Books

*Click on any book's title to be taken to its page on the Goodreads website:

 

A

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

• Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

• Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience - Brené Brown

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B​

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

• Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight -- and What We Can Do about It - Harriet Brown

• Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight - Lindo Bacon, PhD & Lucy Aphramor, PhD, RD

• Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone - Brené Brown

• The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating - Kiera Van Gelder

• Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir - Marsha M. Linehan

 

C

• Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life - Gregg Levoy

• Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It - Ethan Kross

• Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself - Melody Beattie

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E

• Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling - Anita Johnston

• Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food - Susan Albers, PsyD

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F

• Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity - Andrew Solomon

• The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them - David Richo

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G

• The Gifts of Imperfection - Brené Brown

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H​

• High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life - Tiffany Jenkins

• How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan

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I

• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction - Gabor Maté

• Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works - Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch

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L

• Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too - Jenni Schaefer, Thom Rutledge

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M

• Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

• Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic - Esther Perel

• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed - Lori Gottlieb

• Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want - Nicholas Epley

• Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts - Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

• The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture - Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté

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N

• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model - Richard C. Schwartz, Alanis Morissette (Foreword)

• No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering - Thich Nhat Hanh

• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life - Marshall B. Rosenberg, Arun Gandhi (foreword)

• The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative - Florence Williams

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P

• The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times - Pema Chödrön

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Q

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain

• Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol - Holly Whitaker

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R

• Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha - Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield (as a contributor)

• Radical Belonging: How to Survive + Thrive in an Unjust World -Lindo Bacon, PhD, Ijeoma Oluo (Foreword)

• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion - Jonathan Haidt, Simona Drelciuc (trad.)

• Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution. - Brené Brown

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S

• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself -Kristin Neff, PhD

• Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder - Gabor Maté

• A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy - Annie G. Rogers

• The Social Animal - Elliot Aronson

• The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement - David Brooks

• Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior - Leonard Mlodinow

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T

• The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma - James S. Gordon, MD

• Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others - Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk, & Jon R. Conte (Contributor)

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W

• Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World - Pema Chödrön

• What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, Oprah Winfrey

• When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress - Gabor Maté

• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times - Pema Chödrön

• When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession - Jane R. Hirschmann, Carol H. Munter

• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive - Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Tina Payne Bryson, PhD

• The Wisdom of Your Dreams: Using Dreams to Tap into Your Unconscious and Transform Your Life - Jeremy Taylor

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Y

• You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

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