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Bookshelf<\/strong><\/h2>\n
“And what are the right books?”<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
“Whatever blows your hair back.”<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
-Goodwill Hunting <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Relationships<\/h2>\n

Esther Perel<\/a>\/ Author & Podcast “Where Should We Begin<\/em>“<\/p>\n

Dr. Brene Brown<\/a>\/ Creator of “Dare to Lead<\/em>” & Podcast “Unlocking Us<\/em>” & “Dare to Lead<\/em>“<\/p>\n

Dr. Harville Hendrix & Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt<\/a>\/ Creators of “Imago Therapy<\/em>”<\/p>\n

You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems Therapy to Intimate Relationships\u00a0<\/a>\/ Dr. Richard C. Schwartz & Creator of IFS<\/p>\n

Dr. John Gottman & Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman<\/a>\/ Creators of the “Gottman Institute<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Jillian Turecki<\/a>\/ Relationship Coach & Author of “It Begins With You”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Five Love Languages<\/a>\/ Gary Chapman<\/p>\n

Dr. Harriet Lerner<\/a><\/p>\n

All About Love<\/a>\/ bell hooks<\/p>\n

Robert Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n

This Is How Your Marriage Ends<\/a>\/ Matthew Fray<\/p>\n

Married to a Psychiatrist<\/a>\/ Dan Prochoda<\/p>\n

Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage<\/a>\/ Heather Havrilesky<\/p>\n

Wide Open<\/a>\/ Gracie X on Polyamory<\/p>\n

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Intimacy + Trust<\/h2>\n

Come As You Are<\/a>\/ Dr. Emily Nagoski on Sex<\/p>\n

Taking Sexy Back<\/a>\/ Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon & Dr. Lorri Brotto<\/p>\n

Sex Talks<\/a>\/ Vanessa & Xavier Marin<\/p>\n

The Betrayal Bind<\/a>\/ Sexual betrayal and how to heal<\/p>\n

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Heartbreak<\/h2>\n

You Could Make This Place Beautiful<\/a>\/ Maggie Smith<\/p>\n

This Story Will Change<\/a>\/ Elizabeth Crane<\/p>\n

We Are Too Many<\/a>\/ Hannah Pittard<\/p>\n

I Love You, But I Am Leaving You Anyway<\/a>\/ Tracy McMillan<\/p>\n

Splinters<\/a>\/ Leslie Jamison<\/p>\n

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Gender<\/h2>\n

He\/She\/They: How we talk about gender and why it matters<\/a><\/p>\n

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Femininity:\u00a0that which exists in both sexes<\/em><\/h2>\n

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes<\/a>\/ Author of “Women Who Run with the Wolves<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Gloria Steinem<\/a>\/ Social activist<\/p>\n

“V” formerly known as Eve Ensler<\/a>\/ Author & Performance Artist<\/p>\n

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Masculinity: that which exists in both sexes<\/em><\/h2>\n

Scott Galloway<\/a>\/ Notes on being a man<\/p>\n

Dr. Warren Farrell<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Bly<\/a><\/p>\n

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Selfhood<\/h2>\n

Elizabeth Gilbert\/ All the Way to the River<\/a>\/ Sex & Love Addiction<\/p>\n

Melody Beattie<\/a>\/ Codependency expert<\/p>\n

Margaret Paul<\/a>\/ Inner-bonding<\/p>\n

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Trauma<\/h2>\n

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk<\/a>\/ Trauma expert<\/p>\n

Dr. Frank Anderson<\/a> \/ Trauma expert<\/p>\n

Run Towards the Danger<\/a>\/ Sarah Polley: Honoring your complicated truth in six essays<\/p>\n

The Apology<\/a>\/ Author “V” formerly known as Eve Ensler: On incest<\/span><\/p>\n

Know My Name<\/a>\/ Chanel Miller: On rape<\/p>\n

Unbound<\/a>\/ Tarana Burke: Founder of the “Me Too<\/em>” Movement<\/p>\n

The Courage to Heal: A guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse<\/a><\/p>\n

Trauma Workbooks<\/h2>\n

The Courage to Heal Workbook: A guide for men and women survivors of child sexual abuse<\/a>\/ Laura Davis<\/p>\n

PTSD Workbook<\/a>\/ Mary Beth Williams\u00a0&\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Soili Poijula\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook<\/a>\/ Glenn Schiraldi\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art<\/a>\/ Cohen, Barnes, & Rankin<\/p>\n

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Family<\/h1>\n

The Glass Castle<\/a>\/ Memoir by Jeannette Walls<\/p>\n

Mother, Nature<\/a>\/ Memoir by Jedidiah Jenkins<\/p>\n

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Raising Littles<\/h2>\n

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and How to Listen So Kids Will Talk<\/a><\/p>\n

Good Inside<\/a>\/ Dr. Becky on parenting<\/p>\n

Carry On, Warrior<\/a>\/ Glennon Doyle<\/p>\n

I’ll Show Myself Out<\/a>\/ Jessi Klein<\/p>\n

The New One<\/a>\/ Comedian Mike Birbiglia<\/p>\n

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Money + Finance<\/h2>\n

JL Collins<\/a>\/ How to think through financial choices & financial independence<\/p>\n

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Creativity + Founders<\/h2>\n

Big Magic<\/a>\/ Elizabeth Gilbert<\/p>\n

The Artist’s Way<\/a>\/ Julia Cameron<\/p>\n

Bird By Bird<\/a>\/ Anne Lamott<\/p>\n

SARK<\/a>\/ SARK<\/p>\n

Austin Kleon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Highly Sensitive People<\/h2>\n

Glennon Doyle<\/a>\/ Author, Creator of “Together Rising<\/em>” & Podcast “We Can Do Hard Things<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Andrea Gibson<\/a>\/ Poet<\/p>\n

Megan Falley<\/a>\/ Poet<\/p>\n

Rainer Maria Rilke<\/a>\/ Poet & Author of “Letters to a Young Poet”<\/em><\/p>\n

Jen Butler<\/a>\/ Writer & Performer<\/p>\n

Jenny Lawson<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne Lamott<\/a><\/p>\n

R. Eric Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

Christie Tate<\/a><\/p>\n

Cory Richards<\/a>\/ Professional Climber, Photographer & Author<\/p>\n

Laura Weedman<\/a>\/ Author & Playwright<\/p>\n

Deborah Copaken<\/a>\/ Author & Photographer<\/p>\n

Katherine May<\/a>\/Autism<\/p>\n

Dr. Elaine Aron<\/a>\/ HSPs<\/p>\n

Susan Cain<\/a>\/ Introverts<\/p>\n

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Food: Hunger + Control<\/h2>\n

Evelyn Tribole<\/a><\/p>\n

Geneen Roth<\/a><\/p>\n

Jenni Schaefer<\/a><\/p>\n

Marya Hornbacher<\/a><\/p>\n

Karen Koenig<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alcohol & Drugs<\/h2>\n

The Recovering<\/a>\/ Leslie Jamison<\/p>\n

Kasher in the Rye<\/a>\/ Moshe Kasher<\/p>\n

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Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder<\/h2>\n

Scattered Minds<\/a>\/ Dr. Gabor Mate<\/p>\n

Self-Care for People with ADHD<\/a>\/ Dr. Sasha Hamdani<\/p>\n

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Philosophies on Life<\/h2>\n

Sam Harris<\/a>\/ Atheist (Ph.D Neuroscience & Stanford degree in Philosophy), Author & Podcast “Waking Up<\/em>” (meditation app) & “Making Sense<\/em>” (science & society)<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Richard Rhor<\/a>\/ Franciscan monk<\/p>\n

Nadia Bolz Weber<\/a>\/ Lutheran minister<\/p>\n

Anne Lamott<\/a>\/ Christian Author<\/p>\n

Rob Bell<\/a>\/ Christian Author<\/p>\n

Jordan Peterson\/ <\/a>Christian mystic & Clinical psychologist<\/p>\n

Quakers<\/a>\/ DIY Christianity: The Religious Society of Friends<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Thich Nhat Hanh\/ <\/a>Zen monk & Author of many books including “Being Peace<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Suzuki Roshi<\/a>\/ Zen monk<\/p>\n

Chogyam Trungpa<\/a>\/ Buddhist monk<\/p>\n

Pema Chodron<\/a>\/ Buddhist nun<\/p>\n

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche<\/a>\/ Tibetan monk<\/p>\n

Alan Watts<\/a>\/ Former Christian priest & Eastern philosopher<\/p>\n

Dr. Jack Kornfield<\/a>\/ Buddhist monk & Clinical psychologist<\/p>\n

Dr. Tara Brach<\/a>\/ Buddhist teacher, Clinical psychologist & Author of Radical Acceptance<\/p>\n

Sharon Salzberg<\/a>\/ Buddhist teacher<\/p>\n

Rupert Spira<\/a><\/p>\n

Douglas Harding<\/a>\/ On Having No Head<\/p>\n

Eckhart Tolle<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Singer<\/a>\/ Founder of Temple of the Universe in Gainesville & Author of “Living Untethered<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Tao Te Ching<\/a>\/ Taoist philosophy<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Hafiz<\/a>\/ Sufi (Islamic mysticism) & Poet as translated by Daniel Ladinsky<\/p>\n

Rumi<\/a>\/ Sufi (Islamic mysticism) & Poet as translated by Coleman Barks<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Ordinary People as Mystics & Monks<\/a>\/ Marsha Sintar<\/p>\n

True & False Magic: A Tools Workbook<\/a>\/ Phil Stutz<\/p>\n

Rob Brezsny<\/a>\/ Free Will Astrology<\/p>\n

Richard Bach<\/a><\/p>\n

Caroline Myss<\/a><\/p>\n

Katie Byron<\/a><\/p>\n

Gary Zukav & Linda Francis<\/a><\/p>\n

Neale Donald Walsch<\/a>\/ Conversations with God<\/p>\n

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The Art of Listening<\/h2>\n

Counseling Therapy Skills<\/a>\/ David G. Martin\/ An instrumental & easy to read book on active listening<\/p>\n

Dr. Irvin Yalom<\/a>\/ Psychiatrist<\/p>\n

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Adaptive Living<\/h2>\n

Suleika Jaouad<\/a>\/ A middle-aged woman living with cancer<\/p>\n

When You’re Ready: A Love Story<\/a>\/ Kareem Rosser\/ Loving someone with a traumatic brain injury<\/p>\n

(un)Able. Paralyzed. Pissed Off.<\/a>\/ 27 year old \u00a0quadriplegic Nick Rath<\/p>\n

Shattered: A Memoir<\/a>\/ Hanif Kureishi’s dispatches from his hospital bed as a quadriplegic<\/p>\n

Kate Bowler<\/a>\/ Author & Podcaster of “Everything Happens for a Reason<\/del><\/em>”<\/p>\n

Jen Butler<\/a>\/ Comedic author on living through “The Suck” of debilitating mental illness<\/p>\n

I’ll Look So Hot in a Coffin: And Other Thoughts I Used to Have About My Body<\/a>\/ Carla Sosenko’s \u00a0experience living with a rare genetic disorder<\/p>\n

The 36 Hour Day: A family guide to caring for someone with Alzheimers or other Dimentias<\/a><\/p>\n

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Death & Dying & Loss<\/h2>\n

In My Time of Dying<\/a>\/ Sebastian Junger\/ An esteemed war journalist & atheist explores the science and universal metaphysics of death and dying<\/p>\n

This Bright Hour<\/a>\/ Nina Riggs\/ A young mother dying from cancer<\/p>\n

In Love: A memoir of love and loss<\/a>\/ Amy Bloom\/ A wife’s husband’s Alzheimers and his choice for euthanasia<\/p>\n

A Matter of Death and Life<\/a> \/Dr. by Irvin D. Yalom & Dr. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Marilyn Yalom\/ A lifelong couple saying goodbye<\/span><\/p>\n

Crying in H Mart<\/a>\/ Michelle Zauner\/ A daughter’s mother dying from cancer<\/p>\n

When Breath Becomes Air<\/a>\/ Paul Kalanithi\/ A young neurosurgeon dying from cancer<\/p>\n

Being Mortal<\/a>\/ Atul Gawande\/ A surgeon’s experience<\/p>\n

A Heart That Works<\/a>\/ Rob Delaney\/ A father’s two year old dying from a tumor<\/p>\n

Memorial Days<\/a>\/ Geraldine Brooks\/ A wife suddenly loses her husband to a heart attack<\/p>\n

Hot Young Widows Club + Resources for All Grief<\/a>\/ Created by Nora McInerny, a young widow and author of 3 books on this resource list<\/span><\/p>\n

The Urgent Life<\/a>\/ Bozoma Saint John\/ On the unexpected death of her husband<\/p>\n

Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius<\/a> \/ Dave Eggers\/ On growing up after the death of both of his parents<\/p>\n

Grief is for People<\/a>\/ Sloane Crowley\/ Grieving the suicide of a dear friend<\/p>\n

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Lovely Books & Authors<\/h2>\n

Little Weirds<\/a>\/ Memoir by Jenny Slate<\/p>\n

Circe<\/a>\/ Fiction by Madeline Miller<\/p>\n

Wild<\/a>\/ Memoir by Cheryl Strayed<\/p>\n

Jack Kerouac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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