My Top 20 Book Recommendations
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain, and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo
Insecure in Love: How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It by Leslie Becker-Phelps PhD
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
Recovering from Trauma using Compassion Focused Therapy by Deborah Lee
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addictions by Gabor Maté
More Together Than Alone: The Power of Community by Mark Nepo
The Wisdom of Anxiety: How Worry and Intrusive Thoughts Are Gifts to Help You Heal by Sheryl Paul MA
Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chodron, Claire Foy, et al.
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff
My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown by Meera Lee Patel
Already Enough by Lisa Olivera
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Kindle Editionby LICSW Resmaa Menakem, MSW
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Come as You Are (The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life) by Emily Nagoski
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman