Books that shaped me
These aren't catalogue recommendations: they're the ones that truly helped me understand myself and others.
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
If you can find a why for what you live, you can bear almost any how. An essential classic.
The Ballerina of Auschwitz
Edith Eger
Healing trauma and choosing inner freedom, told by someone who survived hell.
Daring Greatly
Brené Brown
Showing yourself vulnerable isn't weakness: it's the path to courage and real connection.
When the Body Says No
Gabor Maté
How stress and unexpressed emotions end up speaking through the body.
Good Luck: Creating the Conditions for Success in Life and Business
Álex Rovira & F. Trías de Bes
A short fable: the luck that lasts doesn't come on its own, you create it with your actions.
Ikigai
Francesc Miralles & Héctor García
Find your reason for being and live the present meaningfully, the Japanese way.
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
The book that named why managing emotions matters as much as IQ.
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall Rosenberg
Speaking from need and not from reproach. It changes your relationships at the root.
El arte de no amargarse la vida
Rafael Santandreu
Practical and direct for dismantling the beliefs that make us suffer more than necessary.
Reinventing Yourself
Mario Alonso Puig
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
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