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.

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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