Favorite Books and Resources for The Journey
These books have been powerful companions and mentors in my path of healing, decolonization, and ancestral remembrance. Whether you're seeking practical tools, radical imagination, or sacred insight, may these offerings nourish and guide you on your own journey home.
Fiction
Xenogenesis Series – Octavia E. Butler
A trilogy (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago) exploring survival, transformation, and coexistence across species.
Earthseed Series – Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents tell the visionary story of Lauren Olamina in a collapsing U.S., grounded in the spiritual principle: “God is Change.”
Wild Seed – Octavia E. Butler
A prequel to the Patternist series; a powerful reflection on power, immortality, and autonomy through African and diasporic storytelling.
Non-Fiction: Decolonial Healing, Social Justice & Embodiment
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice – Rupa Marya & Raj Patel
A powerful analysis of the intersection between health, colonialism, and ecological destruction.
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – Resmaa Menakem
A somatic and trauma-informed guide to dismantling white-body supremacy and healing intergenerational trauma.
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds – adrienne maree brown
A radical, adaptive framework for shaping social change inspired by biomimicry and Octavia Butler.
The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love – Sonya Renee Taylor
A potent invitation to embrace body liberation and confront systems of shame and oppression through radical self-love.
All About Love: New Visions – Bell hooks
A cultural and political exploration of love as a transformative force for justice and personal healing.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City – Matthew Desmond
A deeply researched look at housing injustice and systemic poverty in America.
Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy – Angela Garbes
Blends memoir, science, and social critique around the medicalization and invisibility of pregnancy.
Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice – Dr. Jennifer Mullan
A critical call for therapists and healers to confront the colonial roots of mental health and reclaim ancestral healing.
Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing – Daniel Foor
A spiritual and practical guide to working with one’s ancestors across traditions and cultures.
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – Peter Levine
A foundational book in somatic experiencing, addressing how trauma lives in the body and how it can be released through movement and sensation.
Awaken Your Psychic Ability (Updated Edition) – Debbie Malone
A beginner-friendly guide to connecting with intuitive and spiritual insight.
The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality – Angela Saini
An in-depth historical exploration of how patriarchal systems were constructed and how they persist across cultures.
You Are the Medicine: 13 Moons of Indigenous Wisdom, Ancestral Connection, and Animal Spirit Guidance – Asha Frost
A beautiful, heart-centered guide to reconnecting with Indigenous knowledge, animal spirits, and cyclical living.
Raising Securely Attached Kids – Debbie and Gabriel Owen
A trauma-informed, attachment-focused approach to conscious parenting with practical tools and deep compassion.
Living Theravāda: Demystifying a People's Buddhist Practice – Erik Braun & Brooke Schedneck (Eds.)
A contemporary look at how Theravāda Buddhism is lived and practiced by everyday people, bridging academic and embodied understanding.
Divination & Spiritual Tools
Black Tarot: An Ancestral Awakening Deck – Nyasha Williams
A deeply decolonial, visually rich tarot deck celebrating Black ancestral wisdom, healing, and intuitive power.
