My 2021 Reading List. All are welcome to join in and I’d love to hear from you if you’re reading any of these books! Use #penroseandseams2021reading to stay connected.
January
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner
February
Prayers of Honoring Voice by Pixie Lighthorse
March
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
April
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Pattern of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner
May
I Am My Body: A Theology of Embodiment by Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel
June
MEND!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules
July
Theology of the Womb: Knowing God through the Body of a Woman by Christy Angelle Bauman
August
Using Textile Arts and Handcrafts in Therapy with Women: Weaving Lives Back Together by Ann Futterman Collier
September
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
October
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
November
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski
December
Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self by Anodea Judith