How to REALLY Read the Tarot Workbook
by Adrien Blackwell
A companion workbook for exploring tarot reading and developing your personal practice.
Tobi's Recommended Reading Library
Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The Amazon buttons on this page are affiliate links that take you to Amazon. Purchases are completed on Amazon, not through this website.
Books for Self-Mastery, Healing, Mindfulness & Conscious Living
This curated reading library brings together books selected to support deeper self-awareness, emotional resilience, conscious choice, meditation, healthier relationships, habit change, nervous-system understanding and intentional self-leadership. Use it as a resource: begin with the area of your life asking for your attention now, then choose the perspective that best supports your next step.
Important: This library includes research-informed, clinical, personal-development, spiritual and metaphysical perspectives. Inclusion does not mean every claim in every book has the same scientific evidence base, and nothing here replaces individualized medical or mental-health care.
Mind, Beliefs & Personal Transformation
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
by Joe Dispenza
Mind • Beliefs
A perspective on recognizing habitual thought and behaviour patterns and intentionally practicing new ways of thinking and responding.
Evolve Your Brain
by Joe Dispenza
Mind • Brain
For readers interested in the relationship between thought, learning, behaviour and personal change.
You Are the Placebo
by Joe Dispenza
Mind-Body
Explores Dispenza's mind-body framework and the role he attributes to expectation, belief and mental practice.
The Biology of Belief
by Bruce H. Lipton
Mind-Body • Beliefs
A popular mind-body perspective on beliefs, biology and environment. Best read as one viewpoint within the broader conversation about behaviour and health.
Self-Mastery, Habits & Action
The Let Them Theory
by Mel Robbins
Self-Mastery • Boundaries
A practical framework for reducing attempts to control other people's choices and redirecting energy toward your own decisions and responses.
The 5 Second Rule
by Mel Robbins
Action • Habits
A simple action-oriented framework designed to interrupt hesitation and help turn intention into behaviour.
The High 5 Habit
by Mel Robbins
Self-Worth • Habits
Focused on changing the way you relate to yourself through deliberate encouragement, awareness and daily practice.
Atomic Habits
by James Clear
Habits • Behaviour
A practical system for understanding how small repeated behaviours compound and how environment, cues and identity can support sustainable habit change.
The Four Agreements
by Don Miguel Ruiz
Self-Mastery • Relationships
A concise personal-development framework centered on language, assumptions, personalization and doing your best.
Healing, Trauma & Nervous-System Understanding
Heal Yourself
by Sarah Dawkins
Personal Experiences • Healing • Resilience
Sarah Dawkins shares accounts of individuals and their experiences of healing. The book offers personal perspectives for reflection; these stories should not be treated as established medical evidence or a substitute for professional healthcare.
Tobi Staples also appeared on Sarah Dawkins’ Heal Yourself podcast, Episode 126. Explore the podcast appearance.
The Myth of Normal
by Gabor Maté
Healing • Trauma
Examines trauma, stress, culture and health through Maté's clinical and social perspective, with attention to the environments in which people adapt and cope.
When the Body Says No
by Gabor Maté
Mind-Body • Stress
Explores Maté's perspective on chronic stress, emotional patterns and physical health.
Scattered Minds
by Gabor Maté
Psychology • Attention
Maté's exploration of attention difficulties through development, environment, relationships and lived experience.
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
by Gabor Maté
Trauma • Addiction
A compassionate examination of addiction, trauma and human need informed by Maté's clinical work.
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma • Nervous System
An influential overview of trauma's psychological and physiological effects and approaches used in trauma recovery.
Waking the Tiger
by Peter A. Levine
Trauma • Nervous System
Introduces Levine's body-oriented perspective on trauma and the role of physiological responses in recovery.
No Bad Parts
by Richard C. Schwartz
Inner Work • Psychology
An accessible introduction to Internal Family Systems and the idea of approaching inner conflict with curiosity rather than condemnation.
Meditation, Presence & Consciousness
Becoming Supernatural
by Joe Dispenza
Meditation • Consciousness
Combines meditation practices with Dispenza's broader framework for personal transformation and mind-body change.
The Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle
Presence • Consciousness
A widely read exploration of present-moment awareness, identification with thought and observing the mind.
A New Earth
by Eckhart Tolle
Consciousness • Self-Mastery
Explores ego, awareness and conscious living through Tolle's spiritual framework.
The Untethered Soul
by Michael A. Singer
Self-Mastery • Consciousness
Invites readers to examine the inner voice, emotional reactivity and the experience of observing thoughts rather than automatically identifying with them.
Radical Acceptance
by Tara Brach
Meditation • Self-Acceptance
Integrates mindfulness and compassion practices with psychological insight to address shame, self-judgment and emotional suffering.
Wherever You Go, There You Are
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Meditation • Mindfulness
A practical introduction to mindfulness and bringing deliberate attention into ordinary daily life.
Self-Worth, Reflection & Emotional Growth
You Can Heal Your Life
by Louise Hay
Self-Worth • Healing
A classic self-help work built around affirmations, self-talk and Hay's personal mind-body philosophy.
Mirror Work
by Louise Hay
Self-Worth • Inner Work
A structured practice using mirror exercises and affirmations to examine self-talk and cultivate a more supportive relationship with yourself.
The Gifts of Imperfection
by Brené Brown
Self-Worth • Growth
Explores vulnerability, shame, authenticity and the practices Brown associates with wholehearted living.
Relationships, Boundaries & Communication
Hold On to Your Kids
by Gabor Maté
Parenting • Relationships
With Gordon Neufeld, examines attachment, peer orientation and the importance of parent-child connection.
Set Boundaries, Find Peace
by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Boundaries • Relationships
A practical guide to identifying, communicating and maintaining healthier boundaries across relationships.
Nonviolent Communication
by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Communication • Relationships
A communication framework centered on observations, feelings, needs and requests, with the goal of reducing blame and increasing clarity.
Brain, Neuroplasticity & Wellbeing
The Brain That Changes Itself
by Norman Doidge
Neuroplasticity
Introduces general readers to neuroplasticity through clinical stories and research on the brain's capacity to change.
Hardwiring Happiness
by Rick Hanson
Neuroplasticity • Wellbeing
Offers practices intended to help people notice and internalize beneficial experiences rather than allowing them to pass unnoticed.
Spiritual, Energy & Metaphysical Perspectives
LE CARNET VIBRATIONNEL : Témoin silencieux
par Nathalie (Lili-P) Proulx
Introspection • Conscience de soi • Spiritualité
Un carnet de réflexion en français proposant des questionnaires d’introspection et des pistes pour passer de la connaissance de soi à sa mise en pratique au quotidien. Il présente une approche personnelle et spirituelle de l’alignement intérieur et de la transformation.
Édition française, 166 pages. Les concepts vibratoires exposés dans l’ouvrage relèvent de sa perspective spirituelle et ne constituent pas des résultats scientifiques établis.
The Wisdom Codes
by Gregg Braden
Consciousness • Spirituality
Braden explores traditional wisdom, language and spiritual practices through his interpretive framework.
Anatomy of the Spirit
by Caroline Myss
Spirituality • Energy
Presents Myss's spiritual and symbolic framework connecting personal power, meaning and energy traditions.
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
by Deepak Chopra
Spirituality • Personal Growth
A concise spiritual-development framework focused on intention, purpose, acceptance and conscious action.
Books & Journals by Adrien Blackwell
Explore books and journals from the host of Making Miracles Happen Masterclass.
Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. These are paid links. I may earn a commission from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you.
30-Day Tarot Intuition Journal
by Adrien Blackwell and Serella B.
A journal for recording tarot reflections and exploring intuition over 30 days.
Gratitude
by Adrien Blackwell and Serella B.
A guided journal for noticing what you appreciate and making space for daily reflection.
Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Each Amazon button on this page is an affiliate link. If you make a qualifying purchase after following one of these links, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.
New to Tobi’s Work? Start Here Free.
Before choosing a book, program, reading or deeper experience, discover where you are on your Self-Mastery journey with the Free Self-Mastery Assessment.