We’ve created a round-up our favorite books, podcasts and Ted Talk recommendations in a tidy list for you! Thank you to our friends, family, book clubs, and all of you who gave us these suggestions (listed in alpha order) by commenting on our posts! Everyone can enjoy a book or podcast together. It’s an on-going list so check back often and let us know if you have a suggestion!
BOOKS
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope by Wendy Holden
Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Giver of the Stars by Jojo Moyes
Jupiter: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon by Kelley Benham Finch
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Manifest Your Destiny by Wayne W. Dyer
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Textbook by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes
The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale
The Tattoist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
The Traitor’s Wife by Allison Pataki
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Where’d You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

PODCASTS FOR GROWNUPS
Armchair Expert
Audrey Off the Cuff
Broken Hearts
Freakanomics
Oprah Super Soul Conversations
Revisionist History
Rise
Rise Together
Serial 1, 2, 3
Sibling Revelry
That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs
The Daily
The Doctor’s Farmacy
The Dream
The Motherly Podcast
The Office Ladies
The Shrink Nextdoor
This American Life
This Podcast Will Kill You
Tony Robins
True Crime
Unruffled
Up First

PODCASTS FOR KIDS
Brains On! A Science Podcast by American Public Media
But why?
Newz Kidz – global news and current events by NewzKidz
NPR’s Wow in the World
Science vs. Nature
Stories Podcasts

TED TALKS
How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over by Mel Robbins
How to Use A Paper Towel by John Smith
Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection by Reshma Saujani
The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown
Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are by Amy Cuddy

We hope you find this round-up useful!. Take some time for yourself, mama because you deserve the downtime, too. 🙂