Books are powerful tools for learning, connection, evolution, and reconsideration.

From storytelling through fiction to learning about the real lives of others in nonfiction works, books help us reshape our thinking, communicate with the people in our lives, and sometimes just get lost in a really good story.

Erica Courdae joins India to discuss some of the books that have strongly impacted them and how they think about everything from storytelling to gentrification to minimalism.

In this discussion:

• Storytellers who took us on unexpected journeys

• A book that helped us rethink what we know about gentrification

• Reconsidering minimalism and intentionality

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire

• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson

• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

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Align the way you shop with your values and vote with your dollars at pauseontheplay.com/books

Resources:

• Pause on the Play® Bookshelf

• Pause on the Play® Ep 98: Weaving Story, Experience, and Humor into the Way You Communicate with Jon Goode

• Flaunt Your Fire® Ep 54: Creating Consistent Curated Content with Jon Goode