Standout Nonfiction Titles for This Month on AI, Mental Health and Spirituality
The Mirror by Thomas Koulopoulos
Published by Post Hill Press
World Rights Available
AI doesn’t just do our thinking—it reflects it. The Mirror shows how intelligence made abundant will force us to choose meaning, rebuild institutions, and define human value. This book is a clarion call and practical roadmap for the Intelligent Age.
For decades, technology extended our reach. AI extends our search for meaning. The Mirror argues that the true disruption of AI is not replacement but revelation: It exposes our biases, amplifies our decisions, and compels a shift from intelligence-as-scarcity to meaning-as-scarcity.
Exploring agentic AI, AGI, and ASI, Thomas Koulopoulos offers clear design principles, governance proposals, and cultural prescriptions—from insisting that AI never outrank human self-explanation to requiring public “system cards” that declare a model’s purpose and tradeoffs.
Practical, hopeful, and urgent, The Mirror is essential reading for leaders, policymakers, educators, and anyone who wants to steer AI toward dignity, stewardship, and purpose.Reviews
“This enjoyable book presents a rich tool kit of techniques to help any reader become an effective, lifelong learner. Concrete examples, research findings, and the author’s experiences coalesce into a seamless road map for forging productive mindsets, increasing motivation, establishing fruitful habits, adopting effective learning strategies, and creating supportive learning environments. All learners will find something of value here.” —Mark McDaniel, PhD, coauthor, Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning; professor emeritus and research scientist, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences; director, Center for Integrative Research on Cognition, Learning, and Education (CIRCLE), Washington University
Thomas Koulopoulos is chairman and founder of Delphi Group, a Boston-based think tank he has led for more than thirty-five years. He is also the founding partner of Acrovantage Ventures, investing in early-stage companies shaping the future of work, health care, and enterprise innovation.
An author of fifteen books, an inventor with multiple patents, and past executive director of the Babson Center for Business Innovation, Koulopoulos brings more than four decades of experience at the intersection of technology, business, and human behavior. He is best known for exploring how emerging technologies reshape leadership, values, and purpose. A globally sought-after keynote speaker, he is known for engaging, entertaining, and challenging audiences to rethink not just how they run their organizations but how they see their future.
Beyond Quick Fixes by Dr. Celeste Birkhofer
Published by Greenleaf Book Group Press
World Rights Available
Go beyond quick fixes, toward meaningful change.
When we feel overwhelmed by pain, difficulties, and mental health challenges, the seductive allure of a “quick fix” is tempting. We grasp for fast-acting remedies—escaping through substances, chasing social media “likes,” or seeking more material possessions—that rarely meet our deepest needs. Beyond Quick Fixes transcends simplistic solutions, offering a comprehensive, research-informed, and deeply compassionate framework for meaningful transformation.
Drawing on decades of professional expertise and life-changing personal experience, Dr. Birkhofer reveals that true well-being is not found in fleeting quick fixes. It is cultivated from a foundation of essential capabilities developed from within. The quality of our inner life affects everything—our moods, behaviors, relationships, self-esteem, and sense of fulfillment. Dr. Birkhofer guides you in developing fundamental resources that will upgrade your inner operating system:
A healthy sense of self
Effective, adaptive coping strategies
Vital emotional, mental, and relational capacities
This book serves as a trustworthy roadmap for you to understand yourself, learn how your mind operates, and become an informed, empowered agent in your own life. You'll learn to move beyond quick fixes and cultivate the necessary foundation for better mental health and a fulfilling life.
⭐ Reviews
“A beautifully written text, rich with valuable insights, information, and guidance. Dr. Birkhofer draws wisdom from over four decades of clinical work and personal experience, and the result is inspired and compelling. Whether or not you are directly struggling with mental health concerns, every reader who aspires to a more meaningful life will benefit from the lessons, exercises, and thoughts shared in this work.” —Laura Roberts, MD, MA, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
“Written with clarity, wisdom, and care, this rich and compassionate roadmap—informed by Dr. Birkhofer’s own personal journey with suffering and loss—explores the essential qualities of mental, emotional, and relational well-being. Exercises, examples, and reflective tools help readers loosen the grip of old patterns of being, relating, and coping to cultivate new experience, healthier behaviors, and a more deeply connected life.”—Harville Hendrix, PhD, and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, authors of the New York Times best seller Getting the Love You Want
“Beautifully written . . . full of wisdom. Dr. Birkhofer cuts through the noise and guides you back to center—to what truly matters: your own internal operating system that needs care and attention to operate with greater courage, authenticity, serenity, and wisdom. The world needs this wake-up manual now. What a gift!” —Stephanie Brown, PhD, author of Speed: Facing Our Addiction to Fast and Faster and Overcoming Our Fear of Slowing Down
Dr. Celeste Birkhofer is a licensed clinical psychologist and adjunct clinical faculty member at Stanford Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She maintains a private psychotherapy practice, teaches and supervises Stanford psychiatry residents, and is on the clinical advisory board for the JED Foundation—a nonprofit dedicated to promoting emotional well-being in teens and young adults and reducing suicide risk. Her approach to patient care combines her varied experience and training as a contemporary psychoanalyst, psychodynamic psychotherapist, grief counselor, couples therapist, dialectic behavior therapist, and mindfulness and self-compassion practitioner.
Feed Your Hungry Soul: Awaken Your Loving Heart by Victor Acquista
Published by Vox Veritas Vita Press
World Rights Available
Silver winner of the 2026 Nautilus Book Awards; Eric Hoffer Award — Grand prize finalist & spirituality honorable mention.
In a world filled with noise but starved for meaning, Feed Your Hungry Soul offers manna for your yearning spirit—divine nourishment to sustain you on life's journey.
Four themed sections—Awakening to Oneness, Growth & Transformation, Living Authentically, and Healing & Wholeness—include reflection questions and practices that turn spiritual understanding into embodied wisdom.
In the tradition of beloved works like Thomas Moore's Care of the Soul, Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening, and Michael Singer's The Untethered Soul, these essays create a rare alchemy—philosophical depth made accessible through warm, inviting prose. Soulful images provide another pathway into contemplation beyond language.
Whether you're taking your first steps on a spiritual path or deepening an established practice, these essays meet you where you are. This gentle yet powerful guide reminds us that our souls hunger not for more possessions, but for deeper presence—and that within each of us lies an infinite wellspring of love, waiting only to be recognized, expressed, and shared.
⭐ Reviews
Perceptive spiritual guide exploring peace, wholeness, and mindful living. — BookLife/PublishersWeekly
"About unity and universal love that transcends religion and dogma, these essays are rife with suggestions for connecting to the divine..." — Foreword Clarion Reviews
"A truly profound and insightful exploration of spirituality, consciousness, and the human experience...This masterpiece is a gentle yet powerful invitation to awaken to our true essence and embrace a more loving and harmonious existence." — Dennis Piticco, Chief ReImaginator, 360 Nation
"With Feed Your Hungry Soul, Victor Acquista has prepared a feast - an abundant table of spiritual wisdom designed to awaken the heart and elevate the soul." — Karen Brailsford, Author of Sacred Landscapes of the Soul
"In the quiet space between your inhale and exhale -- that infinitesimal moment where eternity seems to pause -- this book lives. It speaks from that stillness. And in doing so, it becomes a gateway to the mysteries of love, wisdom, and spiritual realization." — Anthony Nayagan, Author of Ancient Wisdom: Modern Leadership
Dr. Victor Acquista bridges medicine and mysticism as an award-winning author, international speaker, and former Chief Medical Officer. After decades in healthcare leadership, he now dedicates himself to raising consciousness through his writing and speaking. He serves on the Advisory Board of Planetary Citizens and as a Founding Member of The Octopus Movement. His writing has appeared in Salon and as a featured columnist for BizCatalyst 360°. He's a member IBPA, Authors Guild.
