My library
What brought me here, and I keep learning
These are books I have read and that stay with me. Each one gave me something: a question, some comfort or a nudge. Here is, in a few words, what each one is about.
Healing the inner child
Transforma las heridas de tu infancia
A Mexican psychotherapist describes five childhood wounds (rejection, abandonment, humiliation, betrayal and injustice), how they show up in adult life and how to start healing them.
Find on Amazon (Transforma las heridas de tu infancia) ↗Encuentra el hogar para tu niño interior
The German psychologist talks about the 'shadow child', who carries painful beliefs from childhood, and the 'sun child', who carries joy, with exercises to give the second one more room.
Find on Amazon (Encuentra el hogar para tu niño interior) ↗
Abraza a la niña que fuiste
A psychologist invites you to look kindly at the girl you once were: to understand where your wounds come from and reconnect with yourself to live more calmly.
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Querida yo: tenemos que hablar
By the psychologist behind @esmipsicologa: a warm, down-to-earth book about self-esteem, getting to know yourself and learning to be at ease with who you are.
Find on Amazon (Querida yo: tenemos que hablar) ↗
Awareness and the present moment
El poder del ahora
A guide to stepping out of the mind's noise and living in the present moment: watching your thoughts without believing all of them, and finding calm in the now.
Find on Amazon (El poder del ahora) ↗
Un nuevo mundo, ahora
Tolle explains how the ego and the 'pain-body' work, and how waking up to awareness helps you find your life's purpose.
Find on Amazon (Un nuevo mundo, ahora) ↗
Deja de ser tú
About changing old habits of thinking and feeling through meditation, drawing on ideas from neuroscience (some of which scientists dispute).
Find on Amazon (Deja de ser tú) ↗
El despertar de la conciencia
Messages the author presents as wisdom dictated by angels, about awakening consciousness, love and inner peace.
Find on Amazon (El despertar de la conciencia) ↗
Wisdom for the road
Los cuatro acuerdos
Four simple agreements inspired by Toltec wisdom: be impeccable with your word, don't take anything personally, don't make assumptions and always do your best.
Find on Amazon (Los cuatro acuerdos) ↗El monje que vendió su Ferrari
A fable: a successful lawyer has a heart attack, leaves everything behind and travels to the Himalayas, where he learns seven virtues for a more balanced, meaningful life.
Find on Amazon (El monje que vendió su Ferrari) ↗
El Alquimista
The novel of Santiago, a young Andalusian shepherd who follows a dream to the pyramids of Egypt and learns to listen to his heart and the signs along the way.
Find on Amazon (El Alquimista) ↗
Santa Biblia Reina-Valera 1960
The classic Protestant translation into Spanish: Casiodoro de Reina published it in 1569, Cipriano de Valera revised it in 1602, and this is the 1960 revision.
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Intuition, numbers and body
Mujeres que corren con los lobos
A Jungian analyst works through myths and folk tales to recover the 'Wild Woman': the instinctive, creative and wise part of every woman.
Find on Amazon (Mujeres que corren con los lobos) ↗La intuición de las brujas
About listening to and caring for your intuition, with the witch as a symbol of the wise woman who trusts what she feels.
Find on Amazon (La intuición de las brujas) ↗El libro completo de numerología
A handbook of Pythagorean numerology: what each number means and how to read a birth date and a name to understand yourself better.
Find on Amazon (El libro completo de numerología) ↗
El poder del metabolismo
The author shares his own struggle with being overweight and explains why metabolism slows down and which changes in eating he suggests to get your energy back.
Find on Amazon (El poder del metabolismo) ↗
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