Book List
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My Favorite Books
  • The Unethered Soul, Michael Singer
  • Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, Joe Dispenza (and most anything else by him – check out his youtube videos)
  • The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
  • Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
  • Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum
  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, Don Miguel Ruiz
  • The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connection, and Courage, Brené Brown PhD
  • The Power of Now and A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
  • Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
  • Healing the Child Within, Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.
  • The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth, M. Scott Peck, M.D.
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran
  • The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell
  • Most any book by Malcolm Gladwell: Blink, Tipping Point, Outliers, Talking to Strangers
  • Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
  • Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Milman
  • Illusions and Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
  • Way of the Superior Man, David Deida
  • Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Abuse
  • The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence , Gavin de Becker
  • A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive, Dave Pelz
  • Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships, Jackson MacKenzie
  • Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling: Lundy Bancroft
  • Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey of Recovery, Shannon Thomas

Addiction
  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Maté
  • Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions, Russell Brand
  • Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking by Allen Carr
  • Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Drinking by Allen Carr

Anger
  • Anger-Taming a Powerful Emotion,Gary Chapman
  • The Dance of Anger (for women), Harriet Lerner
  • The Art of Not Giving a Fuck, Cristin April Fray
  • The Cow in the Parking Lot, A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger, Leonard Scheff

Anxiety
  • The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer
  • Rewire Your Anxious Brain, Catherine M. Pittman PhD
  • Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Daniel G. Amen M.D.
  • The Mindfulness Workbook for Anxiety, Tanya J Peterson
  • Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World, Max Lucado
  • The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, Edmund J. Bourne PhD
  • Improve Your Social Skills, Daniel Wendler

Assertiveness
  • Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition, Henry Cloud
  • Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals, Rachel Hollis
  • Assertiveness: How to Stand Up for Yourself and Still Win the Respect of Others, Judy Murphy
  • The Art of Everyday Assertiveness; Speak Up. Set Boundaries. Say No. Take Back Control. Get What You Want. Patrick King

Codependency
  • Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition, Henry Cloud
  • Codependent No More, Melody Beattie
  • The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations, Melody Beattie
  • No More Mr Nice Guy, Robert A. Glover
  • Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abus, Jackson MacKenzie

Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger
  • Explain Pain by David Butler
  • How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide by Toni Bernhard
  • You Are Not Your Pain: Using Mindfulness to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress and Restore Well-Being by Vidyamala Burch

Communication and Social Skills
  • Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication, Oren Jay Sofer
  • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships, by Marshall B. Rosenberg
  • I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships, Michael S. Sorensen
  • Improve Your Social Skills, Daniel Wendler
  • How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships, by Leil Lowndes

Depression
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, Mark Manson
  • The Happiness Trap: How to stop struggling and start living. Harris, R.
  • Rethinking Depression: How to shed mental health labels and create personal meaning. Maisel, E.
  • Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, Martin Seligman
  • The Mindful Way through Depression by J. Mark Williams

Divorce
  • Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After by Katherine Woodward Thomas
  • Transformational Divorce: Discover Yourself, Reclaim Your Dreams, and Embrace Life's Unlimited Possibilities by Karen Kahn Wilson
  • Co-Parenting Works!: Helping Your Children Thrive After Divorce by Tammy Daughtry

Grief
  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön
  • Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy, Sheryl Sandberg
  • The Grief Recovery Handbook, John W. James
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold S. Kushner
  • Grief Day By Day by Jan Warner

Happiness
  • 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress, Dan Harris
  • Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World, Admiral William H. McRaven
  • The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living, Dalai Lama
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, Mark Manson

Heart Break
  • The Wisdom of a Broken Heart: How to Turn the Pain of a Breakup Into Healing, Insight, and New Love by Susan Piver
  • Getting Past Your Breakup: How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You by Susan J. Elliott
  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön
  • Calling in "The One" 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life, Katherine Woodward Thomas

Meditation
  • The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day by Andy Puddicombe
  • Making Space by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

Mindfulness
  • Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • The Power of Now by Eckart Tolle
  • The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day by Andy Puddicombe
  • Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman
  • Mindfullness in Plain English HENEPOLA GUNARATANA

Men’s Issues
  • 5 Love Languages- Men’s Addition, Gary Chapman
  • No More Mr Nice Guy, Robert A. Glover
  • Way of the Superior Man, David Deida

Parenting
  • Positive Discipline, Jane Nelson (This has multiple books in the series based on age groups)
  • Parenting from the Inside out, Daniel Seligman
  • How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen, Joanna Faber
  • Attached: How It Can Help YouFind - and Keep – Love, by Amir Levine
  • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Relationships/Couples/Marital
  • Attached: How It Can Help You Find - and Keep – Love, by Amir Levine
  • 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman
  • Mating in Captivity, Ester Perels
  • Hold Me Tight, Sue Johnson
  • Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, John Gray

Self Esteem
  • You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, Jen Sincero
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, Mark Manson
  • The Gifts of Imperfection: Embrace Who You Are, by Brené Brown

Sex and Sexuality
  • The New Good Vibrations Guide to Sexuality
  • Mating in Captivity, Ester Perels
  • Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life, Emily Nagoski
  • Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century, Barbara Carrellas

Shame
  • Men, Women and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being, Brené Brown PhD
  • Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals, Rachel Hollis
  • Healing the Child Within, Charles L. Whitfield, M.D

Trauma
  • The Body Keeps The Score, Bessel van der Kolk
  • It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, Mark Wolynn
  • The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook, Matthew McKay
  • Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy, Francine Shapiro
  • Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter Levine
  • The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms, by Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula

Unwanted Sexual Experiences
  • Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Light Shines in the Darkness: My Healing Journey Through Sexual Abuse by Lucille F. Sider
  • After Silence: Rape and My Journey Back by Nancy Venable Raine
  • The Rape Recovery Handbook: Step-by-Step Help for Survivors of Sexual Assault by Aphrodite T. Matsakis