Why I Quit Meditation and Began to Write

References & Readings

• To understand how the body remembers even though your conscious mind forgets: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
• To understand human behavior Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst –Robert Sapolsky
• To understand everything about stress: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky
• To keep up with the discipline of writing: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
• To ace labeling: Chapter 3 of Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
• To gather courage: The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown (Suggestion: Watch the TED talk before reading the book)

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Thanks to Ankit Jain and Oshin Chhazed for reading drafts of this.