🔍 Self-Examination

Works that invite rigorous, honest introspection — the Socratic project of knowing thyself — whether through philosophy, memoir, or guided reflection on one's habits, motives, and blind spots.

Blue Like Jazz

by Donald Miller • 2003

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

3.90

119k+

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 👥 Christian Community

Blue Like Jazz

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

by Donald Miller 2003

3.90

119k+ ratings

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 👥 Christian Community

Breakfast with Socrates

by Robert Rowland Smith • 2009

Waking up, getting dressed, sitting in traffic: every mundane moment hides a philosophical question.

3.28

2k+

Breakfast with Socrates

Waking up, getting dressed, sitting in traffic: every mundane moment hides a philosophical question.

by Robert Rowland Smith 2009

3.28

2k+ ratings

Live Like A Stoic

by Massimo Pigliucci • 2019

Fifty-two weekly exercises that turn Stoic philosophy from a reading list into a reflex.

4.06

1k+

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 📜 Practical Philosophy 🏋️ Stoic Exercises 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🛡️ Emotional Resilience

Live Like A Stoic

Fifty-two weekly exercises that turn Stoic philosophy from a reading list into a reflex.

by Massimo Pigliucci 2019

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 📜 Practical Philosophy 🏋️ Stoic Exercises 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🛡️ Emotional Resilience

Quotes That Will Change Your Life

by Russ Kick • 2017

A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.

3.85

155

📚 Curated Wisdom 🌿 Perennial Wisdom 👁️ Perception And Reality 🧠 Critical Thinking 🌊 Embracing Uncertainty

Quotes That Will Change Your Life

A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.

by Russ Kick 2017

3.85

155 ratings

📚 Curated Wisdom 🌿 Perennial Wisdom 👁️ Perception And Reality 🧠 Critical Thinking 🌊 Embracing Uncertainty

Note to Self

by Joe Thorn • 2011

Your heart forgets the gospel every twenty-four hours. Here is how to remind it.

4.20

1k+

📖 Gospel-Centered Living 📚 Practical Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🫀 Inner Life

Note to Self

Your heart forgets the gospel every twenty-four hours. Here is how to remind it.

by Joe Thorn 2011

4.20

1k+ ratings

📖 Gospel-Centered Living 📚 Practical Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🫀 Inner Life

Learning Humility

by Richard J. Foster • 2022

A year with the Lakota taught Richard Foster what humility demands, and why we resist it.

4.15

419

🧘 Spiritual Formation 🏹 Native American Wisdom 🙇 Humility 🎭 Pride And Ego 📿 Spiritual Disciplines

Learning Humility

A year with the Lakota taught Richard Foster what humility demands, and why we resist it.

by Richard J. Foster 2022

4.15

419 ratings

🧘 Spiritual Formation 🏹 Native American Wisdom 🙇 Humility 🎭 Pride And Ego 📿 Spiritual Disciplines

One Breath at a Time

by Kevin Griffin • 2004

Buddhist wisdom meets the 12 steps: how surrender and mindfulness create recovery that awakens.

4.28

1k+

🕊️ Twelve Step Recovery ☸️ Buddhist Recovery 🧘 Mindfulness In Recovery 🌊 Surrender In Recovery 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

One Breath at a Time

Buddhist wisdom meets the 12 steps: how surrender and mindfulness create recovery that awakens.

by Kevin Griffin 2004

4.28

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Twelve Step Recovery ☸️ Buddhist Recovery 🧘 Mindfulness In Recovery 🌊 Surrender In Recovery 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

Think Again

by Jared Mellinger • 2017

You think about yourself too much. The cure is self-forgetfulness, learned at the cross.

4.49

287

👐 Pastoral Counseling 😔 Spiritual Depression 🔓 Overcoming Self-Focus ⚖️ False Guilt 📜 Reformed Theology

Think Again

You think about yourself too much. The cure is self-forgetfulness, learned at the cross.

by Jared Mellinger 2017

4.49

287 ratings

👐 Pastoral Counseling 😔 Spiritual Depression 🔓 Overcoming Self-Focus ⚖️ False Guilt 📜 Reformed Theology

Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership

by Gary L. McIntosh • 1997

Why your leadership gifts are fueled by childhood wounds, and a biblical path to healing.

3.92

685

✝️ Christian Leadership ⚠️ Leadership Dysfunction 🏡 Family Of Origin Issues 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🧠 Christian Psychology

Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership

Why your leadership gifts are fueled by childhood wounds, and a biblical path to healing.

by Gary L. McIntosh 1997

3.92

685 ratings

✝️ Christian Leadership ⚠️ Leadership Dysfunction 🏡 Family Of Origin Issues 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🧠 Christian Psychology

A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life

by Trevor Curnow • 2012

The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.

3.87

190

🧠 Applied Philosophy 🤔 Critical Thinking ❓ Skepticism ⚖️ Personal Ethics 🎓 Introductory Philosophy

A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life

The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.

by Trevor Curnow 2012

3.87

190 ratings

🧠 Applied Philosophy 🤔 Critical Thinking ❓ Skepticism ⚖️ Personal Ethics 🎓 Introductory Philosophy

The Book of Pastoral Rule

by Pope Gregory I

An ancient guide teaching pastors to temper authority with humility and tailor reproof to each soul.

4.17

796

🐑 Pastoral Care ✝️ Spiritual Leadership 🙇 Humility 🔍 Spiritual Discernment 🗣️ Pastoral Counseling

The Book of Pastoral Rule

An ancient guide teaching pastors to temper authority with humility and tailor reproof to each soul.

by Pope Gregory I

4.17

796 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Care ✝️ Spiritual Leadership 🙇 Humility 🔍 Spiritual Discernment 🗣️ Pastoral Counseling

The Road Less Traveled, Timeless Edition

by M. Scott Peck • 2018

Struggle is the point, love is a decision, and symptoms are wake-up calls: a psychiatrist's guide.

4.18

🧠 Psychospiritual 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 💍 Love As Choice 🌿 Spiritual Growth 😣 The Problem Of Suffering

The Road Less Traveled, Timeless Edition

Struggle is the point, love is a decision, and symptoms are wake-up calls: a psychiatrist's guide.

by M. Scott Peck 2018

4.18

51 ratings

🧠 Psychospiritual 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 💍 Love As Choice 🌿 Spiritual Growth 😣 The Problem Of Suffering

On Temptation and the Mortification of Sin in Believers

by John Owen • 2013

Why indwelling sin doesn't weaken with time, and what actually kills it.

4.36

103

📜 Puritan Theology 🕊️ Reformed Spirituality 🔥 Sin And Sanctification ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🔄 Faith And Repentance

On Temptation and the Mortification of Sin in Believers

Why indwelling sin doesn't weaken with time, and what actually kills it.

by John Owen 2013

4.36

103 ratings

📜 Puritan Theology 🕊️ Reformed Spirituality 🔥 Sin And Sanctification ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🔄 Faith And Repentance

A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life

by William Law • 1728

Six days of worldly living cannot be redeemed by one hour of Sunday prayers.

4.04

722

⛪ Anglican Spirituality 🕯️ Holy Living 📿 Spiritual Discipline 🤲 Intercessory Prayer 🔨 Vocation And Work

A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life

Six days of worldly living cannot be redeemed by one hour of Sunday prayers.

by William Law 1728

4.04

722 ratings

⛪ Anglican Spirituality 🕯️ Holy Living 📿 Spiritual Discipline 🤲 Intercessory Prayer 🔨 Vocation And Work

Toughest People to Love

by Chuck DeGroat • 2014

Why you cannot fix difficult people, and the one person you must start with instead.

4.24

409

🕊️ Pastoral Counseling 🧩 Personality Disorders 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧠 Relational Wisdom 🌑 Dark Night Of The Soul

Toughest People to Love

Why you cannot fix difficult people, and the one person you must start with instead.

by Chuck DeGroat 2014

4.24

409 ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Counseling 🧩 Personality Disorders 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧠 Relational Wisdom 🌑 Dark Night Of The Soul

Rediscovering Catholicism

by Mathew kelly • 2010

Your faith is starved, not broken. The simple disciplines that bring it back to life.

4.13

🕊️ Catholic Renewal 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🛡️ Countercultural Faith ✨ Sacramental Living 🌿 Practical Spirituality

Rediscovering Catholicism

Your faith is starved, not broken. The simple disciplines that bring it back to life.

by Mathew kelly 2010

4.13

8 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Renewal 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🛡️ Countercultural Faith ✨ Sacramental Living 🌿 Practical Spirituality

Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 2

by Seneca

Fortune can take everything except the one thing that actually matters.

4.37

315

🏛️ Roman Stoicism 📜 Ancient Wisdom ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 💀 Death Acceptance 🕊️ Inner Freedom

Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 2

Fortune can take everything except the one thing that actually matters.

by Seneca

4.37

315 ratings

🏛️ Roman Stoicism 📜 Ancient Wisdom ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 💀 Death Acceptance 🕊️ Inner Freedom

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