The Books I Read in 2023 (plus top 3 in each category)

 

Top 3 Overall

1.     How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

2.     The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age

3.     Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

 

Top 3 Breathing

(excluding Breath and Oxygen Advantages because those no-brainers)

1.     Science of Breath: A Practical Guide

2.     The Tibetan Yoga of Breath: Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom

3.     Spinal Breathing Pranayama - Journey to Inner Space

 

Top 3 Mindfulness

1.     Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

2.     Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day

3.     The Healing Power of Meditation: Leading Experts on Buddhism, Psychology, and Medicine Explore the Health Benefits of Contemplative Practice

 

Top 3 Mindset

1.     The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age

2.     How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

3.     Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

 

All 50 Books I Read

1.     Relaxation Revolution: Enhancing Your Personal Health Through the Science and Genetics of Mind-Body Healing

2.     Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become

3.     Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

4.     The Oxygen Advantage: The Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques for a Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter You

5.     The Tibetan Yoga of Breath: Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom

6.     Three Steps to Awakening: A Practice for Bringing Mindfulness to Life

7.     Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day

8.     Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

9.     Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

10.  The Healing Power of Meditation: Leading Experts on Buddhism, Psychology, and Medicine Explore the Health Benefits of Contemplative Practice

11.  The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

12.  Spinal Breathing Pranayama - Journey to Inner Space

13.  The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World

14.  Peace Is Every Breath: A Practice for Our Busy Lives

15.  How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle (read it 3 times 🤯)

16.  Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within

17.  Science of Breath: A Practical Guide

18.  The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

19.  Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within (read it 3 times 🤯)

20.  The Healing Power of Mindfulness: A New Way of Being

21.  The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age

22.  Silence: In the Age of Noise

23.  52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time

24.  The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health

25.  Meditation for Optimum Health: How to Use Mindfulness and Breathing to Heal Your Body and Refresh Your Mind

26.  Walking: One Step at a Time

27.  Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic

28.  The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance

29.  Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

30.  Breathing: The Master Key to Self Healing

31.  $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers to Want to Buy Your Stuff

32.  Why We Meditate: The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion

33.  The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English

34.  Conscious Coaching: The Art and Science of Building Buy-In

35.  $100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No

36.  Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure

37.  Travel Light: Spiritual Minimalism to Live a More Fulfilled Life

38.  In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration

39.  Mastering Diabetes: The Revolutionary Method to Reverse Insulin Resistance Permanently in Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes

40.  Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

41.  The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

42.  Mindfulness 25th Anniversary Edition

43.  The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life

44.  Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything

45.  The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (And Why They Don't)

46.  Teachings of the Buddha: Revised and Expanded

47.  The End of Heart Disease: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

48.  Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

49.  Do It! Selling: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Land Better Clients, Bigger Deals, and Higher Fees

50.  The No-Nonsense Meditation Book: A Scientist's Guide to the Power of Meditation