What We Are Reading Today: Gentle by Courtney Carver

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Updated 25 March 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Gentle by Courtney Carver

Courtney Carver’ “Gentle” is the “don’t do it all” self-help book you need to live with less stress and more ease, less overwhelm and more joy.

Grounded in self-compassion and a fierce commitment to less, becoming “Gentle” isn’t about taking the easy road.

It’s a practice of real self-care that, over time, will soothe your nervous system and strengthen your relationships.


What We Are Reading Today: Michelangelo and Titian

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Updated 06 February 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: Michelangelo and Titian

Author: William E. Wallace

In 1529, Michelangelo was in Venice when he first met Titian, Venice’s famed painter of princes, gods, and goddesses. Coming face-to-face with Titian’s drama-infused, richly colored works, the creator of David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling realized he had met a worthy opponent. Twenty-five years later, Titian came to Rome to paint the pope, and the two met again. Painting in the Vatican, Titian experienced the full power of Michelangelo’s work and vowed to surpass the achievements of his older contemporary.

Michelangelo and Titian is the untold story of history’s greatest artistic rivalry, a competition between two monumental figures more admiring of one another than either would ever admit. William Wallace brings the world of the 16th century to life, and in particular its culture of gossip and intrigue.

Wallace challenges the established narrative of this relationship as mostly one-sided, with the younger artist in competition with the reigning master.