Bookshelf
“And what are the right books?”
“Whatever blows your hair back.”
-Goodwill Hunting
Relationships
Esther Perel/ Author & Podcast “Where Should We Begin“
Dr. Brene Brown/ Author, Creator of “Dare to Lead” & Podcast “Unlocking Us” & “Dare to Lead“
Dr. Harville Hendrix & Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt/ Authors & Creators of “Imago Therapy”
Dr. John Gottman & Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman/ Authors & Creators of the “Gottman Institute”
The Five Love Languages/ Author Gary Chapman
Dr. Harriet Lerner/ Author
All About Love/ Author bell hooks
Robert Johnson/ Author
Come As You Are/ Author Dr. Emily Nagoski on Sex
This Is How Your Marriage Ends/ Author Matthew Fray
Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage/ Heather Havrilesky
Wide Open/ Author Gracie X on Polyamory
Femininity: that which exists in both sexes
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes/ Author of “Women Who Run with the Wolves”
Gloria Steinem/ Author & Social activist
“V” formerly known as Eve Ensler/ Author & Performance Artist
Masculinity: that which exists in both sexes
Dr. Warren Farrell/ Author
Robert Bly/ Author
Selfhood
Melody Beattie/ Codependency expert & Author
Margaret Paul/ Inner-bonding Author
Trauma
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk/ Trauma expert & Author
The Courage to Heal: A guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse
The Courage to Heal Workbook: A guide for men and women survivors of child sexual abuse
The Apology/ Author “V” formerly known as Eve Ensler: On incest
Know My Name/ Author Chanel Miller: On rape
Unbound/ Author Tarana Burke: Founder of the “Me Too” Movement
Trauma Workbooks
The Courage to Heal Workbook: A guide for men and women survivors of child sexual abuse/ Author Laura Davis
PTSD Workbook/ Authors
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook/ Author
Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art/ Authors Cohen, Barnes, & Rankin
Raising Littles
Carry On, Warrior/ Author Glennon Doyle
I’ll Show Myself Out/ Author Jessi Klein
The New One/ Author & comedian Mike Birbiglia
Creativity + Founders
Big Magic/ Author Elizabeth Gilbert
The Artist’s Way/ Author Julia Cameron
Bird By Bird/ Author Anne Lamott
SARK/ Author SARK
Highly Sensitive People
Glennon Doyle/ Author, Creator of “Together Rising” & Podcast “We Can Do Hard Things”
Rainer Maria Rilke/ Poet & Author of “Letters to a Young Poet”
Jenny Lawson/ Author
Anne Lamott/ Author
Dr. Elaine Aron/ Author
Susan Cain/ Author
Food: Hunger + Control
Geneen Roth/ Author
Karen Koenig/ Author
Jenni Schaefer/ Author
Philosophies on Life
Sam Harris/ Atheist (Ph.D Neuroscience & Stanford degree in Philosophy), Author & Podcast “Waking Up” (meditation app) & “Making Sense” (science & society)
Richard Rhor/ Franciscan monk & Author
Nadia Bolz Weber/ Lutheran minister & Author
Alan Watts/ Former Christian priest & Eastern philosopher & Author
Jordan Peterson/ Christian mystic & Clinical psychologist & Author
Quakers/ DIY Christianity: The Religious Society of Friends
Thich Nhat Hanh/ Zen monk & Author of many books including “Being Peace”
Suzuki Roshi/ Zen monk & Author
Pema Chodron/ Buddhist nun & Author
Dr. Jack Kornfield/ Buddhist monk, Clinical psychologist & Author
Dr. Tara Brach/ Buddhist teacher, Clinical psychologist & Author
Chogyam Trungpa/ Buddhist monk & Author
Michael Singer/ Founder of Temple of the Universe in Gainesville & Author of “Living Untethered”
Tao Te Ching/ Taoist philosophy
Hafiz/ Sufi (Islamic mysticism) & Poet as translated by Daniel Ladinsky
Rumi/ Sufi (Islamic mysticism) & Poet as translated by Coleman Barks
Ordinary People as Mystics & Monks/ Author Marsha Sintar
Rob Brezsny/ Free Will astrologist & Author
Richard Bach/ Author
Rupert Spira/ Author
Douglas Harding/ On Having No Head
Eckhart Tolle/ Author
Caroline Myss/ Author
Katie Byron/ Author
Gary Zukav & Linda Francis/ Authors
The Art of Listening
Counseling Therapy Skills/ Author David G. Martin: An instrumental & easy to read book on active listening
Dr. Irvin Yalom/ Psychiatrist & Author
Death & Dying
This Bright Hour/ Author Nina Riggs/ A young mother dying from cancer
In Love: A memoir of love and loss/ Author Amy Bloom/ A wife’s husband’s Alzheimers and his choice for euthanasia
Crying in H Mart/ Author Michelle Zauner/ A daughter’s mother dying from cancer
When Breath Becomes Air/ Author Paul Kalanithi/ A young neurosurgeon dying from cancer
Being Mortal/ Author Atul Gawande/ A surgeon’s experience
The 36 Hour Day: A family guide to caring for someone with Alzheimers or other Dimentias
Kate Bowler/ Author & Podcaster of “Everything Happens for a Reason”
Hot Young Widows Club + Resources for All Grief/ From Author Nora McInerny, a young widow
Lovely Books & Authors
The Glass Castle/ Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Little Weirds/ Memoir by Jenny Slate
Circe/ Fiction by Madeline Miller
Wild/ Memoir by Cheryl Strayed