Books and Publications

G. Scott Graham is the author of more than 30 books spanning business and executive coaching, personal development, motivational interviewing, grief and loss, relationships, psychedelic preparation and integration, Buddhist practice and meditation, outdoor adventure, and other areas of personal and professional growth.

His publishing history extends back to 1992 and reflects the breadth of his work as a coach, counselor, trainer, educator, and writer, as well as more than three decades of vipassanā practice.

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2026

Authoritarian Drift in the United States

Examines democratic erosion, normalization, uncertainty, institutional change, and the psychological processes that can make gradual political shifts difficult to recognize while they are occurring.

2025

GR20: A Guide for Americans

A practical guide and personal account of hiking Corsica's GR20, written specifically for American hikers preparing for one of Europe's most demanding long-distance trails.

The Tao of Dogs

Short reflections on presence, joy, acceptance, connection, and living fully, inspired by the surprisingly useful life lessons offered by dogs.

Cleared for Love

The Co-Pilot's Guide to Lasting Relationships

Uses the metaphor of two people flying together as co-pilots to explore collaboration, communication, decision-making, conflict, and intentional partnership.

The Tao of Psychedelics

A collection of 120 Taoist-style reflections designed to support presence, psychological flexibility, preparation, engagement, and integration surrounding psychedelic experiences.

The Tao of Grief

One hundred short reflections on grief, presence, loss, love, and the pressure to conform to cultural expectations about how grieving is supposed to look.

The Tao of Equanimity

One hundred short reflections exploring equanimity as the practice of remaining present with grief, joy, fear, love, uncertainty, and everything in between.

Early Warning Signals

A practical business guide to identifying vulnerabilities, creating meaningful indicators, and recognizing trouble before emerging problems become crises.

Come As You Are: Five Years Later

The third book in the Come As You Are series explores what happens when grief changes again, including the return of love, vulnerability, attachment, fear, and the challenge of remaining open after profound loss.

Engagement: The Missing Component in Psychedelic Therapy

Explores what happens during the psychedelic experience itself and presents engagement as a critical complement to preparation before a journey and integration afterward.

Living the Maṅgala Sutta

A practical exploration of the Buddha's Maṅgala Sutta and its thirty-eight blessings, with an emphasis on translating ancient teachings into choices and practices for contemporary life.

Unleash the Wolf Pup

RV Upgrades & Hacks

A practical collection of modifications, solutions, lessons, and sometimes hard-earned fixes for improving a Wolf Pup camper and everyday RV life.

Living the Eight Precepts

A contemporary exploration of the Buddhist Eight Precepts that moves beyond simple rules and prohibitions toward personal ideals, ethical choices, reflection, and intentional living.

SUP with Your Pup

A Guide to Paddleboarding with Your Dog

A practical guide to preparing, training, and safely introducing a dog to stand-up paddleboarding.

Paddle, Camp, Repeat

10 Campgrounds for Paddleboarding in the Northeast

A firsthand guide to ten Northeastern campgrounds for people who want to combine camping with stand-up paddleboarding.

2024

Psychedelic Preparation Workbook

Sixty Days to Engagement

A structured sixty-day workbook designed to help people approach psychedelic experiences with greater intention, preparation, reflection, and engagement.

MDMA and Grief

A deeply personal account of using MDMA to explore grief, loss, memory, attachment, and emotional integration following the death of Graham's husband of thirty-one years.

2023

Psychedelic Integration Workbook

Sixty-Day Journal & Transcendence Blueprint

A structured sixty-day process for examining insights from a psychedelic experience and translating those insights into meaningful changes in everyday life.

Come As You Are: Three Years Later

The second book in the Come As You Are series examines long-term grief after much of the world has moved on, but the person who experienced the loss continues living with it.

Meditations on a Meet Grinder

Unaltered Altered Correspondence

An experimental collection exploring language, identity, consciousness, memory, human connection, and the strange territory between the corporeal and the abstract.

2021

Motivational Interviewing Made Easy 2

Another Five Weeks

A second five-week skill-building program focused on strengthening reflections and developing more advanced Motivational Interviewing communication skills.

Bucket List Workbook

A Companion to "Check! Your Guide to Creating a Life Transforming Bucket List"

A hands-on workbook for turning the concepts in Check! into reflection, clarification, prioritization, and concrete action.

Come As You Are: Meditation & Grief

A personal exploration of grief following the sudden death of Graham's husband, integrating memoir, journal entries, meditation, vipassanā, mettā, and practical reflections about living with loss.

Treatment Planning 101

A practical framework for counselors, coaches, and helping professionals who want to develop individualized goals, strategies, and treatment plans rather than relying on generic templates.

Androphile Pride

An exploration of identity, sexual orientation, masculinity, autonomy, values, and the process of developing a sense of self rather than simply adopting the expectations of a group.

2019

Now What? After Your Vipassana Course Is Over

Combines personal experience with coaching strategies to help old students maintain and strengthen a regular vipassanā meditation practice after completing a ten-day course.

Determining Marijuana Use in the Age of Legalization

Examines the challenges of assessing marijuana use as legalization, product variety, potency, dosing methods, and patterns of consumption become increasingly complex.

2016

Make Time Your Superhero Power!

A collection of practical, easily applied strategies for improving time management, productivity, organization, and intentional use of time.

Get Off Your Ass & Mow the Grass!

With a direct and sometimes irreverent approach, Graham makes the case for replacing the riding mower with what he calls "fitness mowing" and turning an ordinary chore into physical activity.

Growing & Using Good King Henry

A practical guide to growing, harvesting, maintaining, and cooking with the perennial vegetable commonly known as Good King Henry.

Check! Your Guide to Creating a Life Transforming Bucket List

Challenges the idea that a bucket list should simply be a collection of things to buy, places to visit, or adventures to complete, and instead presents a structured process for using a bucket list to clarify values and shape daily choices.

How to Become More Linkable... ...and Likeable on LinkedIn

Co-authored with Joel Legunn. A practical guide to strengthening a LinkedIn profile, setting goals for professional networking, and developing a more intentional presence on the platform.

2015

Work Exchange: A Handbook for Hosts

A guide for people hosting volunteers through work-exchange programs, covering recruiting, screening, expectations, preparation, supervision, problem-solving, and ending the exchange successfully.

Motivational Interviewing Made Easy

A Simple, 5-Week Program to Build Motivational Interviewing Skills

A practical five-week program designed to turn Motivational Interviewing concepts into actual communication habits through deliberate practice, tracking, and skill development.

Ten Things You Need to Know About Coaching Before You Get a Coach

A straightforward guide to understanding professional coaching, evaluating potential coaches, recognizing misleading claims, and making a more informed decision when hiring a coach.

Earlier Publications & Contributions

Book of Metaphors, Volume 2

1995 · Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

A collection of adventure-based activities using metaphor to deepen learning and participant reflection.

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Book of Metaphors: A Descriptive Presentation of Metaphors for Adventure Activities

1992 · Association for Experiential Education

A collection exploring the use of metaphor in adventure and experiential education activities.

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