On Trauma, Grief Recovery, & Nervous System Regulation

Accessing the Healing Power of Your Nervous System
Stanley Rosenberg

Anchored
Deborah Dana

Attached
Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

The Attachment Theory Workbook
Annie Chen

The Body Keeps The Score
Bessel van der Kolk

The Courage To Heal
Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

The Dance of Fear
Harriet Lerner

The Dance of Connection
Harriet Lerner

Getting Past Your Past
Francine Shaprio

The Grief Recovery Handbook
John James and Russell Friedman

The Myth of Normal
Gabor Mate

No Bad Parts
Richard Schwartz

Self-Therapy Workbook
Bonne J Weiss

Waking the Tiger
Peter Levine 

What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry

When the Body Says No
Gabor Mate

Trauma and Recovery
Judith Herman

On Self-Worth & Empowerment

Atomic Habits
James Clear

Get Rich Lucky Bitch
Denise Denise Duffield Thomas

Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown

Kick Ass
Mel Robbins

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb

Motivation Manifesto
Brendan Buchard

We Should All Be Millionaires
Rachel Rodgers

Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
Mark Manson

Uncovering Happiness
Elisha Goldstein

UnFuck Yourself
Gary John Bishop

Untamed
Glennon Doyle

On Healing your Relationship with your Body

The Body is not an Apology
Sonia Rene Taylor

Sexual Healing
Peter Levine

Come As You Are
Emily Nagoski 

My Grandmother’s Hands
Resmaa Menekam

The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk (repeat recommendation)

When the Body Says No
Gabor Mate (repeat recommendation)

Stolen Focus
Johann Hari

Nourish
Heidi Schauster

Quit Like a Woman
Holly Whitaker (healing relationship with alcohol)

This Naked Mind
Annie Grace (healing relationship with alcohol)

On Relationships with other Humans

Attached
Amir Levine and Rachel Heller (repeat recommendation)

The Attachment Theory Workbook 
Annie Chen (repeat recommendation)

Daring Greatly
Brene Brown

Healing the Shame That Binds You
John Bradshaw

Hold Me Tight
Sue Johnson

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Gabor Mate

Mating in Captivity
Esther Perel

A Passionate Marriage
David Scnarch

The Relationship Cure
John Gottman

State of Affairs
Esther Perel

“Why I Look For Red Flags In Myself”
Article

On Parenting

Brainstorm (Parenting teens)
Dan Siegel

Good Inside
Dr. Becky Kennedy

How to Raise an Adult
Julie Lythcott-Haims

Mind in the Making
Ellen Galinsky

No Drama Discipline
Dan Siegel

Parenting from the Inside Out
Dan Siegel

Positive Discipline
Jane Nelsen

Raising Your Spirited Child
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Unconditional Parenting
Alfie Kohn

The Whole Brained Child
Dan Siegel

On Creativity, Collective Healing and Reclaiming Spirituality

(should that feel aligned)

 10% Happier
Dan Harris

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

Anatomy of Spirit
Caroline Myss

Anger
Thich Nhat Hanh

Beauty
John O’Donahue

Becoming Wise
Krista Tippett

Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert

Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer

Comfortable With Uncertainty
Pema Chodron

The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz

Living Buddha Living Christ
Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindsight
Dan Siegel

My Grandmother’s Hands
Resmaa Menakam

Privilege Power and Difference
Allan G Johnson

Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach

Rising Strong
Brene Brown

Spiritual Bypassing
Robert Augustus Masters

Start Where You Are
Pema Chodron

Untethered Soul
Michael Singer

We Will Not Cancel Us
Adrienne Marie Brown

White Fragility
Robin D’Angelo

Anything by John O’donahue or Mary Oliver

Spiritual Abuse Recovery

Coming Out of Shame
Gershen Kaufman & Lev Raphael

Gender Outlaw
Kate Bornstein

Non-Religious Spirituality
Jim Palmer (article)

Reclaiming the Sacred
Jeff Golden

Spiritual Bypassing
Robert Augustus Masters

Toxic Positivity
Whitney Goodman

Transgender Children and Youth
Elijah C Nealy