50 Books like Things I Learned from Falling

Solo

by Hazel Phillips • 2022

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

3.58

198

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs 🏕️ Women Outdoors ⚖️ Gender Bias

Solo 95%

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

by Hazel Phillips 2022

3.58

198 ratings

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs 🏕️ Women Outdoors ⚖️ Gender Bias

The Salt Path

by Raynor Winn • 2018

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

3.93

104k+

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness 🌿 Nature And Healing 💍 Marriage Memoirs

The Salt Path 95%

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

by Raynor Winn 2018

3.93

104k+ ratings

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness 🌿 Nature And Healing 💍 Marriage Memoirs

Left for Dead

by Beck Weathers • 2000

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

3.61

8k+

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs 🔗 Obsession And Recovery 🩺 Physical Rehabilitation

Left for Dead 95%

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

by Beck Weathers 2000

3.61

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs 🔗 Obsession And Recovery 🩺 Physical Rehabilitation

Life Lessons From the Amazon

by Pip Stewart • 2021

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

4.08

194

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Life Lessons From the Amazon 95%

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

by Pip Stewart 2021

4.08

194 ratings

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Rowing the Atlantic

by Roz Savage • 2009

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

4.02

456

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings 🚣 Women Adventurers 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Rowing the Atlantic 94%

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

by Roz Savage 2009

4.02

456 ratings

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings 🚣 Women Adventurers 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

The Sunset Route 94%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

Solitude

by Terry Waite • 2017

Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.

3.78

108

🧘 Solitude And Isolation 🕯️ Memoir And Reflection ⛓️ Captivity Narratives 🕵️ Espionage Psychology 🙏 Contemplative Life

Solitude 94%

Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.

by Terry Waite 2017

3.78

108 ratings

🧘 Solitude And Isolation 🕯️ Memoir And Reflection ⛓️ Captivity Narratives 🕵️ Espionage Psychology 🙏 Contemplative Life

Wild Rescues

by Kevin Grange • 2021

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

4.20

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Wild Rescues 94%

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

by Kevin Grange 2021

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Tough Broad

by Caroline Paul • 2024

What a 52-year-old BASE jumper knows about aging that your doctor won't tell you.

4.13

601

🏃 Active Aging 🌲 Nature Therapy 👵 Midlife Women 🧠 Positive Aging 🚵 Women Adventurers

Tough Broad 94%

What a 52-year-old BASE jumper knows about aging that your doctor won't tell you.

by Caroline Paul 2024

4.13

601 ratings

🏃 Active Aging 🌲 Nature Therapy 👵 Midlife Women 🧠 Positive Aging 🚵 Women Adventurers

In Search of Silence

by Poorna Bell • 2019

A widow quit the life script. In silence, she found what she actually wanted.

4.03

425

🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🌏 Travel Memoirs 📜 Societal Scripts 🤫 Solitude And Silence 🧭 Meaning Over Happiness

In Search of Silence 94%

A widow quit the life script. In silence, she found what she actually wanted.

by Poorna Bell 2019

4.03

425 ratings

🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🌏 Travel Memoirs 📜 Societal Scripts 🤫 Solitude And Silence 🧭 Meaning Over Happiness

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

by Brianna Madia • 2024

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

4.14

6k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

Never Leave the Dogs Behind 93%

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

by Brianna Madia 2024

4.14

6k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

Blind Curves

by Linda Crill • 2013

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

3.62

149

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys 🌿 Outdoor Healing 🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth

Blind Curves 93%

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

by Linda Crill 2013

3.62

149 ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys 🌿 Outdoor Healing 🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth

Wintering

by Katherine May • 2020

How a season of retreat, silence, and cold water can heal what constant striving cannot.

3.80

78k+

🌲 Nature Memoir 🍂 Seasonal Living 🧭 Navigating Hardship 🧊 Cold Water Therapy 🕯️ Ritual And Tradition

Wintering 93%

How a season of retreat, silence, and cold water can heal what constant striving cannot.

by Katherine May 2020

3.80

78k+ ratings

🌲 Nature Memoir 🍂 Seasonal Living 🧭 Navigating Hardship 🧊 Cold Water Therapy 🕯️ Ritual And Tradition

The Wisdom of Wilderness

by Gerald G. May • 2006

Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.

4.18

344

🏔️ Nature Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Ecopsychology 🏕️ Wilderness Memoir 💚 Healing Through Nature

The Wisdom of Wilderness 93%

Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.

by Gerald G. May 2006

4.18

344 ratings

🏔️ Nature Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Ecopsychology 🏕️ Wilderness Memoir 💚 Healing Through Nature

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

by Jessica Pan • 2019

One introvert spent a year doing improv, stand-up, and talking to strangers to fight loneliness.

3.87

30k+

📆 Yearlong Experiments 🐢 Introversion 😰 Social Anxiety 🏝️ Loneliness 💬 Vulnerability

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come Summary

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come 93%

One introvert spent a year doing improv, stand-up, and talking to strangers to fight loneliness.

by Jessica Pan 2019

3.87

30k+ ratings

📆 Yearlong Experiments 🐢 Introversion 😰 Social Anxiety 🏝️ Loneliness 💬 Vulnerability

Grandma Gatewood's Walk

by Ben Montgomery • 2014

A denim sack, Keds, a shower curtain: a 67-year-old grandma walked the Appalachian Trail alone.

4.11

32k+

🥾 Thru Hiking 🏔️ Appalachian Trail 👩‍🦳 Women In History 💜 Domestic Abuse Survivors 🌳 Healing In Nature

Grandma Gatewood's Walk 93%

A denim sack, Keds, a shower curtain: a 67-year-old grandma walked the Appalachian Trail alone.

by Ben Montgomery 2014

4.11

32k+ ratings

🥾 Thru Hiking 🏔️ Appalachian Trail 👩‍🦳 Women In History 💜 Domestic Abuse Survivors 🌳 Healing In Nature

The Way of the Hermit

by Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

The Way of the Hermit 93%

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

by Ken Smith 2023

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

Walking to Listen

by Andrew Forsthoefel • 2017

He crossed America on foot carrying a sign that invited conversation. Strangers told him everything.

3.88

3k+

🚶 Cross-Country Walking 📖 Travel Memoir 🇺🇸 American Pilgrimage 👂 Deep Listening 🤝 Stranger Encounters

Walking to Listen 93%

He crossed America on foot carrying a sign that invited conversation. Strangers told him everything.

by Andrew Forsthoefel 2017

3.88

3k+ ratings

🚶 Cross-Country Walking 📖 Travel Memoir 🇺🇸 American Pilgrimage 👂 Deep Listening 🤝 Stranger Encounters

Phosphorescence

by Julia Baird • 2020

What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.

3.77

12k+

✨ Everyday Awe 🌿 Nature Connection 🔍 Attention Practice 🤝 Deep Friendships 💗 Self-Compassion

Phosphorescence 93%

What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.

by Julia Baird 2020

3.77

12k+ ratings

✨ Everyday Awe 🌿 Nature Connection 🔍 Attention Practice 🤝 Deep Friendships 💗 Self-Compassion

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73k+

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

A House in the Sky 93%

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

by Amanda Lindhout 2013

4.28

73k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

On Being Human

by Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

3.91

4k+

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

On Being Human 93%

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019

3.91

4k+ ratings

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

My Next Breath

by Jeremy Renner • 2025

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

4.15

42k+

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🌬️ Conscious Breathing

My Next Breath 93%

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

by Jeremy Renner 2025

4.15

42k+ ratings

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🌬️ Conscious Breathing

Beyond Possible

by Nimsdai Purja • 2020

Fourteen death-zone peaks, six months. The old record: nearly eight years.

4.15

6k+

🏔️ Himalayan Climbing 🎖️ Special Forces Memoir ⛑️ High-Altitude Survival 💪 Extreme Endurance 🇳🇵 Nepalese Mountaineering

Beyond Possible 93%

Fourteen death-zone peaks, six months. The old record: nearly eight years.

by Nimsdai Purja 2020

4.15

6k+ ratings

🏔️ Himalayan Climbing 🎖️ Special Forces Memoir ⛑️ High-Altitude Survival 💪 Extreme Endurance 🇳🇵 Nepalese Mountaineering

Emergency

by Neil Strauss • 2009

A journalist masters the skills to survive anything except his own panic.

3.81

6k+

🏕️ Survival Preparedness 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🥫 Prepper Culture 🏙️ Urban Survival 🌲 Wilderness Skills

Emergency 93%

A journalist masters the skills to survive anything except his own panic.

by Neil Strauss 2009

3.81

6k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Preparedness 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🥫 Prepper Culture 🏙️ Urban Survival 🌲 Wilderness Skills

Walking With Plato

by Gary Hayden • 2016

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

3.64

320

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue 🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy 🌿 Nature As Therapy

Walking With Plato 92%

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

by Gary Hayden 2016

3.64

320 ratings

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue 🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy 🌿 Nature As Therapy

Enchantment

by Katherine May • 2023

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

3.59

13k+

🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

Enchantment 92%

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

by Katherine May 2023

3.59

13k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives

by John Volanthen • 2021

What finding the Thai boys taught a cave diver about staying calm when everything fails.

3.96

646

🤿 Cave Diving 🏔️ Extreme Survival 🧠 Crisis Decisions 🧘 Stress Management 💪 Resilience Training

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives Summary

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives 92%

What finding the Thai boys taught a cave diver about staying calm when everything fails.

by John Volanthen 2021

3.96

646 ratings

🤿 Cave Diving 🏔️ Extreme Survival 🧠 Crisis Decisions 🧘 Stress Management 💪 Resilience Training

Bravey

by Alexi Pappas • 2021

She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.

4.19

11k+

🏃 Running Memoir 🏅 Women In Sports 💔 Grief And Loss 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🗣️ Mental Health Advocacy

Bravey 92%

She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.

by Alexi Pappas 2021

4.19

11k+ ratings

🏃 Running Memoir 🏅 Women In Sports 💔 Grief And Loss 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🗣️ Mental Health Advocacy

T is for Transformation

by Shaun T. • 2017

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

4.22

2k+

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Comfort Zones 🧱 Resilience Building

T is for Transformation 92%

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

by Shaun T. 2017

4.22

2k+ ratings

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Comfort Zones 🧱 Resilience Building

Castaway

by Lucy Irvine • 1983

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

3.76

871

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology 🤝 Survival Partnerships 🎒 Women Travelers

Castaway 92%

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

by Lucy Irvine 1983

3.76

871 ratings

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology 🤝 Survival Partnerships 🎒 Women Travelers

Ghost Rider

by Neil Peart • 2002

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

4.12

7k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion 🌲 Solitude And Nature 🥁 Creative Recovery

Ghost Rider 92%

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

by Neil Peart 2002

4.12

7k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion 🌲 Solitude And Nature 🥁 Creative Recovery

Flying on the Inside

by Rachel Gotto • 2021

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

3.88

3k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Flying on the Inside 92%

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

by Rachel Gotto 2021

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost

by Rachel Friedman • 2011

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

3.80

4k+

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost Summary

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost 92%

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

by Rachel Friedman 2011

3.80

4k+ ratings

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

I Don't Want To Grow Up

by Scott Stillman • 2021

The default script is a trap. Here is the escape: simplify, follow instinct, and let adventure lead.

4.08

2k+

🏗️ Lifestyle Design 🏡 Simple Living 🌟 Childlike Wonder 🏔️ Outdoor Adventure ✨ New Thought Spirituality

I Don't Want To Grow Up 92%

The default script is a trap. Here is the escape: simplify, follow instinct, and let adventure lead.

by Scott Stillman 2021

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Lifestyle Design 🏡 Simple Living 🌟 Childlike Wonder 🏔️ Outdoor Adventure ✨ New Thought Spirituality

Between Two Kingdoms

by Suleika Jaouad • 2021

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

4.42

130k+

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

Between Two Kingdoms 92%

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

by Suleika Jaouad 2021

4.42

130k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

Deep Survival

by Laurence Gonzales • 1998

Gear doesn't save you. Skills don't save you. The brain does, or it doesn't.

3.94

15k+

🧠 Survival Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏔️ Extreme Environments ⚠️ Risk Perception 🌪️ Disaster Psychology

Deep Survival 92%

Gear doesn't save you. Skills don't save you. The brain does, or it doesn't.

by Laurence Gonzales 1998

3.94

15k+ ratings

🧠 Survival Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏔️ Extreme Environments ⚠️ Risk Perception 🌪️ Disaster Psychology

50/50

by Dean Karnazes • 2008

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

3.78

4k+

👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

50/50 92%

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

by Dean Karnazes 2008

3.78

4k+ ratings

👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

No Shortcuts to the Top

by Ed Viesturs • 2006

Eighteen years, fourteen peaks, one rule that kept him alive when faster climbers died.

4.14

12k+

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs ⛰️ Himalayan Expeditions 🗻 Eight-Thousanders ❄️ Death Zone Survival 🧭 Expedition Leadership

No Shortcuts to the Top 92%

Eighteen years, fourteen peaks, one rule that kept him alive when faster climbers died.

by Ed Viesturs 2006

4.14

12k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs ⛰️ Himalayan Expeditions 🗻 Eight-Thousanders ❄️ Death Zone Survival 🧭 Expedition Leadership

A Beautiful Work In Progress

by Mirna Valerio • 2017

Brutal miles in a body the world mocked: the journey from first step to ultramarathon finish.

3.76

4k+

🏃 Ultrarunning Memoirs ❤️ Body Positivity 🏔️ Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Resilience 🤝 Community In Sport

A Beautiful Work In Progress 92%

Brutal miles in a body the world mocked: the journey from first step to ultramarathon finish.

by Mirna Valerio 2017

3.76

4k+ ratings

🏃 Ultrarunning Memoirs ❤️ Body Positivity 🏔️ Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Resilience 🤝 Community In Sport

Yoga Girl

by Rachel Brathen • 2014

The yoga practice that healed a teacher's trauma, and the tools that rebuild self-trust from within.

4.19

4k+

🧘‍♀️ Yoga Memoirs 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Self-Acceptance 🌸 Mindful Living

Yoga Girl 92%

The yoga practice that healed a teacher's trauma, and the tools that rebuild self-trust from within.

by Rachel Brathen 2014

4.19

4k+ ratings

🧘‍♀️ Yoga Memoirs 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Self-Acceptance 🌸 Mindful Living

Endure

by Cameron R. Hanes • 2022

A bowhunter who runs ultramarathons before dawn on what the relentless grind builds.

4.02

11k+

🏹 Bowhunting 🏃 Ultrarunning 🧠 Mental Toughness 💪 Extreme Training 🦌 Ethics Of Hunting

Endure 92%

A bowhunter who runs ultramarathons before dawn on what the relentless grind builds.

by Cameron R. Hanes 2022

4.02

11k+ ratings

🏹 Bowhunting 🏃 Ultrarunning 🧠 Mental Toughness 💪 Extreme Training 🦌 Ethics Of Hunting

Walden on Wheels

by Ken Ilgunas • 2013

He erased $32,000 in debt by living in a campus van on four dollars a day.

4.01

8k+

💰 Student Debt 🚐 Van Life 🧹 Minimalism 🏔️ Adventure Memoirs 💵 Extreme Frugality

Walden on Wheels 92%

He erased $32,000 in debt by living in a campus van on four dollars a day.

by Ken Ilgunas 2013

4.01

8k+ ratings

💰 Student Debt 🚐 Van Life 🧹 Minimalism 🏔️ Adventure Memoirs 💵 Extreme Frugality

A Marriage at Sea

by Sophie Elmhirst • 2024

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

3.81

62k+

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

A Marriage at Sea 92%

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

by Sophie Elmhirst 2024

3.81

62k+ ratings

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

The Tell

by Amy Griffin • 2025

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

3.92

56k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Repressed Memory

The Tell 92%

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

by Amy Griffin 2025

3.92

56k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Repressed Memory

Tracks

by Robyn Davidson • 1980

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

3.93

18k+

🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback 💔 Grief And Loss 🐪 Human-Animal Bond

Tracks 92%

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

by Robyn Davidson 1980

3.93

18k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback 💔 Grief And Loss 🐪 Human-Animal Bond

Soulbriety

by Elisa Hallerman • 2022

Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.

4.01

242

🔗 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧩 Inner Parts Work 🙏 Spiritual Recovery

Soulbriety 92%

Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.

by Elisa Hallerman 2022

4.01

242 ratings

🔗 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧩 Inner Parts Work 🙏 Spiritual Recovery

Boy Meets Depression

by Kevin Breel • 2015

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

3.82

873

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Grief And Loss

Boy Meets Depression 92%

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

by Kevin Breel 2015

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