Susan Cain
Author of Quiet and Bittersweet; writes The Quiet Life newsletter on introversion and sensitivity.
Gone: A Girl, A Violin, a Life Unstrung by Min Kym
This is one of the most extraordinary memoirs I've ever read.
on susancain.substack.com · 7 Apr 2026
Sacred Therapy: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholeness by Estelle Frankel
This book is so full of wisdom and insight. I pulled down my copy just now and it's filled with underlines and margin notes.
on susancain.substack.com · 7 Apr 2026
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
I discovered Campbell's work during that great transitional period of my life (in my early 30s, when I left the wrong career and the wrong relationship, and set sail into the unknown) and it has been a mainstay ever since.
on susancain.substack.com · 7 Apr 2026
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