resources

 current favorites

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

• Mother Hunger by Kelly McDaniel, LPC

• Healing Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible by Ruth King

• Learning to Love Yourself by Gay Hendricks PhD

• Trauma and The Unbound Body by Judith Blackstone PhD

• Nurturing Resilience by Stephen Terrell and Kathy Kain

• The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships by Diane Poole Heller, PhD

• Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection by Julie Schwartz Gottman and John Gottman

• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

• Awakening Joy by James Baraz

• In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction by Gabor Maté MD

• The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild

Confidence & Vulnerability

• Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown, PhD

• Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent and Feeling Guilty… And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, and Unapologetically Being Yourself by Aziz Gazipura

• Self-Compassion: The proven power of being kind to yourself by Kristin Neff, PhD

• Ted Talks: The Power of Vulnerability AND Listening to Shame by Brene Brown PhD

Enneagram

• The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut, PhD

• The Enneagram in Love and Work by Helen Palmer

• The Essential Enneagram by David Daniels MD and Virginia Price PhD

Highly Sensitive People

• Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed For You by Jenara Nerenberg

• The Mindfulness Solution For Intense Emotions by Cedar Koons, MSW, LCSW

• The Highly Sensitive Person: How To Thrive When The World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron PhD

Relationships & Sex

• Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection by Julie Schwartz Gottman and John Gottman

• AUDIO on YouTube: Fight Right Gottman Q&A with Matthias J Barker and Jimmy Knowles

• The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships by Diane Poole Heller, PhD

• Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski PhD

• Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma: Staci Haines

• Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson

• Mating In Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel

• Undefended Love by Jett Psaris PhD and Marlena Lyons PhD

• Wired For Love by Stan Tatkin PsyD MFT

Trauma

• Trauma and The Unbound Body by Judith Blackstone PhD

• Nurturing Resilience by Stephen Terrell and Kathy Kain

• The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body In The Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk MD

• Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, Clare Pain and Daniel Siegel MD

• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick

• Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror: Judith Herman MD

• The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease by Robert Scaer

• Relational and Body-Centered Practices for Healing Trauma: Lifting the Burdens of the Past by Sharon Stanely

• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map For Recovering From Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker  

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