Ellen‘s Essential Reading List

A selection of reads that have shaped Ellen’s thinking on connection, healing, relationships, and the beautiful, complex mess of family.


  • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

    by Priya Parker

  • Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes

    by William Bridges, PhD with Susan Bridges

  • The Productive Narcissist: The Promise and Peril of Visionary Leadership

    by Michael Maccoby

  • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

    by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

  • Authentic Excellence: Flourishing & Resilience in a Relentless World

    by R. Kelly Crace and Robert Louis Crace

  • The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

    by Barry Schwartz

  • The Art of Possibility

    by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

  • Raising Financially Fit Kids

    by Joline Godfrey

  • I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't)

    by Brené Brown

  • The Book of Beautiful Questions

    by Warren Berger

  • Wealth 3.0

    by James Grubman, Dennis T. Jaffe, and Kristin Keffeler

  • Family Wealth

    by James E. Hughes Jr.

Read about Ellen’s book, A Wealth of Possibilities, and her other writings.