Resources — Recommended Reading List

Books for Pregnancy, Parenting, Ancestral Connection, and Impactful Living

This list is here as a companion—whether you're preparing, processing, or just looking for something that speaks to what you're holding right now.

Take what resonates, leave the rest, and return whenever you need.

On Birth & Pregnancy

• Transformed by Birth – Britta Bushnell, PhD

• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth – Ina May Gaskin

• Real Food for Pregnancy – Lily Nichols

• Expecting Better – Emily Oster

• Birthing from Within – Pam England & Rob Horowitz

• Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage – Rachel Reed

• The Fourth Trimester – Kimberly Ann Johnson

• The First Forty Days – Heng Ou, Amely Greevan, Marisa Belger

On Parenthood, Legacy & Voice

• Raising Free People – Akilah Richards

• Simplicity Parenting – Kim John Payne

• Hunt, Gather, Parent – Michaeleen Doucleff

• It’s Ok Not to Share – Heather Shumaker

• The Mother of All Jobs – Christine Armstrong

• No Drama Discipline – Tina Payne Bryson PhD & Daniel J. Siegel MD

On Tradition & Ancestral Connection

• Birth Traditions & Modern Pregnancy Care – Jacqueline Vincent Priya

Spirit Guidance

• Rest is Resistance – Tricia Hersey

• Set Boundaries, Find Peace – Nedra Glover Tawwab

• Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer

• The Gift of Fear – Gavin de Becker

• Messy – Tim Harford

  You don’t need to read them all. Just follow what calls.

  This list will grow. You’re always welcome to suggest titles that moved you.