What’s on my bookshelf…

Trauma

  • The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame by Pete Walker

  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

  • Healing Trauma: Restoring the Wisdom of the Body by Peter Levine

Grief

  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

Parenting

  • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel

  • Mister Rogers Talks With Parents by Fred Rogers and Barry Head

  • Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction by Becky Kennedy

Improving Mental Health

  • The Stress-Proof Brain: Master Your Emotional Response to Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity by Melanie Greenberg

  • The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad

  • Life Worth Living: A Guide to what Matters Most by Volf, Croasmun, and McAnnally-Linz

  • The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler

  • Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self by Anodea Judith

Anger

  • Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger by Lama Rod Owens

  • The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner

Intimacy & Realtionships

  • The Art of Receiving and Giving: The Wheel of Consent by Betty Martin

  • Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want from Sex and How to Get It by Marty Klein

  • Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci Haines

  • Why Won’t You Apologize? Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts by Harriet Learner

  • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson

  • Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver

  • Marriage Rules: A Manual for The Married and The Coupled Up by Harriet Lerner

Other Good Reads

  • The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day by Linda Akeson McGurk

  • Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury

  • The Wisdom of the Shamans: What the Ancient Masters Can Teach Us About Love and Life by Don Jose Ruiz

  • Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O’Donohue

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