The books I keep coming back to, and the ones I think about long after I've finished them. There's a shelf of guided journals too, for the nights you'd rather write than read.
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The Burnout Workbook
Emily and Amelia Nagoski turned Burnout into something you can write in, with questions, exercises and little visual guides. It's about noticing when you're stuck and practising your way back out. You don't need to have read the book first, though the two sit nicely side by side.
The Fair Play Deck
Fair Play, but on cards you can spread across the kitchen table. You lay out the tasks, keep the ones that actually happen in your house, and take turns deciding who owns what from start to finish. There are Unicorn Space cards too, for the things you each love that have nothing to do with the dishes.
The Power of Habit
The book behind the habit loop I keep referencing. Cue, routine, reward. Once you see it, you cannot stop noticing it in your own house.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
Decades of real research into what separates the couples who last from the couples who do not. It turns out not to be about never fighting. It is about how you repair afterward.
The Courage to Be Disliked
A conversation between a student and a philosopher, and the best argument I have found for why you do not owe anyone an explanation for your guest list. How someone else feels about your choices belongs to them.
The Couple’s Cookbook
Most cookbooks assume you are cooking for four and freezing the rest. This one assumes there are two of you, and the cocktail section may be the real find.
