and books mainly, but also some interesting TED Talks) that I found very interesting and useful in furthering my knowledge on PCM, neuroscience, psychology, relationships and more. I hope you’ll find it useful.
Blogs I follow:
- Neuroscience and communication — Erik Barker – Barking up the wrong tree
- A research-based approach to relationships — Gottman Institute’s Blog
- Personal development and popular psychology — Mark Manson
- Everything mind and body — Medium – Human Parts
- Poetry, brain, love and everything in between — Brain Pickings
Courses I recommend
- NeuroMindfulness Online Coach Certification Course, by the NeuroMindfulness Institute – it covers areas such as the neuroscience of Stress and Well-being, Cognitive Performance, Trust and Human Connection, as well as a very comprehensive set of Mindfulness Practices. Because I really enjoyed this course and found it extremely useful, I have entered in an International Partnership with its creators: the readers of my blog get a 15% discount on this course. Have a look HERE to see more about its content and use the discount code mt15 at check-out. I hope you will find it as useful as I did!
Books I recommend
Process Communication Model and Transactional Analysis
- Parlez-vous Personality? by John Parr, Gerard Collignon, Pascal Legrand
- The Mastery Of Management by Dr. Taibi Kahler
- Process Therapy Model by Dr. Taibi Kahler
- Games People Play: The Psychology Of Human Relationships by Eric Berne
- I’m OK, you’re OK by Thomas A. Harris
- TA Today by Ian Stewart și Van Joines
Behavioural psychology and Neuroscience
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Erik Barker
- Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson
- The Upward Spiral by Alex Korb
- Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
- Joy on Demand by Chade-Meng Tan
- The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor – watch related TED Talk
- The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business by Charles Duhigg
- Your Brain at Work by David Rock
- Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential by Shirzad Chamine
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Really Motivates Us by Daniel Pink – watch related TED Talk
- Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely – watch related TED Talk
Knowing oneself, personal transformation, coaching, meaning of life, creativity
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- Coaching for Performance by John Withmore
- The Element by Sir Ken Robinson – watch related TED Talk
- Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Sir Ken Robinson – watch related TED Talk
- Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel J. Siegel
- Emotional Equations by Chip Conley
- How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth
- The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander
- The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
- Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track by Russell L. Ackoff
Relationships
- The Science of Trust by John M. Gottman
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- The Relationship Cure by John M. Gottman
- The Dance of Anger by Harriet G. Lerner
- The Science of Happily Ever After by Ty Tashiro