#CAPSULEreads – Monika’s TOP 3 books this year

Charlotte Fox Weber What We Want: A Journey Through Twelve of Our Deepest Desires - a book written by psychotherapist Charlotte about the twelve deepest desires and wishes of a person. How to discover what drives you forward.

Oleg Kovrikov In the flow: conversations about life - conversations with different people about their lives, excerpts from a personal diary, this is a book that cannot be read in one sitting - each story will touch you differently.

Brianna Wiest The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self Mastery - Transforming Self-Sabotage into Personal Mastery - a book specifically about self-sabotage and why we hinder ourselves when we try to change, how to bypass ourselves and make change happen.

Thich Nhat Hanh No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering - a book written by one of the most famous teachers of Zen Buddhism about finding peace in everyday life, how and with what practices we can find peace every day. "When we learn to take care of our suffering," says Thích Nhất Hạnh, “we suffer less, much less.”

Ottessa Moshfegh My year of sleep and rest - a story of a woman who relieves her sense of alienation with various drugs. The novel The New York Times was chosen as one of the best novels of 2018.

Nedra Glover Tawwab Set Boundaries, Find Peace - Tips for reclaiming your true self, setting proper boundaries, breaking free.

Qing Li - Forest Bathing. Shinrin-Yoku: On the Healing Effects of Nature on Man. How to be in nature that we’d get its greatest positive effect. What does nature do to humans, why is it so important in today's fast-paced world.