Welcome to
The Forest Library.
Come nourish yourself with remedies for the soul, enchantments written by wordsmiths and treasures for your heart.
Anytime I am struggling with something, I turn to books as my guides.
There is this (in my view, erroneous) concept that living from your intuition means you never look for answers elsewhere. I believe we are blessed with an abundance of knowledge from others and where we can use our intuition is to guide us to what we need to hear at this point in the spiral of our development. I have gathered some treasures written by wordsmiths who weave their magic into their sentences. These books met me at different points in my life and I believe they correspond to certain Tarot card spaces, to certain moments in our lives that require a special type of nourishment. This Library will continue to evolve as more cards get added. The Deck featured below is The Fifth Spirit Tarot.
Pick your card below to explore
THE EMPRESS
For when you are beginning to learn how to open to receiving, expanding your capacity so that your creativity and inner flame can be nourished and abundant.
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Women Who Run With the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estés
A book about the intersection of mythology, stories, and wildness and how we reclaim ourselves when reconnecting with ancient archetypes.
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The Science of Storytelling - Will Storr
The science behind why we love stories, why change, and reframing our reality isn't easy but can be part of the tales we tell that create the fabric of our lives.
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Playing Big by Tara Mohr
This book gave voice and language to the things that I'd been feeling for the first time, allowing you to see where there may be some discomfort around expanding your zone of receiving.
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Tiny, Beautiful, Things by Cheryl Strayed
A collection of responses to reader letters around a myriad of problems, this book is a reminder of all sorts of beauty hiding in the crevices of life and how writing can set your heart aflame.
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Pleasure Activism - Adrienne Marie Brown
Why opening ourselves up to pleasure is a radical act and can be how we change the world.
THE Hermit
For when you feel stuck and like you are standing still, for when you are searching for the pieces to build your lantern and needing light for your next step.
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Wintering the Power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times - Katherine May
A reflection of fallow periods of our life and why wintering is important, for when you feel like you are doing nothing at all but that's the point.
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Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker
The science behind why we sleep and the importance of rest. I really like to know the why behind things and this explains in such an understandable, helpful way.
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Burnout - Solve Your Stress Cycle - Nagoski Sisters
How to navigate a period of burnout, how to recognise it, and process it. A look at the value of self-tending and why people who identify as women
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Period Power - Maisie Hill - learning the strength of my inner winter
This book helped me learn the strength of my inner winter, as well as recognising the value of each of the phases of my menstrual cycle.
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Love For Imperfect Things - Haenim Sumin
Collections of life advice from a monk to dip in and out of to see what will land at the time that you need it.
FOUR OF WANDS
For rediscovering joy and magic and inspiration. A place to nourish your inner child so that the furnace of your inner fire can burn sustainably. A place to escape for a while to recharge and dream of magic.
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Fairytales - Collection by Angela Carter
These are stories that can be read quickly for a dose of inspiration and a flash of magic.
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Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
A beautiful retelling and reweaving of Russian folklore with great character development and world-building.
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Spin The Dawn - Elizabeth Lim
A tailor's daughter pretends to be a man to compete in a contest to become the Imperial tailor: love, friendship, magic and mythology.
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V E Schwab
An exploration of what it means to make a deal with the devil and how to leave an imprint in people's lives if they can't remember who you are
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E Harrow
Sumptuous storytelling and gorgeous writing about portals between worlds and the lives that are intertwined because of it.
JUSTICE
For awakening to what is true, for seeing with fresh eyes the systems that we live in and allowing yourself the opportunity to change.
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Me and White Supremacy - Layla F Saad
A guided journal to uncover and unravel connections to white supremacy and the beliefs that underscore the current of our lives
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Untamed - by Glennon Doyle
A clarion call of awakening, this book is an exploration of what it means to follow your heart and gut over your head. To me, this is a memoir of learning to live intuitively versus how you believe you should behave.
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Women Don't Owe You Pretty - Florence Given
A look at intersectional feminism and beginning to question the male gaze. Brilliant artwork and pieces that make you think.
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Your Body is Not an Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor
I listened to this book in audio format and it gave me goosebumps multiple times as I was listening. A stunning exploration of what radical self-love can do for ourselves and the world.
THE STAR
For the sticky, soothing, burning space of healing, for words that are a balm and a salve and exploring what healing looks like for you
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After The Rain - Alexandra Elle
Soft but powerful words that blossom inside of you and a reminder that healing can be fierce and gentle.
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The Gifts of Imperfection - Brene Brown
This was the book that opened my mind to trying and failing in order to figure out what was truly right for me.
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Atomic Habits -James Clear
This book, while seemingly focussed on capitalistic productivity measures taught me that small things count and tiny actions can lead to wonderful things.
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
A lesson in friendship, loss and love.
