Corso & Alexander

Resources

Where we send people when the answer is not in one of our books.

Each page below is a short list for one kind of reader in one kind of moment. Newsletters and independent voices first, because they answer the same week you ask; the institutions second, because sooner or later you will need the official door.

Nothing here is paid for and nothing here is an affiliate link. We list what we would read ourselves.

Caregiving

For the one who became the one who handles things.

Caring for an Aging ParentFor the adult child who just became the one who handles things. The daughters, the default sibling, the one who lives closest.
Your Parent's Money, and the InstitutionsPower of attorney, Social Security, Medicare, the bank that says no, and the scam that already happened. The territory of Managing Mom's Money With Love.
Wills, Estates, and Elder LawWhile the parent can still sign, and after. Trusts, probate, guardianship, the family home, and the passwords nobody wrote down.
Dementia, Hospitals, Hospice, and CareThe diagnosis and after. The 48 hours around discharge. Home care, assisted living, memory care, and the end.
GriefLosing a parent as an adult. Losing a spouse. And the grief that starts while they are still here.
The First-Generation ChildBetween two cultures, translating for parents, and told that we don't put parents in homes. The lens that runs through every page here.
Retirement and LongevityFor the parent, and for the reader who is next. Money that has to last, health that has to hold, and the newsletters that take both seriously.

Mindfulness

For the mind at 2 a.m.

Meditation, Affirmations, and Daily CalmStress, sleep and the mind at 2 a.m. Meditation for skeptics and a short daily letter. The territory of the affirmations books.
Sleep and the Mind at 2 a.m.Sleep scientists, insomnia clinicians and free public tools for the adult who is wide awake at 2 a.m.
Stress and BurnoutResearchers and writers on stress, exhaustion and recovery, plus free science-based practices from Berkeley and the NIH.
Living With a DiagnosisWriters who have lived through cancer, a doctor who writes about it, and free helplines staffed by trained social workers.
Calm for the CaregiverSelf-compassion, ambiguous loss, peer support and respite finders for the person who does the caring and needs some care back.
Yoga, Breath, and the BodyGentle, accessible yoga for real bodies: free classes, teachers who work with older adults and arthritis, and the NIH on safety.
Beginning AgainDating after forty, after a divorce, after a loss. The people who write honestly about starting over.

Change Management

For the team that was promised transformation.

Organizational Change and AIThe dip before the lift. For the leader who was promised transformation and handed a rollout. The territory of Flatten the AI J-Curve.
Leading ChangeThe people side of change, for managers and executives who have to take a team somewhere it has not been before.
Teams, Trust, and CulturePsychological safety, team health and workplace culture, from the researchers and practitioners who study them.
Decisions Under UncertaintyJudgment, forecasting and thinking in bets, for people who have to decide before all the facts are in.
Agile and LeanContinuous improvement, Lean and Agile thinking for operators who want the ideas without the certification pitch.
Project ManagementWhy projects fail, and the people who keep saying so out loud. The territory of The Failure of I.T. Project Management.
Changing Careers After FortyMid- and late-career reinvention: encore careers, reskilling, and people who have studied how the switch works.

We have no financial relationship with anyone on this page. If you publish something listed here and would like a link running the other way, write hello@corsoalexander.co. If something has gone stale, tell us and we will fix it.